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HÀVietnamese Vietnamese form of He, from Sino-Vietnamese 何 (hà).
HẠVietnamese Derived from the Han character 夏 meaning "summer".
HAABEstonian Haab is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen".
HAABJÄRVEstonian Haabjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen lake".
HAABMAEstonian Haabma is an Estonian surname derived from "haab" (aspen) and "maa" (land).
HAABMETSEstonian Haabmets is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest."
HAABOJAEstonian Haaboja is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen creek/stream".
HAAGAncient 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]
HAAKEstonian Haak is an Estonian surname meaning "hook" and "fastener".
HÄÄLEstonian Hääl is an Estonian surname meaning "voice".
HAALANDNorwegian From Old Norse Hávaland, derived from hár "high" and land "land, farm". This is the name of several farms in Norway.
HAAMHmong A Hmong clan surname, which is sometimes anglicized as Ham or Hang. It may be a variant form of the Chinese surname Hang.
HAAMEREstonian Haamer is an Estonian surname meaning "hammer".
HAARLAEstonian Haarla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haar" meaning "leg".
HAARMAEstonian Haarma is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "härmas" meaning "frosty".
HAAVAKIVIEstonian Haavakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "cut stone".
HAAVAMÄEEstonian Haavamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen hill".
HAAVAOKSEstonian Haavaoks is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen bough/branch".
HAAVAPUUEstonian Haavapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen tree".
HAAVASALUEstonian Haavasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen grove".
HAAVISTOFinnish Means "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.
HAAVISTUEstonian Haavistu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haavik" ("aspen wood") and "iste" ("seat" or "stool"); "aspen wood stool".
HABSBURGGerman This 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.
HABYARIMANACentral African Variant spelling of HAVYARIMANA. This surname was borne by assassinated Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana (1937-1994).
HACKNEYEnglish, Scottish Habitational name from Hackney in Greater London, named from an Old English personal name Haca (genitive Hacan) combined with ēg "island, dry ground in marshland".
HACKNEYEnglish, Scottish From 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]
HACOHENHebrew Means "the priest" in Hebrew, from the word ha which means "the", and the surname COHEN.
HADAJapanese This is another reading of Haneda/Hata. Ha means "Plume, Feather, Wing" and Da means "Rice Paddy/Patty".
HADDADArabic, Hebrew, Persian Means "blacksmith" in Arabic, ultimately from Syriac ܚܰܕܳܕܳܐ (hadado), though it could also be derived from the name of a Semitic deity, HADAD.
HADDONEnglish Derived 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]
HADJArabic (Maghrebi) From Arabic حاج (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim", referring to the Islamic hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia (chiefly Maghrebi).
HADLEYEnglish A 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.
HADOJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "wavelength" and 動 (do, dou, dō) meaning "motion, change, confusion"
HAFERGerman, Jewish Metonymic 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.
HAGAJapanese Ha 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.
HAGAKUREJapanese From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 隠 (gakure) meaning "to disappear"
HAGANJewish Hebrew, shortened from haganah which means soldier
HAGANIrish Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁgáin "descendant of Ógán", a personal name from a diminutive of óg "young".
HAGANIrish Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin "descendant of Aodhagán", a personal name formed from a double diminutive of Aodh meaning "fire".
HAGEMANDutch, Swedish Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle Dutch haghe ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’ + man ‘man’. Respelling of German HAGEMANN... [more]
HAGEMANNGerman, Danish 1. 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]
HÄGGSwedish From 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.
HAILESScottish, English Scottish habitational name from Hailes in Lothian, originally in East Lothian, named from the Middle English genitive or plural form of hall ‘hall’. ... [more]
HAIRFIELDEnglish Probably 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’.
HAKUREIJapanese From haku (博) meaning "wide" or "exposition" and rei (麗) meaning "lovely", "graceful", or "beautiful".... [more]
HAKURYŪJapanese (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]
HALIBURTONScottish Means "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]
HALLBERGSwedish Derived from Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and berg "mountain".
HALLÉNSwedish, Dutch Swedish 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.’
HALLIKEstonian Hallik is an Estonian surname derived from "hallikas" meaning "greyish".
HALLIKÄÄREstonian Hallikäär is an Estonian name meaning "grayish edge".
HALLIKASEstonian Hallikas is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish".
HALLIKMÄEEstonian Hallikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish hill/mountain".
HALLINANIrish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilgheanáin "descendant of Áilgheanán", a pet form of a personal name composed of old Celtic elements meaning "mild, noble person".
HALLISTEEstonian Halliste is an Estonian name relating to "hall", meaning "grey" and "frost".
HALLIWELLEnglish Northern 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).
HALLMARKEnglish From Middle English halfmark ‘half a mark’, probably a nickname or status name for someone who paid this sum in rent.
HALLMETSEstonian Hallmets is an Estonian surname meaning "grey forest".
HALLOWEnglish English: 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’.
HALLOWELLEnglish The 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".
HAMEnglish, German, Scottish, Anglo-Saxon Anglo-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.
HÄMARIKEstonian Hämarik is an Estonian surname meaning "dusk". From "Hämarik" in Estonian mythology, a beautiful young maiden who was the personification of dusk.
HAMAZAKIJapanese It'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.
HAMBERGGerman, Danish, Jewish German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of HAMBURG.
HAMBERGERGerman, Jewish German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from any of various places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of HAMBURGER.
HAMBURGGerman, Jewish German 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’.
HAMBURGERGerman, Jewish German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Hamburg.
HAMDANMuslim Muslim: 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]
HAMELINFrench from the Norse word HAMO meaning home.
HAMEREnglish, German From 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.
HAMILLScottish Habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche, France, named from the Germanic personal name HAGANO + Old French ville "settlement".
HAMILLEnglish Nickname for a scarred or maimed person, from Middle English, Old English hamel "mutilated", "crooked".
HAMILLIrish According to MacLysaght, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁdhmaill "descendant of Ádhmall", which he derives from ádhmall "active".
HAMMARSwedish From a common place name element ultimately derived from Old Norse hamarr meaning "hammer, stone, steep cliff".
HAMMARBERGSwedish Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and berg "mountain".
HAMMARLUNDSwedish Ornamental name derived from Swedish hammare "hammer" and lund "grove".
HAMMARSKJÖLDSwedish (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).
HAMMERGerman, English, Jewish From 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.
HANAFINIrish Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAinbhthín (modernized as Ó hAinifín) ‘descendant of Ainbhthín’, a personal name derived from ainbhíoth ‘non-peace’, ‘storm’.
HANAIJapanese Hana means "Blossom, Flower" and I means "Well, Pit, Mine shaft, Ditch".
HANLEYIrish Means “descendant of Áinle.” Derived from “O’Hanley,” an anglicized form of “Ó hÁinle,” ultimately from Gaelic “ainle” meaning “beauty, grace.”
HANLONIrish Anglicized 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.
HANMERWelsh A Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.
HANNAMEnglish Habitational 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.