Huckabee (surname)

For other uses, see Huckabee (disambiguation).

Huckabee

The West Dart River near Huccaby

Gender| Unisex
Language(s)| English
Origin
Language(s)| English
Derivation| 1\. Huccaby (place name)
2\. Uckerby (place name)
Other names
Variant form(s)| Huckaby (disambiguation)
See also| Huckerby[1]

Huckabee is an English surname.

The name is a variant form of the surname Huckaby and Huckerby.[2]

This surname originated as a habitational name, derived from Huccaby in Devon, England; this place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first, woh, meaning "crooked"; the second, byge, meaning "river bend".

Another possibility is that Huckaby originated as a habitational name, derived from Uckerby, in North Yorkshire, England;[3] this place name is derived from two Old Norse elements: the first is thought to be an unattested Old Norse personal name, either *Úkyrri or *Útkári; the second element is býr, meaning farmstead.[3][4]

## People with the surname

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* Cooper Huckabee, (born 1951), US actor
* family from Arkansas
* husband Mike, (born 1955), former Arkansas governor
* wife Janet, (born 1955), and their children, including:
* daughter Sarah, (born 1982), former White House Press Secretary,[5][6] current governor of Arkansas[7]

## References

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1. ^ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, p. 1689, ISBN 0-203-99355-1
2. ^ "Last name: Huckerby", The Internet Surname Database.
3. ^ a b "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 December 2010. which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 for the surnames "Huckabee", "Huckaby".
4. ^ Uckerby, Encyclopedia.com, retrieved 10 December 2010 which cited: Mills, A. D. (2003), A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
5. ^ Savransky, Rebecca, "Sarah Huckabee Sanders joining Trump's communications staff", The Hill, September 4, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
6. ^ "Sunday on ‘This Week’: Reince Priebus, Sen. Rand Paul, and Sen. Claire McCaskill", ABC News (United States), December 9, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
7. ^ "Governor Sanders - Arkansas Governor - Sarah Huckabee Sanders". governor.arkansas.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-28.

Surname list

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