Huckabee (surname)

Huckabee is an English surname.

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

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; 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.

People with the surname

 * 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, current governor of Arkansas