Hughes:-

Origins - Welsh

Spelling variations include: Hughes, Hugh, Hews, Hughs, Huse

First found in Carmarthenshire (Welsh: Sir Gaerfyddin)  where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 AD

The son of Hugh. Aventinus derives Hugh from Hougen, that is, slasher or cutter.

Alfred, in the year 900, used Hugh to denote comfort. Hugh in the Gaelic, is Aoidh, which signifies affability, a guest, a stranger. Hu suggests the idea of elevation; Ho, Hu, highness.

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