Haak

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Occupational name meaning "pedlar" in Dutch.

Haakonsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Håkon".

Haanraads

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haanraadts

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haanraats

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haanrath

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haas

Usage: Dutch, German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hase.

Haase

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hase.

Haber

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from German Haber "oats". This was an occupational name for one who grew or sold oats.

Habich

Usage: German

German cognate of Hawk.

Habicht

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

German cognate of Hawk.

Hackett

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a diminutive of the medieval given name Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".

Hadaway

Usage: English

Variant of Hathaway.

Haden

Usage: English, Irish

Variant of HAYDEN.

Hadjiev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of the pilgrim" from Bulgarian hadjia "pilgrim", ultimately derived from the Arabic hajj.

Haenraats

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haenraets

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Hafner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from Middle German hafen "pot, dish", referring to a potter.

Hagebak

Usage: Norwegian

Norwegian for "garden on a hill".

Haggard

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a descriptive nickname meaning "wild, untamed, worn".

Hagopian

Usage: Armenian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hagop" in Armenian.

Hahn

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German han, hane meaning "rooster". Originally a nickname for a proud and pugnacious person.

Haight

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A name given to someone that lived at the top of a hill.

Hajek

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "thicket" in Czech.

Hajós

Usage: Hungarian

Means "boatman" in Hungarian.

Hakim

Usage: Muslim Extra: Statistics

Derived from a personal name based on Arabic hakîm, meaning "learned, wise". Al-Hakîm "the All-Wise" or "the Judge" is an attribute of Allah. It may also be a status name from the Arabic noun hâkim "governor", "judge", or "scholar" or Persian haekim "wise man", "philosopher", or "physician". In the Indian subcontinent it generally is given to a doctor or physician, especially one specializing in traditional herbal remedies and such.

Halász

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "fisherman" in Hungarian.

Hale

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from Old English healh meaning "nook, hollow".

Hall

Usage: Danish, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means simply "hall", given to one who either lived in or worked in a hall (the house of a medieval noble).

Hallman

Usage: English, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Occupational variant of Hall.

Halloran

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendent of hAllmhurán". The given name hAllmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".

Halmi

Usage: Hungarian

Derived from halom, that means "mound, small hill" in Hungarian. Originally the name was given to someone who lived near or on a hill.

Hamasaki

Usage: Japanese

Hama meaning "beach, seashore"and Saki meaning "small peninsula" or "cape".

Hambledon

Usage: English, Scottish

Variant of Hamilton.

Hambleton

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hamilton.

Hameldon

Usage: English, Scottish

Variant of Hamilton.

Hamilton

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

From an English or Scottish place name, derived from its elements hamil, which means "treeless hill", and tun, which means "settlement". The literal translation of the surname would be "treeless hill town".

Hamm

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "river meadow" in Old English.

Hampson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hamo".

Hampton

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the name of a town in England, meaning "homestead farm".

Han

Usage: Korean Extra: Statistics

The old Korean royal surname, meaning "Korea" in Korean.

Hancock

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a diminutive of the medieval name Han (see John). Early records reveal a Hanecock from the county of Yorkshire who appeard in the Hundred Rolls in the year 1273.

Hanegan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hanigan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hanley

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "high meadow" in Old English.

Hannigan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hannigen

Usage: Irish

Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hanraets

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Hansen (1)

Usage: Norwegian, Dutch, Frisian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hans".

Hansen (2)

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Hans".

Hanson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Han", Han being a medieval form of John.

Hansson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Hans".

Haralampiev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Haralampi", Haralampi being the Bulgarian form of Charalampos.

Haraldsson

Usage: Norwegian

Means "son of Harald".

Harden

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a place name meaning "hare valley" in Old English.

Hardie

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Scottish form of Hardy. Part of the Farquharson Clan, own or lived in Balmoral at one time.

Hardwick

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From Old English heorde "herd" and wic "farm".

Hardy

Usage: English, French Extra: Statistics

From Old French hardi meaning "bold, daring".

Harel

Usage: Jewish

Means in Hebrew "mountain of God".

Harford

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Habitational name from places called Harford, in Gloucestershire and Devon, meaning "hart ford".

Hargrave

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Old English elements har meaning "gray" and graefe "thicket".

Harley

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derives from the Old English hara lea, where hara means "hare" and lea or ley means "open land, clearing or field". Thus the surname means "one who lives near the hare's field".

Harlow

Usage: English

A habitational name derived from a number of locations named Harlow, from the Old English hær meaning "rock" or here, meaning "army", "assembly".

Harmaajärvi

Usage: Finnish

Meaning is "Graylake". One of the many water-related surnames in Finland.

Harman

Usage: English, French, German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hermann.

Harmon

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hermann.

Haroldson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Harold".

Harper

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps.

Harrell

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the given name Harold.

Harrelson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Haroldson. A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Woody Harrelson.

Harris

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Harry.

Harrison

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Harry.

Hart

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "a male deer". Originally acquired by a person who owned harts, lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.

Hartell

Usage: English

A diminutive of either hardt as in "hardy, tough"; or hart, "male deer". Thus, "little tough one", or "little buck". There is a story of two brothers named Hartell having a dispute shortly after the Civil War. One kept the name as Hartell, the other moved away and changed his name to Hartle, with the accent moved to "hart". Supposedly this is the origin of the variant Hartle.

Hartmann

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German first name Hartmann.

Harvey

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant "battle worthy" from Breton haer "battle" and viu "worthy". The name was introduced to England by Breton settlers after the Norman Conquest.

Hase

Usage: German, Low German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German and Middle Low German hase meaning "hare, rabbit". It is a nickname for a timid person.

Hasek

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "hare" from the German word haase.

Hasenkamp

Usage: German

Means "rabbit field", from Middle German hase "rabbit" and kamp "field". Documented in the year 1300.

Hashimoto

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

Means "base of bridge" from hashi meaning "bridge" and moto meaning "base".

Hass

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the given name Hasso, a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element hadu meaning "combat".

Hathaway

Usage: English

Habitational name for someone who lived across a heath, by a path, from the Middle English hathe "heath" and weye "way".

Hatheway

Usage: English

Variant of Hathaway.

Hathoway

Usage: English

Variant of Hathaway.

Hauer

Usage: German

Derived from Middle High German houwen "to chop". The name may refer to a butcher or to a woodchopper.

Haugen

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means literally "the hill". Used by families residing on hilltops.

Haumann

Usage: Dutch

Means "wood cutter" and is represented in the family crest. Origaniated in the Riga province of the Netherlands.

Haupt

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

German cognate of Head (1) or Head (2).

Hausler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German word haus meaning "house", combined with the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. A reference to a resident of a house with no land.

Havel

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Havel.

Havelka

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "the son (or servant) of Havel". Pronounced ha-VEL-ka.

Havener

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hafner.

Havlíček

Usage: Czech

Diminutive form of Havel.

Haward

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Howard or Hayward.

Hawk

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner.

Hawking

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a diminutive of Hawk.

Hawkins

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A patronymic surname derived from a diminutive of Hawk.

Hayashi

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

Means "forest". It is a somewhat common surname and its Chinese counterpart, using the same character, is Lin.

Hayden (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a place name meaning "hay valley" or "hay hill" in Old English.

Hayden (2)

Usage: Irish

Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÉideáin or Ó hÉidín 'son of Éideán' or 'son of Éidín'. Éideán and Éidín are both diminutives of éideadh 'clothes' or 'armor'.

Hayes (1)

Usage: English

Denotes a dweller at or near a hedge or hedged enclosure, or the keeper of hedges or fences. A famous bearer was U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Hayes (2)

Usage: Irish

Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’.

Hayes (3)

Usage: Yiddish

Metronymic from Yiddish name Khaye ‘life’.

Hayward

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a person who protected an enclosed forest. Middle English hay "enclosure" and ward "guard".

Haywood

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a place name meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.

Head (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From Middle English hed, from Old English heafod; akin to Old High German houbit and Latin caput (both meaning "head"). The surname is occupational and describes the one in charge of a division or department in an office or institution -> headmaster.

Head (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Referred originally to a person who lived at the head of a river or on a hilltop.

Heath

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally belonged to a person who was a dweller on the heath or open land.

Hébert

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Herbert.

Heeren

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

It is an elaboration of heer which means "lord" or "gentleman" in Dutch, or it is patronymic from Heer, a short form of names that start with the element heri which means "army", like Hereward and Herman.

Heffernan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From Gaelic Ó Hifearnáin, which comes from the personal name Ifearnán, which means "demon".

Hegedûs

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "fiddler", from hegedû that means "violin" in Hungarian.

Heidrich

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German first name Heidenreich (nowadays merely used as a surname) which comes from the Old High German words heidan meaning "heathen", and reich "power".

Heijman

Usage: Dutch

Patronymic surname based on the given name Hendrik.

Heijmans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Heijman.

Heikki

Usage: Finnish

Comes from the given name Henry.

Heiman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Heijman.

Heimans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Heijman.

Heimirsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Heimir".

Heinrich

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the German first name Heinrich.

Heinrichs

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Heinrich.

Heintze

Usage: German

Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.

Hellewege

Usage: German

Derived from the German first name Hellwig, which is a newer form of both Helmwig meaning "helmet & battle" and Heilwig.

Henderson

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Henry.

Hendriks

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrikx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Hendriks.

Hendrix

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hendriks.

Hendry

Usage: Scottish, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Henry.

Henningsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Henning".

Henriksen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

"son of Henrik".

Henriques

Usage: Portuguese

Means "son of Henrique" in Portuguese.

Henryson

Usage: English

Means "son of Henry". A bearer of this surname was the poet Robert Henryson (1425-1500).

Henson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Henne", Henne being a diminutive of Henry.

Hepburn

Usage: Scottish, English Extra: Statistics

From a place name meaning "high burial mound" in Old English. Famous bearers of the name include Hollywood actresses Katherine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn. Mary Queen of Scot's infamous third husband James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwall, also bore the name.

Heppenheimer

Usage: German

From Heppenheim, the name of a city in Hessen.

Herbert

Usage: Dutch, English, French, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the male given name Herbert.

Herberts

Usage: Dutch, English

Variant of Herbert.

Herbertsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Herbertson.

Herbertson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Herbert".

Herbertssen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Herbertson.

Herbertsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Herbertson.

Herceg

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "prince" or "duke" in Hungarian.

Herczeg

Usage: Hungarian

Archaic spelling variant of Herceg.

Herczog

Usage: Hungarian

Variant of Herceg.

Hermann

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German first name Hermann.

Hermansen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hermanson.

Hermanson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Herman".

Hermanssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Hermanson.

Hermansson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hermanson.

Hernandez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Fernando" in Spanish.

Herrema

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

From a Frisian diminutive of the given name Henry.

Herrero

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Meams "iron smith", from Latin fer "iron".

Herriot

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

From a diminutive of the given name Henri.

Herrmann

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hermann.

Herschel

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hirsch (1) or Hirsch (2).

Hershey

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name Hirsh.

Hertz

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from German herz meaning "heart", a nickname for a big-hearted person.

Hewitt

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Hugh.

Hext

Usage: English

From a nickname meaning "tallest" in Middle English. It is most commom in the southeast of England in the county of Devon.

Heyman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Heijman.

Heymans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Heijman.

Hibbert

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hilbert.

Hickey

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic Ó hIcidhe, meaning "descendent of a healer".

Hicks

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the medieval given name Hicke, a diminutive of Richard.

Hier

Usage: Welsh Extra: Statistics

Means "tall, long" from the Welsh hir.

Hierro

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish form of Ferro.

Higgins

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic Ó hUiginn which means "descendent of Uiginn". Uiginn is derived from uigín, meaning "knowledge." Uiginn is also a personal name meaning "Viking". It probably gained its Norse connotation from Huginn, the mythical raven of the god Odin. Huginn is Old Norse for "thought".

Hightower

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally designated a dweller near a tall tower or spire.

Hildebrand

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the given name Hildebrand.

Hill

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally given to a person who lived on a hill, derived from Old English hyll.

Hillam

Usage: English

Originally Hillham, meaning "hamlet on the hill".

Hilmarsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Hilmar".

Hilton

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

It refers to a settlement (meaning "hill town") where the original bearer of the name lived. Famous bearers of this name include the Hilton family of hotel heirs.

Himura

Usage: Japanese

Means "scarlet village" from hi meaning "scarlet" and mura meaning "village".

Hines

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Anglicized form of Ó hEidhin "descendent of Eidhin", a personal name or byname of unknown origin.

Hinrichs

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hinrich.

Hintzen

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hintz", a diminutive of Henry.

Hirsch (1)

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "deer" in German. This was a nickname for a person who raised, herded, or hunted deer.

Hirsch (2)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hirsh.

Hisakawa

Usage: Japanese

The word kawa means "river" in Japanese. Hisakawa comes from the name pronounced i-chi-kawa which meant "market place by the river".

Hjort

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means deer, and have been used since the middleage, when it was spelled as Hiort.

Hlavač

Usage: Czech

Derived from Czech hlava "head".

Hlavaček

Usage: Czech

Derived from a diminutive of the Czech hlava "head".

Hobbes

Usage: English

A variant of Hobbs. A famous bearer of this name was British political philospher Thomas Hobbes, the author of "Leviathan".

Hobbs

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the medieval given name Hobb, a diminutive of Robert.

Hobson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hobb". Hobb was a medieval diminutive of Robert.

Hoch

Usage: German

Means "tall" in German.

Hochberg

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "high hill" in German.

Hodges

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A patronymic of Hodge, a medieval form of Roger.

Hodson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hodge". Hodge was a medieval form of Roger.

Hoedemaeker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Hoedemaker.

Hoedemaekers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Hoedemaker.

Hoedemaker

Usage: Dutch

From the old profession of hoedemaker, the person who made hoeden (singular hoed). Hoed is the Dutch word for "hat".

Hoedemakers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Hoedemaker.

Hoefler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hofer.

Hoekstra

Usage: Frisian Extra: Statistics

A Frisian surname meaning "from the corner" or "corner farm".

Hofer

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname meaning "farmer" in German.

Hoffman

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hofmann.

Hoffmann

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hofmann.

Höfler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hofer.

Hofmann

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German hove(s)man or hofman meaning "farmer on a farmstead", "owner of a farmstead" or "person working on a farm".

Hofmeister

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "master of the household", from Middle German hof "household, court" and meister "master, keeper".

Hofwegen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Hofwegen.

Hogan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From O'hÓgáin meaning "descendent of Ógán". The given name Ógán is a diminutive of óg meaning "young".

Hogarth

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a place name meaning "hog pen". It's first recorded in North Yorkshire.

Holgersen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Holger".

Holgersson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Holger".

Holguín

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "to be happy, to enjoy oneself" from the Spanish holger.

Hollands

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from any of the eight villages named Holland, located in the counties of Essex, Lancaster and Lincoln, England. The name of the villages means "ridge land" in Old English.

Hollins

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Refers to someone living by a holly tree. The name originates from Cheshire in the North of England.

Holme

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Refers either to someone living by an island in a fen (from northern Middle English holm) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm).

Holmes

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Holme.

Holmwood

Usage: English

Old English meaning "holly wood" or from a place name in Derby or Surrey.

Holst

Usage: Low German, Dutch, Danish Extra: Statistics

Referred originally to a person from the region of Holstein (between Germany and Denmark). Bearers of this name include Gustav Holst, famous English composer.

Holt

Usage: Dutch, Danish, English, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "a wood" or "grove" in Old English or German.

Holtman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Houtman.

Holtzer

Usage: German

Means "a person who lives near a forest" in German.

Holub

Usage: Czech, Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Derived from holub "dove".

Hölzer

Usage: German

A variant of Holtzer.

Holzer

Usage: German

A variant of Holtzer.

Holzknecht

Usage: German

Occupational name for a woodworker's apprentice, from Old German holz "wood" and knecht "apprentice, servant".

Holzmann

Usage: German

Derived from German holz "wood" and mann "man". The name was given to someone who lived close to a wood, or worked with wood.

Honda

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

Meaning "one from the base of the fields".

Honeycutt

Usage: English

Derived from the name of the English town Hunnacott. The name of the town probably derives from Old English hunig "honey", cot "cottage".

Honeysett

Usage: English

An English surname of Walloon origin, derived from a pet form of the name Johannes (Hanosse).

Hooker

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally applied to one who lived near a spur, river bend, or corner of some natural feature.

Hooper

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

An occupational name for someone who put the metal hoops around wooden barrels.

Hoover

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

A name for a land-owner, from Old German huoba, a measure of land.

Hope

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from Middle English hop "small valley".

Hopkins

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Patronymic formed from a diminutive of Hobb, a medieval nickname for Robert.

Hopper

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Referred to a person who hopped. The name was given to professional acrobats or gymnasts at a fair. It may also have been given to those who were nervous or fidgety and therefore moved about a lot. A famous bearer is American actor Denis Hopper.

Hopson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hobson.

Horaček

Usage: Czech

Diminutive derived from Czech hora "mountain".

Horacek

Usage: Czech

Variant of Horaček.

Horak

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from Czech hora "mountain", a cognate of the Polish Gorski.

Horn (1)

Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn.

Horn (2)

Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for one who played a horn.

Horn (3)

Usage: English, German, Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Originally given to a person who lived near a horned-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.

Horne

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Horn (1) or Horn (2).

Hornick

Usage: Czech, Slovak Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hornik.

Hornik

Usage: Czech, Slovak Extra: Statistics

Occupational name meaning "miner".

Horowitz

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the German name for Horovice, a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Horsfall

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a place in Yorkshire meaning "horse clearing".

Horton

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the name of a town in Yorkshire meaning "mud town".

Horvat

Usage: Croatian, Slovene Extra: Statistics

Means "Croatian" in the Slavic languages.

Horváth

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

From horvát, that means "Croat, person from Croatia" in Hungarian. The Croats and Hungarians have always had narrow and conflictive relations.

Horvatincic

Usage: Croatian

A patronymic derived from Horvat.

Hou

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

Means "nobleman" in Chinese.

Houben

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hubertus (see Hubert).

Houk

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the medieval German region of Huc, located in northeastern Germany.

House

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Referred to a person who lived in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut.

Houston

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Means "Hugh's town". The original Houston is in Scotland near Glasgow.

Houtkooper

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Literally means "buyer of wood".

Houtman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Literally translated, it is "forest man". Hout is the oldest Dutch word for "forest", so it is very likely that the first bearer of this surname was a man who lived in the forest.

Hovanesian

Usage: Armenian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hovhannes" in Armenian.

Howard

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Howard.

Howe

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A name for one who lived on a hill, from Middle English how "hill".

Howland

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hollands.

Howse

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Howe.

Hrabe

Usage: Czech

Derived from the Czech word hrabe "count". The name was perhaps used to denote a servant of a count.

Hristov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Hristo".

Hruby

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from Czech hruby "crude".

Hruška

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "pear" in Czech. It was most likely used to denote a person who grew or sold pears.

Huang

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

It's from the Song Dynasty, in the 10th century. It means "yellow", the color of the earth, and the symbol of royalty.

Hüber

Usage: German

A variant of Huber.

Huber

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Name from southern Germany. From Middle High German huober or huob(e)ner meaning "man who owns a hube" (a hube is a piece of land of 30-60 acres).

Huddleson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Huddle". See Hudson.

Huddleston

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the name of a town Huddleston in the Yorkshire region of England. It means "Hudel's town".

Hudnall

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the Old English place name Hudanheale meaning "Huda's heath" or "nook of land belonging to a man called Huda". Its use can be traced back to around the year 1200.

Hudson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A patronymic version of the English patronymic name Hudd. This was derived from the popular given name Hudde, which was a pet form of the name Richard (like Hobb and Dobb), and also from Huda, an Old English given name. Hutt is a variation of Hudd. Huddy, Huddle are diminutive forms.

Huerta

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Spanish for "garden or small orchard".

Huff

Usage: English, German Extra: Statistics

Means "spur of a hill" in Old English.

Huffman

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hofmann.

Huffmann

Usage: German

A variant of Hoffmann.

Hughes

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Patronymic of the given name Hugh.

Hull

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hill.

Hult

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Swedish form of Holt.

Hume

Usage: Scottish, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the the philosopher David Hume.

Hummel (1)

Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Humbert.

Hummel (2)

Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian

Nickname for a busy person (from the Germanic word hommel meaning "bee").

Hunnisett

Usage: English

A variant spelling of Honeysett.

Hunt

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name which referred to someone who hunted for a living.

Hunter

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hunt.

Hurst

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a Middle English place name meaning "thicket of trees". First recorded instance of the name is in the Domesday Book for a Thomas De Hurst.

Hussain

Usage: Arabic, Muslim Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hussain.

Hustovi

Usage: Czech

Refers to one who followed the teachings of the Bohemian religious reformer, Jan Huss.

Hutmacher

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

German equivalent of the Dutch Hoedemaker.

Hutson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hudson.

Huxley

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

While the first element, hux, is obscure, the second element, ley (with many variants: leigh, ley, lea, etc.) means, and can be found in, "valley".

Huxtable

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name of an English place meaning "hook post" (Old English hoc "hook" and stapol "post").

Hyland

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Topographic surname meaning "high land".