Haug (surname)
Appearance
Haug is a surname which appears most commonly in Germany and Norway. The Norwegian name Haug derives the old Norse word haugr which can be translated to mean hill, knoll, or mound.[citation needed] The German surname Haug has a different etymology, probably short form of names beginning with Hug- "intelligence, understanding, spirit" (cf. Hugo, Hugbert, etc.). Other derivatives include Haugan, Hauge, Haugedal, Haugen and Haugland, all of which are common Norwegian surnames. The surname Haug is shared by several notable people:
People
[edit]- Agnes Nygaard Haug (born 1933), Norwegian judge
- Anne Haug (born 1983), German professional triathlete
- Andrew Haug (born 1973), Australian market announcer and heavy metal musician
- Birger Haug (1908–1981), Norwegian high jump
- Bjørn Haug (1928–2020), Norwegian judge
- Dr. med. Christian Dietrich Haug (born 1971), German-Newzealandian physician and psychiatrist, travel journalist
- Émile Haug (1861–1927), French geologist
- Espen Haug (footballer born 1970) Norwegian footballer, now youth-coach at Strømmen IF
- Felix Haug (1952–2004), Swiss musician
- Friedrich Haug (1761-1829), German poet
- Hans Haug (1900–1967), Swiss composer
- Horst Haug (born 1946), German football player
- Ian Haug (born 1970), Australian lead guitarist in the bands Powderfinger and The Church (band)
- Jochen Haug (born 1973), German politician
- Jutta Haug (born 1951), German politician
- Knut Haug (born 1934), Norwegian politician
- Martin Haug (1827–1876), German Orientalist
- Monthei Eriksen Haug (1861–1933), Norwegian politician
- Norbert Haug (born 1952), German executive responsible for Mercedes-Benz's motorsport activities
- Sverre Haug (1907–1943), Norwegian resistance
- Thorleif Haug (1894–1934), Norwegian skier
- Wolfgang Fritz Haug (born 1936), German Marxist philosopher
- Cindy Haug (1956–2018), Norwegian experimental and children's writer
- Jacob Hvinden Haug (1880–1961), Norwegian military officer
- Linn Haug (born 1990), Norwegian snowboarder
- Marius Nygaard Haug (born 1960), Norwegian jurist