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Hunt

in Rhode Island

There are 378 people with the last name "Hunt" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Hunt 235
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  1. is 231st most common Mendez
  2. is 232nd most common Fitzgerald
  3. is 233rd most common Nunez
  4. is 234th most common Gardiner
  5. is 235th most common Hunt
  6. is 236th most common Gonsalves
  7. is 237th most common Dwyer
  8. is 238th most common Lavallee
  9. is 239th most common Colon

Most Common First Names for Hunt

John, William, James, George, Mary, Peter, Thomas, David, Elaine, Richard

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 Rhode Island

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John Hunt, RI (9 searches)
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