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HUFF
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and North German
Dutch and North German : variant of Hoff.North German : topographic name from a variant of Hoff.Dutch : nickname from hoofd ‘head’. Compare English Head 1.English : variant spelling of Huff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a spur of a hill, Old English hÅh (literally, ‘heel’).German : from the Germanic personal name Hufo, a short form of a compound name formed with hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ as the first element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Huff.Altered spelling of German Hauff.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly south Lancashire)
English (mainly south Lancashire) : habitational name from some place named as a smallholding (see Croft) on the spur of a hill (see Huff), e.g. Howcroft in Rimington, West Yorkshire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ufford with the addition of an inorganic H-.
Male
English
Pet form of English Humphrey, HUFFIE means "peaceful giant."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly an unflattering nickname for a boastful, swaggering person (one who huffs and puffs).German (Hüffer) : from the Germanic personal name Hugifrid, composed of hug ‘head’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ + frid ‘peace’.North German (Hüffer) : status name for a prosperous small farmer. Compare South German Huber.German : probably an American spelling of Hof or Hoff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, most likely Uffington in Lincolnshire, named with the Old English personal name Uffa + Old English -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’. Other places so named are found in Shropshire and Oxfordshire, as well as Uffington Farm in Goodneston, Kent, which may also have contributed to the surname. The Oxfordshire place name is from the genitive form (Uffan) of the Old English personal name Uffa + tūn, while the other two are of the same derivation as the Lincolnshire place name.
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Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Enclosed Town
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Idea; Imagination; Fancy
Girl/Female
Australian
Goddess of the Moon
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sivanand | ஸிவாநஂத
One who is Happy in Lord Shivas thoughts or Shivas worship
Boy/Male
Tamil
Morning/ dawn
Female
Scottish
Variant spelling of Scottish Gaelic Fionnghuala, FIONNAGHAL means "white shoulder."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
The One who Perseveres
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Line
Boy/Male
Tamil
One with a light shone upon him, Illumination
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Very Thankful
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a.
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
n.
A blusterer; a bully.
imp. & p. p.
of Huff
a.
Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
v. t.
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
v. i.
To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
v. i.
To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Huff
n.
The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.
n.
A bully; a blusterer.
n.
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
v. t.
To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
v. i.
To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
a.
Blustering; swaggering.
v. t.
To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
n.
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
a.
Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
adv.
Blusteringly; arrogantly.