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Holm Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Swedish, Danish and Norwegian holme, holm meaning "islet" (Old Norse holmr).

Holmberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and berg meaning "mountain".

Holme English, Scottish
Referred either to someone living by a small island (northern Middle English holm, from Old Norse holmr) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm, from Old English holegn).

Holmes English, Scottish
Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.

Holmgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Holmström Swedish
From Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Holmwood English
Variant of Homewood.

Holst Danish, Low German, Dutch
Originally referred to a person from the region of Holstein between Germany and Denmark. A famous bearer of this name was the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934).

Holt English, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".

Holtman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Holzmann.

Holtz German
German cognate of Holt.

Holub m & u Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "dove, pigeon" in Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian.

Hölzer German
German cognate of Holt.

Holzer German
German cognate of Holt.

Holzknecht German
Occupational name for a forester's helper, from Old High German holz "wood" and kneht "servant, apprentice".

Holzmann German
Derived from Old High German holz "wood" and man "man", a name for someone who lived close to a wood or worked with wood.

Homewood English
From various place names derived from Old English ham meaning "home" and wudu meaning "wood".

Honda Japanese
From Japanese 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Honeycutt English
Derived from the name of the English town of Hunnacott, derived from Old English hunig "honey" or the given name Huna combined with cot "cottage".

Honeysett English
Possibly a variant of Honeycutt.

Hood English
Metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Old English hod.

Hooker English
Originally applied to one who lived near a river bend or corner of some natural feature, from Old English hoc "angle, hook".

Hooper English
Occupational name for someone who put the metal hoops around wooden barrels.

Hoover German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Huber.

Hope English
Derived from Middle English hop meaning "small valley".

Hopkins English
Patronymic formed from a diminutive of Hob.

Hopper English
Occupational name for an acrobat or a nickname for someone who was nervous or restless. A famous bearer was the American actor Dennis Hopper (1936-2010).

Hopson English
Variant of Hobson.

Horáček m Czech
Diminutive derived from Czech hora "mountain".

Horák m Czech
Derived from Czech hora "mountain".

Horn English, German, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old English, Old High German and Old Norse word horn meaning "horn". This was an occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn or who played a horn, or a person who lived near a horn-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.

Horne English
Variant of Horn.

Hornick Czech (Anglicized), Slovak (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Horník.

Horník m Czech, Slovak
Occupational name meaning "miner" in Czech and Slovak.

Horowitz Jewish
From the German name of Hořovice, a town in the Czech Republic. Its name is derived from Czech hora "mountain".

Horsfall English
From a minor place in Yorkshire derived from Old English hors "horse" and fall "clearing".

Horton English
From the names of various places in England, which are derived from Old English horh "dirt, mud" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Horvat Croatian, Slovene
From Croatian and Slovene Hrvat meaning "Croat, person from Croatia".

Horváth u & m Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of Horvat. This is the second most common surname in Hungary and the most common surname in Slovakia (where is is typically borne by those of Hungarian ancestry).

Hoshino Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hosseini Persian
From the given name Hossein.

Hou Chinese
From Chinese 侯 (hóu) meaning "lord, nobleman".

Houben Dutch
Derived from the given name Hubert.

Houk Dutch (Anglicized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Hoek.

House English
Referred to a person who lived or worked in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut.

Houston Scottish
From a place name meaning "Hugh's town". The original Houston is in Scotland near Glasgow.

Houtkooper Dutch
Means "buyer of wood" in Dutch.

Houtman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Holzmann.

Hovanesian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (see Hovhannisyan).

Hovhannisyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovhannes" in Armenian.

Howard 1 English
Derived from the given name Hughard or Hávarðr.

Howard 2 English
Occupational name meaning "ewe herder", from Old English eowu "ewe" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Howe English
Name for one who lived on a hill, from Middle English how "hill" (of Norse origin).

Howell Welsh
From the Welsh given name Hywel.

Howland English
Variant of Holland 1.

Howse English
Variant of Howe.

Hoxha Albanian
From the Persian title خواجه (khvajeh) meaning "lord".

Hrabě m Czech
Means "count" in Czech, perhaps used to denote someone who worked for a count or acted like a count.

Hristov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Hristo".

Hristova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Hristov.

Hrubý m Czech
Means "crude, coarse" in Czech.

Hruška m Czech, Slovak
Means "pear" in Czech and Slovak, most likely used to denote a person who grew or sold pears.

Hsieh Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 谢 (see Xie).

Hsu 1 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 徐 (see Xu 1).

Hsu 2 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 许 (see Xu 2).

Hu Chinese
From Chinese 胡 (hú) meaning "beard, whiskers, recklessly, wildly, barbarian".

Huang Chinese
From Chinese 黄 (huáng) meaning "yellow".

Hubbard English
Derived from the given name Hubert.

Hüber German
Variant of Huber.

Huber German
Occupational name for a farmer, derived from Old High German huoba "plot of land, farm".

Hubert French, German, English
Derived from the given name Hubert.

Hudák m Slovak
From Slovak chudák meaning "pauper, poor person".

Huddleson English
Means "son of Hudel", a diminutive of Hudde.

Huddleston English
From the name of a town in the Yorkshire region of England, which means "Hudel's town" in Old English.

Hudnall English
From various English place names, derived from the Old English given name Huda combined with halh "nook, recess".

Hudson English
Means "son of Hudde".

Huerta Spanish
Means "garden, orchard" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin hortus.

Huff English
Means "spur of a hill", from Old English hoh.

Huffman German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Hoffmann.

Hughes 1 English
Patronymic of the given name Hugh.

Hughes 2 Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

Hull English
Variant of Hill.

Hult Swedish
Swedish form of Holt.

Hume Scottish, English
Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).

Hummel 1 German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Humbert.

Hummel 2 German, Dutch
Nickname for a busy person, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hommel, Middle High German hummel, all meaning "bee".

Humphrey English
Derived from the given name Humphrey.

Hunnicutt English
Variant of Honeycutt.

Hunt English
Variant of Hunter.

Hunter English, Scottish
Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.

Hurst English
Originally a name for a person who lived near a thicket of trees, from Old English hyrst "thicket".

Hussain Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.

Hussein Arabic
From the given name Husayn. A famous bearer was the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).

Hutchinson English
Means "son of Huchin", a medieval diminutive of Hugh.

Hutmacher German
German cognate of Hoedemaker.

Hutson English
Variant of Hudson.

Huxley English
From the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).

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

Huỳnh Vietnamese
Variant of Hoàng used more often in southern Vietnam.

Hyde English
From Middle English hide, a unit of land, approximately the size necessary to support a household.

Hyland 1 English
Topographic name meaning "high land", from Old English heah and land.

Hyland 2 Irish
Variant of Whelan.

Hynes Irish
Variant of Hines.

I'Anson English
Variant of Janson.

Ibáñez Spanish
Means "son of Ibán".

Ibarra Basque, Spanish
From Basque place names derived from ibar meaning "meadow".

Ibragimov m Chechen, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani (Russified), Uzbek (Russified)
Means "son of Ibragim".

Ibragimova f Chechen, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani (Russified), Uzbek (Russified)
Feminine form of Ibragimov.

Ibrahimović Bosnian
Means "son of Ibrahim".

Ibsen Danish
Means "son of Ib". A famous bearer was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).

Idowu Yoruba
From the given name Idowu.

Igarashi Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (i) meaning "fifty", an unwritten subject marker が (ga), and 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm".

Iglesias Spanish
From Spanish iglesia meaning "church", from Latin ecclesia (of Greek origin).

Ignatov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Ignat".

Ikeda Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ilić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Ilija".

Iliescu Romanian
Means "son of Ilie".

Iliev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Iliya".

Ilieva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Iliev.

Illés Hungarian
Derived from the given name Illés.

Im Korean
From Sino-Korean 林 (im) meaning "forest", making it the Korean form of Lin, or 任 (im) of uncertain meaning, making it the Korean form of Ren.

Imai Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Inaba Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Inada Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ingham English
From the name of an English town, of Old English origin meaning "Inga's homestead".

Ingram English
Derived from the given name Ingram.

Íñiguez Spanish
Means "son of Íñigo" in Spanish.

Iñíguez Spanish
Variant of Íñiguez.

Innes 1 Scottish
From a place name derived from Gaelic inis meaning "island".

Innes 2 Scottish
From the given name Aonghus.

Innocenti Italian
From a nickname meaning "innocent" in Italian.

Inoue Japanese
Means "above the well", from Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Ioannidis m Greek
Means "son of Ioannis" in Greek.

Ioannou Greek
Means "son of Ioannis".

Ion Romanian
From the given name Ion 1.

Ionescu Romanian
Means "son of Ion 1" in Romanian.

Irvin Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

Irvine 1 Scottish
Originally derived from the name of a Scottish (North Ayrshire) town, which was named for the River Irvine, derived from Brythonic elements meaning "green water".

Irvine 2 English
Variant of Irwin.

Irving Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

Irwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Eoforwine.

Isaacson English
Means "son of Isaac".

Isakov m Russian
Means "son of Isaak".

Isakova f Russian
Feminine form of Isakov.

Isaksen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Isak".

Isaksson Swedish
Means "son of Isak".

Isayev m Russian
Means "son of Isay".

Ishida Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ismail Arabic
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismailov m Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Chechen, Avar
Means "son of Isma'il".

Ito Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).

Itō Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Ivanković Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic derived from a diminutive of Ivan.

Ivanov m Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian
Means "son of Ivan". It is among the most common surnames in Bulgaria and Russia.

Ivanova f Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Belarusian
Feminine form of Ivanov or Ivanow.

Ivanović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivanovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivers English, Irish
Patronymic derived from the given name Ivor.

Iversen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Iver".

Iwai Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Iwamoto Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Iwasaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Iwata Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Iyer Tamil
Referred to a person belonging to the Iyer subcaste of the larger Brahmin caste. The Iyer subcaste is traditionally devoted to the God Vishnu.

Izumi Japanese
From Japanese 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

Jabłoński m Polish
Originally denoted someone who lived by an apple tree, from Polish jabłoń meaning "apple tree".

Jack English, Scottish
From the given name Jack.

Jackman English
Means "servant of Jack".

Jackson English
Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

Jacobs English, Dutch
Derived from the given name Jacob.

Jacobsen Danish
Means "son of Jacob".

Jacobson English
Means "son of Jacob".

Jacques French
From the French given name Jacques.

Jacquet French
From a diminutive of the given name Jacques.

Jaeger German
Variant of Jäger.

Jafari Persian
From the given name Jafar.

Jäger German
Means "hunter" in German, from Old High German jagon meaning "to hunt".

Jager German
Variant of Jäger.

Jagger English
From an English word meaning "carter, peddler". A famous bearer is the British musician Mick Jagger (1943-), the lead singer of the Rolling Stones.

Jagoda Polish
Means "berry" in Polish.

Jahn German
From a Low German short form of Johannes.

Jahoda m Czech
Czech cognate of Jagoda.

Jain Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Referred to a person who followed the principles of Jainism, a religion practiced in India. Jains are the followers of Lord Mahavira (599-527 BC).

Jakab Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jakab.

Jakeman English
Means "servant of Jack".

Jakobsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Jakob".

James English
Derived from the given name James.

Jameson English
Means "son of James".

Jamison English
Means "son of James".

Jamshidi Persian
From the given name Jamshid.

Janáček m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Jan 1.

Janda m & u Czech, Polish
Derived from the given name Jan 1.

Janíček m Czech, Slovak
From a diminutive of the given name Jan 1.

Jankauskas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Janowski.

Janković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Janko".

Jankovič Slovene
Means "son of Janko".

Jankowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Jankowo or Janków, all derived from the given name Janek.

Janowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Janowo, Janów or Janowice, all derived from the given name Jan 1.

Jans Dutch, German
Means "son of Jan 1".

Jansen Dutch, Norwegian
Means "son of Jan 1". This is the second most common Dutch surname.

Jansing Dutch
Variant of Jansen.

Janson German, Dutch, Swedish, English
Means "son of Jan 1".

Jansons m Latvian
Latvian form of Jansson.

Janssen Dutch
Means "son of Jan 1".

Janssens Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Jan 1".

Jansson Swedish
Means "son of Jan 1".

Janvier French
Either from the given name Janvier or the French word janvier meaning "January", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.

Janz German
Means "son of Jan 1".

Janzen Dutch
Means "son of Jan 1".

Jardine English, Scottish
Means "garden", denoting someone who worked as a gardener.

Jarrett English
Variant of Garrett.

Järvi Finnish
Means "lake" in Finnish.

Järvinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish järvi meaning "lake". It is one of the most common surnames in Finland.

Jarvis English
Derived from the given name Gervais.

Jaskólski m Polish
Originally indicated a person from various Polish towns named Jaskółki, derived from Polish jaskółka "swallow (bird)".

Jaskulski m Polish
Variant of Jaskólski.

Jaso Basque
Derived from Basque jats meaning "sorghum", a type of cereal grass.

Jasso Basque
Variant of Jaso.

Jaworski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various places named Jawory or Jaworze, derived from Polish jawor meaning "maple tree".

Jean French
From the given name Jean 1.

Jeanes 1 English
Derived from the given name Jan, a medieval English form of John.

Jeanes 2 English
Originally denoted a person who came from Genoa, Italy.

Jedlička m Czech
Derived from Czech jedle meaning "fir tree", given to a person who lived near a prominent one.

Jedynak Polish
Means "only child" in Polish.

Jeffers English
Patronymic from the given name Jeffrey. A famous bearer was poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962).

Jefferson English
Means "son of Jeffrey". A famous bearer was American president Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Since his surname was sometimes adopted by freed slaves, it is now more common among the African-American population.

Jeffery English
Derived from the given name Jeffrey.

Jeffries English
Patronymic from the given name Jeffrey.

Jehlička m Czech
From Czech jehla meaning "needle", most likely borne by tailors in reference to their occupation.

Jelen m & u Czech, Slovene
From a nickname meaning "stag" in Czech and Slovene.

Jeleń Polish
Polish form of Jelen.

Jelínek m Czech
Diminutive of Jelen.

Jenkins English
From the given name Jenkin, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Jennings English
From the given name Jenyn, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Jensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Jens". This is the most common surname in Denmark.

Jenson Danish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jensen.

Jenssen Norwegian
Means "son of Jens".

Jeong Korean
Korean form of Zheng, from Sino-Korean 鄭 (jeong).

Jephson English
Variant of Jepson.

Jeppesen Danish
Means "son of Jeppe".

Jepson English
Means "son of Jep".

Jerković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Jerko".

Jernigan English
Possibly derived from the old Breton name Iarnogon meaning "iron famous".

Jérôme French
Derived from the given name Jérôme.

Jerome English
Derived from the given name Jerome. A famous bearer of this surname was the American-born Jennie Jerome (1854-1921), Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill.

Jervis English
Variant of Jarvis.

Jespersen Danish
Means "son of Jesper".

Jesus Portuguese
Derived from the given name Jesus.

Jewel English
Variant of Jewell.

Jewell English
Derived from the Breton given name Judicaël.

Jež u & m Slovene, Czech
Cognate of Jeż.

Jeż Polish
Means "hedgehog" in Polish. It may have originally been given to a person who resembled a hedgehog in some way.

Ježek m Czech
Diminutive form of Jež.

Jiang 1 Chinese
From Chinese 江 (jiāng) meaning "river, Yangtze".

Jiang 2 Chinese
From Chinese 姜 (jiāng) meaning "ginger".

Jiménez Spanish
Means "son of Jimeno".

Jin Chinese
From Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold".

Jinks English
Means "son of Jenk", a short form of Jenkin, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Jo Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 조 (see Cho).

Jó Hungarian
Means "good" in Hungarian.

Johannessen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Johannes".

Johansen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Johan". This is the second most common Norwegian surname.

Johansson Swedish
Means "son of Johan". This is the second most common surname in Sweden.

John English
Derived from the given name John. A famous bearer is British musician Elton John (1947-), born Reginald Dwight.

Johns English
Derived from the given name John.

Johnsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of John".

Johnson English
Means "son of John". Famous bearers include American presidents Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).

Johnsson Swedish
Means "son of John".

Johnston Scottish
From the name of a Scottish town, which meant "John's town".

Joiner English
Occupational name for a carpenter (that is, a person who joins wood together to make furniture).

Jokela Finnish
Derived from Finnish joki "river".

Jokinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish joki "river".

Joly French
From Old French joli meaning "happy, jolly, pretty".

Jonaitis m Lithuanian
From the given name Jonas 1.

Jónás Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jónás.

Jonasen Danish
Means "son of Jonas 2".

Jonasson Swedish
Means "son of Jonas 2".

Jones English, Welsh
Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of John.

Jonker Dutch
From the Dutch title jonkheer meaning "young lord". It was originally a medieval noble designation (not an actual title) for a young nobleman.

Jönsson Swedish
Means "son of Jöns".

Jonsson Swedish
Means "son of Jon 1".

Joó Hungarian
Variant of Jó.

Joosten Dutch
Derived from the given name Joost.

Jordà Catalan
Derived from the given name Jordà.

Jordan 1 English, French, German
Derived from the given name Jordan.

Jordan 2 Jewish
Derived from the name of the Jordan river, which is from Hebrew יָרַד (yarad) meaning "descend" or "flow down".

Jorge Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Jorge.

Jørgensen Danish
Means "son of Jørgen".

Joseph English, French
Derived from the given name Joseph.

Josephs English
Derived from the given name Joseph.

Josephson English
Means "son of Joseph".