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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".
HAABMA EstonianHaabma is an Estonian surname derived from "haab" (aspen) and "maa" (land).
HAABOJA EstonianHaaboja is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen creek/stream".
HAAG Ancient Germanic (German, Archaic)’’The German surname Haag, like many surnames, was taken from some geographical feature near the dwelling place of its first bearer. Coming from the Old Norse "haga," or some local variation of the word, the name means "one who lives near a hedged or fenced enclosure."...
[more] HAAK EstonianHaak is an Estonian surname meaning "hook" and "fastener".
HAALAND NorwegianFrom Old Norse
Hávaland, derived from
hár "high" and
land "land, farm". This is the name of several farms in Norway.
HAAM HmongA Hmong clan surname, which is sometimes anglicized as
Ham or
Hang. It may be a variant form of the Chinese surname
Hang.
HAARLA EstonianHaarla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haar" meaning "leg".
HAARMA EstonianHaarma is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "härmas" meaning "frosty".
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.
HAAVISTU EstonianHaavistu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haavik" ("aspen wood") and "iste" ("seat" or "stool"); "aspen wood stool".
HABER MalteseNot to be confused with the German surname of the same spelling.
HABERLAND GermanTopographic name from Middle High German
haber(e) "oats" and
land "land", or a habitational name from any of various places so called.
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.
HABYARIMANA Central AfricanVariant spelling of Havyarimana. This surname was borne by assassinated Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana (1937-1994).
HACIYEV AzerbaijaniMeans "son of the pilgrim", from Arabic حَاجِيّ
(ḥājiyy) denoting a Muslim who has successfully made the hajj to Mecca.
HACKNEY English, ScottishHabitational name from Hackney in Greater London, named from an Old English personal name
Haca (genitive
Hacan) combined with
ēg "island, dry ground in marshland".
HACKNEY English, ScottishFrom Middle English
hakenei (Old French
haquenée), an ambling horse, especially one considered suitable for women to ride; perhaps therefore a metonymic occupational name for a stablehand...
[more] HACOHEN HebrewMeans "the priest" in Hebrew, from the word
ha which means "the", and the surname
COHEN.
HADA JapaneseThis is another reading of Haneda/Hata. Ha means "Plume, Feather, Wing" and Da means "Rice Paddy/Patty".
HADDAD Arabic, Hebrew, PersianMeans "blacksmith" in Arabic, ultimately from Syriac ܚܰܕܳܕܳܐ
(hadado), though it could also be derived from the name of a Semitic deity,
HADAD.
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", referring to the Islamic hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia (chiefly Maghrebi).
HADLEY EnglishA habitational name from either a place named Hadley, or a place named Hadleigh. The first is named from the Old English personal name
Hadda +
lēah (means ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’), and the other three are from Old English
hǣð (meaning ‘heathland’, ‘heather') +
lēah.
HADŽIĆ BosnianDerived from Arabic حَاجّ
(ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim", a title given to Muslims who have completed the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
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.
HAGA JapaneseHa means "Fragrance,Aroma" and Ga means "Congratulations". It's mostly in the northeastern Japan, and most likely comes from the place name in Tochigi Prefecture.
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] HÄGG SwedishFrom Swedish
hägg meaning "prunus padus", but also known as "hackberry, bird cherry". It is a type of small tree native to northern Asia and Europe.
HÄGGLUND SwedishCombination of Swedish
hägg "bird cherry" (a type of tree native to Sweden) and
lund "grove".
HÄGGSTRÖM SwedishCombination of Swedish
hägg "bird cherry" and
ström "stream, small river".
HAGINO JapaneseHagi means "Bush Clover" and No means "Field, Plain, Wilderness". A notable bearer is Kosuke Hagino, a competitive swimmer.
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’.
HAJIZADEH PersianDerived from Arabic حَاجِيّ
(ḥājiyy) meaning "(Muslim) pilgrim" combined with the Persian suffix زاده
(-zâde) meaning "offspring".
HAJJAR ArabicMeans "stonemason" from Arabic حَجَر
(ḥajar) "stone, weight".
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 ArabicMeans "Aleppine" in Arabic, referring to someone from the city of Aleppo in Syria.
HALBERSTADT GermanHabitational name from any of various places so named, notably the city near Magdeburg and Halberstadt near Königstein in Saxony.
HALEVI HebrewMeans "The Levite" in Hebrew, from the word
ha which means "the", and the surname
LEVI.
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] HALJAND EstonianHaljand is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) derived from "haljas" meaning "green/verdant".
HÄLL EstonianHäll is an Estonian surname meaning "cradle" and "birthplace".
HALL EstonianHall is an Estonian surname meaning both "grey" and "frost".
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.’
HALLEY EnglishLocation name combining the elements
hall as in "large house" and
lee meaning "field or clearing."
HALLIK EstonianHallik is an Estonian surname derived from "hallikas" meaning "greyish".
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".
HALLISTE EstonianHalliste is an Estonian name relating to "hall", meaning "grey" and "frost".
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’.
HALLOWELL EnglishThe ancestors of the name Hallowell date back to the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Hallowell family lived near a holy spring having derived from the Old English terms
halli, which meant "holy", and
welle, which meant "spring".
HALLSTRÖM SwedishCombination of Swedish
hall "hall, stone, rock" and
ström "stream, small river".
HALLWELL EnglishRelated to Halliwell, this surname means "Lives by the Holy Spring"
HALPERN JewishHabitual surname for a person who lived in the city of Heilbronn in Germany.
HALPRIN EnglishHalprin is the last name of the main character the book called Ashfall by Mike Mullin.
HAM English, German, Scottish, Anglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon meaning the home stead, many places in England. One who came from Hamm in North-Rhine Westphalia, or one who came from Ham in Caithness Scotland's most northerly county. In Scotland this surname devires from the Norse word "Hami", meaning homestead.
HAMADA JapaneseFrom 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"
HAMAGUCHI JapaneseFrom Japanese 浜, 濱
(hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 口
(kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
HAMAKAWA JapaneseFrom the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (
hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (
kawa) "river."
HAMAMURA JapaneseFrom Japanese 浜, 濱
(hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 村
(mura) meaning "town, village".
HAMANO JapaneseFrom the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (
hama) "beach" and 野 (
no) "field," "area."
HÄMARIK EstonianHämarik is an Estonian surname meaning "dusk". From "Hämarik" in Estonian mythology, a beautiful young maiden who was the personification of dusk.
HAMAZAKI JapaneseIt's the same as
HAMASAKI, it's just a different transcription and pronunciation. Tatsuya Hamzazaki wrote the light novel adaptation of the anime Absolute Boy.
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".
HAMLIN EnglishFrom an Old English word meaning "home" or "homestead" and a diminutive suffix
-lin.
HAMMAR SwedishFrom a common place name element ultimately derived from Old Norse
hamarr meaning "hammer, stone, steep cliff".
HAMMARSKJÖLD Swedish (Rare)Combination of Swedish
hammare "hammer" and
sköld "shield". A notable bearer was diplomat and Secretary-General of the United Nations
DAG Hammarskjöld (1905-1961).
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.
HAMNER WelshVariant spelling of "Hanmer", parish in Flintshire.
HAMRE ScandinavianHamre is a Surname used by people who has family from the places called Hamre
HANABUSA JapaneseFrom Japanese 花 (
hana) meaning "flower" and 房 (
busa) meaning "room*.
HANAFIN IrishShortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAinbhthín (modernized as Ó hAinifín) ‘descendant of Ainbhthín’, a personal name derived from ainbhíoth ‘non-peace’, ‘storm’.
HANAI JapaneseHana means "Blossom, Flower" and I means "Well, Pit, Mine shaft, Ditch".
HANAMURA JapaneseHana means "Flower" and Mura means "Hamlet, Village." A notable bearer is Norikatsu Hanamura, an actor. Other bearers are in the notes.
HANAZAWA JapaneseMeans "flower swamp" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 花 (flower) and 沢 / 澤 (swamp).
HANDA JapaneseThis surname means "Half of a Rice Paddy", with 半 (Han) and 田 (Da).
HANEDA JapaneseHane means "Wing, Feather, Plume" and Da means "Feild, Rice Patty/Paddy". This is predominantly in Eastern Japan.
HANEYAMA JapaneseFrom Japanese 羽 (
hane) meaning "feather" and 山 (
yama) meaning "mountain".
HÄNILANE EstonianHänilane is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail" (bird species: Motacilla flava).
HANLEY IrishMeans “descendant of Áinle.” Derived from “O’Hanley,” an anglicized form of “Ó hÁinle,” ultimately from Gaelic “ainle” meaning “beauty, grace.”
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.
HANMER WelshA Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.
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.
HANSALU EstonianHansalu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Hans" and "salu", meaning "grove"; "Hans' grove".
HANSDOTTER SwedishMeans "daughter of
HANS". This name is only given to females. A notable bearer is Swedish alpine ski racer
FRIDA Hansdotter (b. 1985).
HANSO EstonianHanso is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Juhan/Johannes".