Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Swiss; and the first letter is H.
usage
letter
Haas Dutch, German
Variant of Hase.
Haase German
Variant of Hase.
Haber German, Jewish
Occupational name for one who grew or sold oats, derived from Old High German habaro "oat". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Haberkorn German
Occupational name for a dealer in oats, derived from Old High German habaro "oat" and korn "kernel, grain".
Habich German
German cognate of Hawk.
Habicht German
German cognate of Hawk.
Hafner German
Occupational name for a potter, derived from Old High German hafan "pot, vessel".
Hahn German
From a nickname for a proud or pugnacious person, from Old High German hano meaning "rooster, cock".
Hall English, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Means simply "hall", given to one who either lived in or worked in a hall (the house of a medieval noble).
Halle German
German variant of Hall.
Hardy English, French
From Old French and Middle English hardi meaning "bold, daring, hardy", from the Germanic root *harduz.
Hartman Dutch, German
Dutch and Americanized form of Hartmann.
Hartmann German
From the German given name Hartmann.
Hase German
From Middle High German and Middle Low German hase meaning "hare, rabbit". This was a nickname for a person who was quick or timid.
Hasenkamp German
From a northern German place name meaning "rabbit field", from Old Saxon haso "hare" and kamp "field" (from Latin campus).
Hass German
From the given name Hasso.
Hauer German
Derived from Middle High German houwen "to chop", referring to a butcher or woodchopper.
Haumann German
Derived from Middle High German houwen "to chop" and man "man", referring to a butcher or woodchopper.
Haupt German
German cognate of Head.
Häusler German
Name for someone who lived in a house with no land, derived rom Old High German word hus meaning "house".
Havener German
Variant of Hafner.
Hébert French
Derived from the given name Herbert.
Heidrich German
From the Old German given name Heidrich.
Heinrich German
Derived from the given name Heinrich.
Heinrichs German
Derived from the given name Heinrich.
Heintze German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.
Heinz German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.
Hennig German
From a diminutive of the given name Heinrich.
Heppenheimer German
From the name of the city of Heppenheim in Hesse, Germany.
Herbert English, German, French
Derived from the male given name Herbert.
Hermann German
From the given name Hermann.
Herrmann German
From the given name Hermann.
Herschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2. A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.
Hertz German
Derived from Middle High German herze meaning "heart", a nickname for a big-hearted person.
Herzog German
From a German title meaning "duke", a nickname for a person who either acted like a duke or worked in a duke's household.
Hiedler German
From southern German Hiedl meaning "underground stream".
Hildebrand German
From the given name Hildebrand.
Hintzen German
Means "son of Hintz", a diminutive of Heinrich.
Hirsch 1 German
Means "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.
Hirschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.
Hitler German
Variant of Hiedler. This was spelling used by Alois Hitler, the father of German dictator Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), when he adopted his stepfather Johann Georg Hiedler's surname.
Hoch German
Means "tall" in German.
Hochberg German, Jewish
From place names meaning "high hill" in German.
Hoefler German
Variant of Hofer.
Hofer German
Occupational name for a farmer, from German Hof "farm", from Old High German hof "yard, court".
Hoffman German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Hoffmann.
Hoffmann German
From Middle High German hofmann meaning "farmer".
Höfler German
Variant of Hofer.
Hofmeister German
Means "master of the household", from Old High German hof "yard, court, house" and meistar "master" (from Latin magister).
Holland 2 Dutch, German, English
Indicated a person from the Dutch province of Holland 1.
Holtz German
German cognate of Holt.
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.
Hoover German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Huber.
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.
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.
Huffman German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Hoffmann.
Humbert French
From the given name Humbert.
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".
Hutmacher German
German cognate of Hoedemaker.