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Hogben

Hogben proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Hogben (plural Hogbens)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of Hogben

pluralHogbens

Origin of Hogben

From Middle English huckbone (“hip bone”), a nickname for someone with a deformed hip who probably walked crookedly.Alternatively, a Viking name based on the norse for "high village" ie "hogbyn", which is the earliest recorded spelling of the name. Interestingly, there is a village in Kent called Hogben's Hill".

Questions about Hogben

What does Hogben mean?
Hogben means a surname from Middle English.
What part of speech is Hogben?
Hogben is a proper noun.

Words near Hogben in the dictionary

  1. hogback
  2. hogbacked
  3. hogbacks
  4. hogbed
  5. hogbeds
  6. Hogben
  7. Hogbens
  8. hogberries
  9. hogberry
  10. hogbite
  11. hogboat

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