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HÀ VietnameseFrom the Sino-Vietnamese character and ultimately the Chinese character
河 meaning "river". It was probably given to someone who lived near a river.
HẠ VietnameseDerived from the Han character
夏 meaning "summer".
HAALAND NorwegianHabitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Haaland or Håland, in Agder and southwestern Norway, notably in the county of Rogaland. The farm name is from Old Norse Hávaland, from Old Norse hár meaning "high" + land meaning "farm".
HAAM HmongA Hmong clan surname, which is sometimes anglicized as
Ham or
Hang. It may be a variant form of the Chinese surname
Hang.
HAAVISTO FinnishMeans "place with aspens" or "group of aspens". This name comes from a combination of
haapa, "aspen", and the suffix
-sto which is used for places and groups of things.
HABERKORN GermanMetonymic occupational name for a dealer in oats, from Middle High German
haber(e) "oats" and
korn "grain".
HABERMANN GermanDerived from Late Middle High German
haber and Middle High German and Middle Low German
haver(e) "oat" and
man "man", this surname denoted someone who dealt in oat or who produced and dealt in oat groats, porridge or grits.
HABERMANN German, JewishOccupational name for a grower or seller of oats, composed of the elements
Haber and the agent suffix
-mann.
HABSBURG GermanThis surname may have been used by someone whose descendants originated from the House of Habsburg, which was one of the most important royal houses in Europe. It is assumed that the surname is derived from High German
Habichtsburg meaning "hawk castle," but some historians and linguists believe that it may actually be derived from Middle High German
hab/hap meaning "ford", as there is a river with a ford nearby.
HADDON EnglishDerived from the Old English word had meaning "heathland" and the Old English suffix -don meaning "hill"; hence, the "heathland hill" or the "heather-covered hill"....
[more] HADJ Arabic (Maghrebi)From Arabic
حاج (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim", ultimately from
حج (ḥajj) meaning "pilgrimage", referring to the mandatory Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This surname is mainly used in Algeria.
HADŽIĆ BosnianDerived from the word
hadži, which is the Bosnian form of
hajji, the title given to Muslims who have successfully completed the journey to Mecca (the
hajj) or Christians who have journeyed to Jerusalem.
HAFER German, JewishMetonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in oats, from German
Hafer "oats". Compare
Haber. As a Jewish surname, it is in many cases ornamental.
HAGAN JewishHebrew, shortened from haganah which means soldier
HAGAN IrishReduced Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hÁgáin "descendant of
Ógán", a personal name from a diminutive of
óg "young".
HAGAN IrishReduced Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hAodhagáin "descendant of
Aodhagán", a personal name formed from a double diminutive of
Aodh meaning "fire".
HAGEMAN Dutch, SwedishDutch: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle Dutch haghe ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’ + man ‘man’. Respelling of German
Hagemann. ...
[more] HAGEMANN German, Danish1. German: topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge or enclosure, from Middle High German hac ‘enclosure’, ‘hedge’, Middle Low German hage + mann ‘man’. ...
[more] HAGEN NorwegianDefinite singular form of
hage, from Old Norse
hagi "enclosure".
HÄGG SwedishFrom Swedish
hägg "hackberry, bird cherry ".
HÄGGSTRÖM SwedishCombination of Swedish
hägg "bird cherry" and
ström "stream, small river".
HAGIWARA JapaneseMeaning "field of bush clovers", from
萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover", and
原 (hara) meaning "field" or "meadow".
HAGSTRÖM SwedishCombination of Swedish
hage "enclosure, garden" and
ström "stream, small river".
HAHM GermanMetonymic occupational name for a sealer of weights and measures, from Middle High German hāme ‘(standard) measure’.
HAHNER GermanOccupational name for a poultry farmer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German
hane "rooster".
HAHNER GermanHabitational name for someone from any of several places called Hahn or Hag.
HAILES Scottish, EnglishScottish habitational name from Hailes in Lothian, originally in East Lothian, named from the Middle English genitive or plural form of
hall ‘hall’. ...
[more] HAIRFIELD EnglishProbably a variant of Harefield, a habitational name from a place so named, for example the one Greater London or Harefield in Selling, Kent, which are both apparently named from Old English here ‘army’ + feld ‘open country’.
HAKURYŪ Japanese (Rare)This surname combines 白 (haku, byaku, shira-, shiro, shiro.i) meaning "white" with 竜 (ryuu, ryou, rou, ise, tatsu) meaning "dragon, imperial" or 柳 (ryuu, yanagi) meaning "willow."...
[more] HALABI ArabicHabitational name from Arabic Halabi, adjectival derivative of Halab "Aleppo", a city in Syria.
HALBERSTADT GermanHabitational name from any of various places so named, notably the city near Magdeburg and Halberstadt near Königstein in Saxony.
HALIBURTON ScottishMeans "town fortified in stone". It comes from a combination of the Old Norse element
hallr meaning rock (as in
Halle) and of the Old English place name
Burton, denoting a fortified town...
[more] HALLA DanishDerived from the Old Norse HALLR, which means 'flat stone, rock' or 'sloping, leaning to one side'...
[more] HALLÉN Swedish, DutchSwedish variant of
Hall, with the addition of the adjectival suffix
-én. Possibly a shortened form of Dutch
van der Hallen, a topographic or habitational name from Middle Dutch
halle ‘hall.’
HALLINAN IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hÁilgheanáin "descendant of Áilgheanán", a pet form of a personal name composed of old Celtic elements meaning "mild, noble person".
HALLIWELL EnglishNorthern English (Lancashire) habitational name from a place near Manchester called Halliwell, from Old English
halig ‘holy’ +
well(a) ‘well’, ‘spring’, or from any of the numerous other places named with these elements (see
Hollowell).
HALLMARK EnglishFrom Middle English halfmark ‘half a mark’, probably a nickname or status name for someone who paid this sum in rent.
HALLOW EnglishEnglish: topographic name from Middle English
hal(l)owes ‘nooks’, ‘hollows’, from Old English
halh (see
Hale). In some cases the name may be genitive, rather than plural, in form, with the sense ‘relative or servant of the dweller in the nook’.
HALLSTRÖM SwedishCombination of Swedish
hall "hall, stone, rock" and
ström "stream, small river".
HALPERN JewishHabitual surname for a person who lived in the city of Heilbronn in Germany.
HAMADA JapaneseFrom the Japanese 浜
(hama) meaning "beach, seashore" combined with 田
(da) meaning "paddy, field".
HAMADATE JapaneseFrom the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 舘 or 館(
date or
tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace"
HAMAKAWA JapaneseFrom the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (
hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (
kawa) "river."
HÄMÄLÄINEN FinnishFinnish surname meaning "Tavastian, person from Tavastia". Tavastia is a historical province in southern Finland. The surname is a combination of
Häme "Tavastia" and
-läinen "-ian".
HAMANO JapaneseFrom the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (
hama) "beach" and 野 (
no) "field," "area."
HAMBERG German, Danish, JewishGerman, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of
Hamburg.
HAMBERGER German, JewishGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from any of various places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of
Hamburger.
HAMBURG German, JewishGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from the great city and port at the mouth of the river Elbe, named with the Germanic elements
ham ‘water meadow’ +
burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.
HAMDAN MuslimMuslim: from an Arabic personal name, Ḥamdān ‘much praise’, a derivative of Hamid. Ḥamdān was the name of a tribe in Arabia. The Hamdani dynasty ruled al-Jazira and Syria from 905 to 1004....
[more] HAMER English, GermanFrom the town of Hamer in Lancashire from the old english word
Hamor combining "Rock" and "Crag". It is also used in Germany and other places in Europe, possibly meaning a maker of Hammers.
HAMILL ScottishHabitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche, France, named from the Germanic personal name
Hagano + Old French
ville "settlement".
HAMILL EnglishNickname for a scarred or maimed person, from Middle English, Old English
hamel "mutilated", "crooked".
HAMILL IrishAccording to MacLysaght, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hÁdhmaill "descendant of
Ádhmall", which he derives from
ádhmall "active".
HAMMARSKJÖLD SwedishHammarskjöld is a Swedish noble family. The name is a combination of
hammare "hammer" and
sköld "shield".
HAMMER German, English, JewishFrom Middle High German
hamer, Yiddish
hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or nickname for a forceful person.
HAMMOND EnglishFrom a personal name,
Hamo(n), which is generally from a continental Germanic name
Haimo, a short form of various compound names beginning with
haim "home", although it could also be from the Old Norse personal name
Hámundr, composed of the elements
hár "high" and
mund "protection"...
[more] HAMRE ScandinavianHamre is a Surname used by people who has family from the places called Hamre
HANAFIN IrishShortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAinbhthín (modernized as Ó hAinifín) ‘descendant of Ainbhthín’, a personal name derived from ainbhíoth ‘non-peace’, ‘storm’.
HANAZAWA JapaneseMeans "flower swamp" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 花 (flower) and 沢 / 澤 (swamp).
HANLON IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hAnluain "descendant of Anluan", a personal name from the intensive prefix
an- and
luan "light", "radiance" or "warrior". Occasionally it has been used to represent
HALLINAN.
HANNACHI Arabic (Maghrebi)Derived from
Hanencha, the name of a semi-independent tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia. This surname is mainly found in Tunisia and Algeria.
HANNAM EnglishHabitational name from a place called Hanham in Gloucestershire, which was originally Old English Hānum, dative plural of hān ‘rock’, hence ‘(place) at the rocks’. The ending -ham is by analogy with other place names with this very common unstressed ending.
HARADA JapaneseFrom the Japanese 原 (
hara) "field," "plain," "original" and 田 (
da or
ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (
da or
ta) "many."
HARBACH GermanHabitational name from any of several places named Harbach.
HARBIN EnglishThis surname is of Anglo-Saxon origins, and is derived from the personal names Rabin, Robin, and Robert. It has the English prefix 'har', which means gray....
[more] HARBOUR English, FrenchEnglish: metonymic occupational name for a keeper of a lodging house, from late Old English
herebeorg ‘shelter’, ‘lodging’ (from here ‘army’ + beorg ‘shelter’). (The change of -er- to -ar- is a regular phonetic process in Old French and Middle English....
[more] HARCUS ScottishOrcadian form of Harcase, a habitational name originating from Berwickshire, Scotland.
HARDEKOP German (Rare)Derived from Middle High German
hart "hard" and
kopf "head". As a surname, it was given to a hard-headed, stubborn person.
HARE Irish (Anglicized)Irish (Ulster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÍr, meaning ‘long-lasting’. In Ireland this name is found in County Armagh; it has also long been established in Scotland....
[more] HARIGAE JapaneseFrom the Japanese 張 (
hari) "Extended Net constellation" and 替 (
kae or
gae) "exchange," "spare," "substitute."
HARJU FinnishMeans "esker", a long ridge formed by a river flowing underneath a glacier. Eskers made of gravel are common in Finland.
HARKAWAY EnglishFrom a sporting phrase used to guide and incite hunting dogs.
HARKER English (British)English (mainly northeastern England and West Yorkshire): habitational name from either of two places in Cumbria, or from one in the parish of Halsall, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. The Cumbrian places are probably named from Middle English hart ‘male deer’ + kerr ‘marshland’...
[more] HARKNESS Scottish, English (British), Northern IrishApparently a habitational name from an unidentified place (perhaps in the area of Annandale, with which the surname is connected in early records), probably so called from the Old English personal name
Hereca (a derivative of the various compound names with the first element
here ‘army’) + Old English
næss ‘headland’, ‘cape’...
[more] HARLESS English, GermanEnglish: probably a variant spelling of
Arliss, a nickname from Middle English
earles ‘earless’, probably denoting someone who was deaf rather than one literally without ears.
HARLIN EnglishEnglish surname transferred to forename use, from the Norman French personal name
Herluin, meaning "noble friend" or "noble warrior."
HARMA Finnish, EstonianAnglicized form of either
Härma or
Haarma. The former is a locational surname referring to places in Estonia and Finland. The latter means 'gray' in Finnish.
HARMER English (British)Meaning, of the Army or man of Armor, from the battle at Normandy, France. It was formerly a French last name Haremere after the battle at Normandy it moved on to England where it was shortened to Harmer.
HARMSE Dutch, Low GermanThe surname Harmse is derived from Harms or Harm, a Low-German / Niederdeutsch surname or name. In Plattdeutsch/Low Saxon the word sine is used as a possessive construction, hence Harmse indicates that it is the child of Harms, Harm, or Harmensze...
[more] HAROLD English, Norman, GermanEnglish from the Old English personal name
Hereweald, its Old Norse equivalent
Haraldr, or the Continental form
Herold introduced to Britain by the Normans. These all go back to a Germanic personal name composed of the elements
heri,
hari ‘army’ +
wald ‘rule’, which is attested in Europe from an early date; the Roman historian
Tacitus records a certain
Cariovalda, chief of the Germanic tribe of the Batavi, as early as the 1st century ad...
[more] HARRIS WelshA combination of the Welsh adjective 'hy', meaning 'bold' or 'presumptuous' and the common Welsh personal name 'Rhys'. This surname is common in South Wales and the English West Country and has an official Welsh tartan...
[more] HARROW EnglishMeans "person from Harrow", the district of northwest Greater London, or various places of the same name in Scotland ("heathen shrine").
HARTFORD EnglishHabitational name from Hertford, or from either of two places called Hartford, in Cheshire and Cumbria; all are named with Old English heorot ‘hart’ + ford ‘ford’.
HARTLEY English, ScottishDerived from the Old English words meaning
heorot meaning "hart" and
leah meaning "clearing". Also from Scottish
Ó hArtghaile meaning "descendant of Artghal".
Hartley is also an English given name.
HARTMAN DutchFrom a Germanic personal name composed of the elements
hard "hardy, strong" and
man "man".
HARTON EnglishThis surname is a habitational one, denoting someone who lived in a village in County Durham or in North Yorkshire....
[more] HARTWELL EnglishHabitational name from places in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire called Hartwell, from Old English
heorot ‘stag’, ‘hart’ +
wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’...
[more] HARUNO JapaneseMeans "spring field", from Japanese 春
(haru) "spring" and 野
(no) "field".
HARUTA JapaneseFrom the Japanese 春 (
haru) "spring" or 治 (
haru) "peace," "public security" and 田 (
ta or
da) "rice paddy."
HARUYAMA JapaneseFrom Japanese 春
(haru) meaning "spring" and 山
(yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
HARVARD EnglishFrom the Old English given name
Hereweard, composed of the elements
here "army" and
weard "guard", which was borne by an 11th-century thane of Lincolnshire, leader of resistance to the advancing Normans...
[more] HASEGAWA JapaneseFrom the Japanese 長 (
ha or
naga) "long," "chief," 谷 (
se,
tani or
ya) "valley" and 川 (
kawa or
gawa) "river."
HAŠEK Czech (?)Meaning "Pure" or "Chaste" from Latin
Castus, a shortening of
Castulus. Diminutive of the personal name Haštal. Noteable people with this surname include Dominik Hašek, a Czech ice hockey Goal-tender and Jaroslav Hašek, a Czech satirist and Journalist, most known for his satirical novel, 'The Good Soldier Švejk'.
HASLEY EnglishHabitational name of uncertain origin. The surname is common in London, and may be derived from Alsa (formerly Assey) in Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex (recorded as Alsiesheye in 1268). nother possible source is Halsway in Somerset, named from Old English
hals ‘neck’ +
weg ‘way’, ‘road’.
HASSALL EnglishMeans "person from Hassall", Cheshire ("witch's corner of land").
HASSELBACH GermanHabitational name from any of the places in various parts of Germany called Hasselbach.
HÄSSLI German (Swiss), French (Rare)Swiss German diminutive form of
Haas. This is a French surname via Alsace-Lorraine. A notable bearer is French footballer (soccer player) Eric Hassli (1981-).
HATANO JapaneseFrom the Japanese 渡 (
ha or
wata) "ferryboat," "ferry" or 羽 (
ha or
hane) "wing," "feather;" 田 (
ta or
da) "rice paddy" or 多 (
ta or
da) "many;" and 野 (
no) "field," "area."
HATATHLI NavajoFrom Navajo
hataałii meaning "medicine man, shaman", literally "singer" (from the verb
hataał "he sings, he is chanting").
HATCH EnglishEnglish (mainly Hampshire and Berkshire): topographic name from Middle English hacche ‘gate’, Old English hæcc (see Hatcher). In some cases the surname is habitational, from one of the many places named with this word...
[more] HATCHER EnglishSouthern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate, from Middle English hacche (Old English hæcc) + the agent suffix -er. This normally denoted a gate marking the entrance to a forest or other enclosed piece of land, sometimes a floodgate or sluice-gate.
HATSU JapaneseHatsu is both a Japanese surname and a unisex name meaning "Beginning." Notable bearers of this surname is Akiko Hatsu (Japanese manga artist) and a bearer of the first name form is Hatsu Hioki (Japanese wrestler).
HATTENDORF German, JewishGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from places called Hattendorf, near Alsfeld and near Hannover. The element
hatt,
had means ‘bog’
HATTORI JapaneseFrom the Japanese 服 "clothes" and 部 "region," "division," "part." This was the surname of Hanzo Hattori (服部半蔵), a famous 16th century samurai and ninja.
HATZI GreekA Greek rendering of حاج (ḥājj), denoting one who has successfully completed a pilgrimage. In a Christian context, the title designates a person who has visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land and was baptised in the Jordan River...
[more] HATZIS GreekHatzis is the modern form of the Greek khatzis 'a pilgrim to Jerusalem' (either Christian or Muslim), considered a high social distinction. The Greek term is Semitic in origin and is cognate with Arabic hajj 'pilgrimage (to Mecca).'
HAUEIS GermanDerived from Middle High German
houwen "to beat" and
isen "iron". This surname denoted a smith.
HAUGE NorwegianHabitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Hauge, from the dative singular of Old Norse
haugr "hill, mound".
HAUKEBØ NorwegianA combination of Norwegian
hauk, derived from Old Norse
haukr, "hawk" and
bø, derived from Old Norse
bœr, "farm". The meaning refers to hawks sitting abode; as on the roof of a barn.
HAUS GermanTopographic and occupational name for someone who lived and worked in a great house, from Middle High German, Middle Low German
hus "house" (see
House).
HAUSCH GermanFrom the Germanic personal name
Huso, a short form of a compound name composed with
hus ‘house’, ‘dwelling’ as the first element.
HAUSER German, JewishFrom Middle High German
hus "house", German
haus, + the suffix -
er, denoting someone who gives shelter or protection.
HAUSLE German (Austrian)Topographical name for someone who's House was near the Woods, from German "Häus" House "le" Woods
HAUSWIRTH GermanFrom Middle High German
haus 'house' and
wirt 'owner' or 'master'.
HAUTALA FinnishFinnish. Topographical, (haute) meaning, “graves, tomb” combined with (la) meaning “abode, home, or land of….”
HAUTAMAA FinnishFinnish. Topographical, (haute) meaning, “graves, tomb” combined with (maa) meaning, “country.”
HAUTAMÄKI FinnishFinnish for "GRAVESHILL;" possibly cemetery or simply a person who lived near graves on a hill. hauta ("grave") & mäki ("hill")
HAVELOCK EnglishFrom the Middle English male personal name
Havelok, from Old Norse
Hafleikr, literally "sea sport". It was borne by the British general Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857).
HAVERBUS Yiddish, DutchFrom Yiddish/Hebrew Haver (חבר) and Baruch (ברוך), thus literally "blessed friend".