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Subject: Re: Hoyt
Author: rachelwhitney   (Authenticated as rachelwhitney)
Date: February 8, 2004 at 12:19:54 PM
Reply to: Hoyt by A
I've found that the name Hoyt is of English origin and it derives from the word hoit which meant "to leap, to caper" or "to raise, to elevate, to be in high spirits, to throw or leap up or about as in high spirits."

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