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Hunt

in Maine

There are 784 people with the last name "Hunt" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Hunt 221
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  1. is 217th most common Alley
  2. is 218th most common Haskell
  3. is 219th most common Sargent
  4. is 220th most common Nickerson
  5. is 221st most common Hunt
  6. is 222nd most common Beal
  7. is 223rd most common Lawrence
  8. is 224th most common Alexander
  9. is 225th most common Barnes

Most Common First Names for Hunt

David, John, Robert, Elizabeth, James, Mary, Michael, Richard, Susan

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a hunter, Old English hunta (a primary derivative of huntian ‘to hunt’). The term was used not only of the hunting on horseback of game such as stags and wild boars, which in the Middle Ages was a pursuit restricted to the ranks of the nobility, but also to much humbler forms of pursuit such as bird catching and poaching for food. The word seems also to have been used as an Old English personal name and to have survived into the Middle Ages as an occasional personal name. Compare Huntington and Huntley.

Irish: in some cases (in Ulster) of English origin, but more commonly used as a quasi-translation of various Irish surnames such as Ó Fiaich (see Fee).

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Hundt.

Recent Searches for "Hunt" in Maine

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David Hunt, ME (9 searches)
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