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Hammer German, 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.
Hammerschmidt German, Jewish
Occupational name for a blacksmith, from German hamer, 'hammer' and schmidt, 'smith. See Hammersmith.
Hammershaimb Faroese
An Faroese Surname, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819-1909) was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese, derives from Old Norse.
Hammersley English (Modern)
From southern England. From homersley meaning homestead, that later changed to hamersley
Hammersmed Norwegian (Archaic, ?), Danish (Archaic, ?)
Occupational name for a blacksmith, from Danish & Norwegian hammer, 'hammer' and smed, 'smith'. See Hammersmith
Hammersmith German, English
Normally an anglicization of German Hammerschmidt. Perhaps also from Norwegian Hammersmed.... [more]
Hammoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hammoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).
Hamner Welsh
Variant spelling of "Hanmer", parish in Flintshire.
Hamnett English
From the given name Hamnet.
Hamon Breton, French, English
From the given name Hamon.
Hamoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hamouda Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hamoy Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lick" in Cebuano.
Hamp English, German
English: unexplained; compare Hemp.... [more]
Hampshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Hampshire in England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Hantescire), derived from Old English ham meaning "water meadow, enclosure" and scir meaning "shire, district"... [more]
Hamre Scandinavian
Hamre is a Surname used by people who has family from the places called Hamre
Hamson English
A variant of Hampson.
Hamza Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamza.
Hamzagić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".
Hamzaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.
Hamzić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".
Han Japanese
Notable bearers are Megumi and Keiko Han, actresses.
Han Japanese
From Japanese 潘 (ban), of uncertain meaning. Notable bearers of this surname are Megumi and Keiko Han, actresses.
Hana Japanese
From Japanese “hana” (花) meaning flower.
Hanabusa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 房 (busa) meaning "room*.
Hanada Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hanae Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a Moroccan transcription of the Arabic name Hana 1 or Hanaa.
Hanafi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hanafi.
Hanafin Irish
Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAinbhthín (modernized as Ó hAinifín) ‘descendant of Ainbhthín’, a personal name derived from ainbhíoth ‘non-peace’, ‘storm’.
Hanai Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Hanák Czech
Derived from the small town Haná.
Hanaki Japanese
"Flower tree".
Hanami Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and mi means "view".
Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".
Hanamura Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hanao Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and o means "tail".
Hanaoka Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) or 華 (hana) both meaning "flower" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Hanarashi Japanese
From Japanese, using the kanjis 花 (hana) meaning "flower", combined with 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm".
Hanasaki Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". A fictional bearer of this surname is Tsubomi Hanasaki (花咲 つぼみ) from Heartcatch! Pretty Cure.
Hanasawa Japanese
Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hanasono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and sono means "garden".
Hanaue Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper, superior" or 植 (ue) meaning "planting".
Hanaya Japanese
From Japanese 花屋 (hanaya) meaning "florist", which combines 花 (hana) meaning "flower" with 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".
Hanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Hanazono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and zono is a form of sono meaning "garden".
Hance English
Allegedly a patronymic from the personal name Hann.
Hancock English
One plausible meaning for Hancock, due to the armorial achievement of the rooster charge. In medieval times, (500-1500AD) the rooster symbolized Christianity. This was due to with the fact the cock was crowing before Peter denied Christ, however, quickly after, it became a symbol for repentance & vigilance for looking out for sin... [more]
Handa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Händel German
Derived from Hans or Heinrich.
Handique Assamese
The surname of a certain Aideu.
Hands English
Plural form of Hand.
Handschuh German
Occupational name for a maker or seller of gloves or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore gloves from Middle High German hantschuoch "glove" literally "hand shoe" from the elements hant "hand" and schuh "shoe".
Haneda Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather, plume" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". It can also be formed from 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume" combined with 根 (ne) meaning "root" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Haneef Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hanif.
Hanekawa Japanese
羽 meaning feathers, counter for birds, rabbits.川 meaning stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical
Häner German
Variant of Hanner.
Haner German
Altered spelling or variant of Hahner.
Hanes English, Welsh
variant spelling of Haynes.
Hanesaka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 羽根坂 (Hanesaka), the common name for the area of Furukawachōshimono in the city of Hida in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan.
Hanesato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 羽里 (see Hari).
Haney English, Irish
One who came from Hanney (island frequented by wild cocks), in Berkshire; grandson of Eanna (bird).
Haneyama Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hang German (Swiss)
From the given name Hank
Hang Khmer
Means "swan, wild goose" in Khmer, also referring to a mythological bird known as the hamsa.
Hang Hmong
From the clan name Ham or Haam associated with the Chinese character 項 (xiàng) (see Xiang).
Hanganu Romanian
Hanganu is a Romanian surname.... [more]
Hani Estonian
Hani is an Estonian surname meaning "goose".
Hani Arabic
Derived from the given name Hani.
Hanif Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Hanif.
Hanifnejad Persian
Means "descendant of Hanif" in Persian.
Hänilane Estonian
Hänilane is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail" (bird species: Motacilla flava).
Hankin English
From the given name Hankin
Hanks English
Patronymic form of Hank.
Hanley Irish
Means “descendant of Áinle.” Derived from “O’Hanley,” an anglicized form of “Ó hÁinle,” ultimately from Gaelic “ainle” meaning “beauty, grace.”
Hanlin Scottish, English
Scottish and English: probably a variant spelling of Irish Hanlon.
Hanlon Irish
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.
Hanmer Welsh
A Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.
Hanna Irish, Scottish
from Gaelic Ó hAnnaigh "descendant of Annach" a personal name of uncertain origin or from Gaelic Ó hÉanna "descendant of Éanna" also unexplained but well attested... [more]
Hannachi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Refers to Hanencha, a tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia.
Hannam English
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.
Hannant Irish
A variant of the Irish surname Hannon An anglicized form of Irish-Gaelic Ó Hannáin
Hänner German
Pet form of Heinrich.
Hanner German
From a pet form of Hann, short form of Johann.
Hannikainen Finnish
Old surname from eastern Finland, derived from the name Hannes.
Hanratty Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInreachtaigh meaning "descendant of Ionnrachtach", a given name meaning "attacker".
Hans German, Dutch, Alsatian, Romansh
Derived from the given name Hans.
Hans Indian
Derived from Sanskrit hamsa "swan; goose".
Hansalu Estonian
Hansalu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Hans" and "salu", meaning "grove"; "Hans' grove".
Hansard English
occupational name for a cutler.
Hansdotter f Swedish
Means "daughter of Hans". This name is only given to females. A notable bearer is Swedish alpine ski racer Frida Hansdotter (b... [more]
Hansli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Hans.
Hanso Estonian
Hanso is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Juhan/Johannes".
Hantel German (Rare)
Rare Bukovina German variant of Händel.
Hantzi Greek
Variant of Hatzis.
Hanvey Irish
Variant of Hanafin.
Hany Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Hani.
Hanyu Japanese
Variant transcription of Hanyuu.
Hanyuu Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (ha) meaning "feather" and 生 (nyuu) meaning "raw".
Hanza Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 半左 (Hanza), a clipping of the given name 半左衛門 (see Hanzaemon).
Hanzaike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 繁在家 (Hanzaike), sound- and script-changed from 半在池 (Hanzaiike) meaning "Hanzaiike", a division in the area of Kirida in the city of Towada in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan... [more]
Hanzaiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 繁在家 (see Hanzaiya).
Hanzawa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Hao Chinese
From Chinese 郝 (hǎo) referring to the ancient fief of Hao, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shanxi province.
Happy English
It comes from an Old English word that means "aspen".
Happygod English (African, Rare)
Possibly from the English words happy and god.
Haq Urdu, Bengali
From Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq) meaning "true, right, real".
Haque Bengali, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Haq.
Har German
Variant of Har.
Hara Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Harada Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Harai Japanese
Hara means "field, plain" and i means "pit, mineshaft, well".
Haraldsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Haraldur" in Icelandic.
Haraldsson Icelandic
Means "son of Haraldur" in Icelandic.
Harambašić Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian
Derived from harambaša (харамбаша), which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.
Haramija Croatian
Derived from harambaša, which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.
Haramoto Japanese
Hara means "plain, wilderness, field" and moto means "origin".
Harano Japanese
Hara means "plain, field" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Harashima Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Harasimowicz Polish
Derived from the given name Harasim.
Harb Arabic
Means "war" in Arabic.
Harbach German
Habitational name from any of several places named Harbach.
Harbachoŭ Belarusian
Variant transcription of Harbachow.
Harbachow Belarusian
Belarusian form and equivalent of Gorbachev.
Harbey English
Derived from the given name Harvey.
Harbin English
This 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]
Harbor English
English: variant spelling of Harbour.
Harbour English
Variant of French Arbour or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of a lodging house, from Old English herebeorg "shelter, lodging".
Harcourt French
This name is of locational origin either from the town and ancient chateau of Harcourt near Brionne in Normandy.
Harcus Scottish
Orcadian form of Harcase, a habitational name originating from Berwickshire, Scotland.
Hård Swedish
Swedish surname meaning "hard".
Hardacre English
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard "hard, difficult" and aker "cultivated land" (Old English æcer), or a habitational name from Hardacre, a place in Clapham, West Yorkshire, which has this etymology.
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.
Hardley English
The name comes from when a family lived in the village of Hartley which was in several English counties including Berkshire, Devon, Dorset, Kent, Lancashire, York and Northumberland. This place-name was originally derived from the Old English words hart which means a stag and lea which means a wood or clearing.
Harduin French
From the given name Harduin.
Hare Irish (Anglicized), English (American)
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]
Harefa Nias
Meaning uncertain.
Hargier French
Known back to the 15th or 16th century in France.... [more]
Hargitay Hungarian
Denoted one from Hargita, a historical region of Hungary now known as Harghita County in eastern Transylvania, Romania. A famous bearer was Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay (1926-2006), as well as his daughter, actress Mariska Hargitay (1964-)... [more]
Hargreaves English
English: variant of Hargrave.
Hargreeves English
Variant of Hargreaves.
Hargrove English
English: variant of Hargrave.
Hari Japanese
From Japanese 播 (hari) meaning "scatter; spread; disseminate", referring to cultivated land.... [more]
Harigae Japanese
From the Japanese 張 (hari) "Extended Net constellation" and 替 (kae or gae) "exchange," "spare," "substitute."
Harimoto Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and moto means "base, origin, source, root".
Harington English
Variant spelling of Harrington. A famous bearer is English actor Kit Harington (1986-).
Haris Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Harith.
Haritani Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and tani means "valley".
Harith Arabic
Derived from the given name Harith.
Härjapea Estonian
Härjapea is an Estonian surname literally meaning "ox head", but derived from a colloquial name for "clover".
Harjo Estonian
Harjo is an Estonia surname, a variation of "Harju"; from Harju County.
Harjo Creek
From Creek Ha'chō meaning "crazy brave; recklessly brave".
Harju Finnish
Means "esker", a long ridge formed by a river flowing underneath a glacier.
Harkaway English
From 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]
Harkless English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Harkin, a Scottish diminutive of Henry.
Harkness Scottish, English (British), Northern Irish
Apparently 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]
Härkönen Finnish
A surname derived from the Finnish word härkä, meaning 'bull', and the common surname suffix -nen.
Harkonnen Literature
Derived from the Finnish surname Härkönen. Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character in the ’Dune’ franchise created by American author Frank Herbert.
Harlacher German
Habitational name for someone from Ober- or Unter-Harlachen, near Überlingen.
Harless English, German
English: 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 English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Norman French personal name Herluin, meaning "noble friend" or "noble warrior."
Härma Estonian
Härma is an Estonian surname meaning "frosty" or "frosted".
Harma Finnish, Estonian
Anglicized 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.
Härmatis Estonian
Härmatis is an Estonian surname meaning "hoarfrost".
Harmel French
Derived from the given name Armel.
Harmeninck Frisian
Patronymic of Hermann.
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.
Harms Medieval Low German
Of ancient German origin, Harms is derived from a Germanic personal name made up of the elements "heri," meaning "army," and "man," meaning "man." Surname Harms was first found in Prussia, in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region.
Harmse Dutch, Low German
The 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]
Harnage English
Derived from the personal name Agnes
Harnar German
Given to one who was noisy
Harnden English
From an English village Harrowden in Bedfordshire. This place name literally means "hill of the heathen shrines or temples," from the Old English words hearg and dun.
Haro Spanish (Mexican)
Perhaps a shortened version of the name "de Haro"
Harold English, Norman, German
English from the Old English personal name Hereweald, its Old Norse equivalent Haraldr, or the Continental form Herold introduced to Britain by the Normans... [more]
Harold Irish
Of direct Norse origin, but is also occasionally a variant of Harrell and Hurrell.
Haroon Urdu, Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Harun.
Haroun Arabic
Derived from the given name Harun.
Harouna Western African
From the given name Harouna.
Haroutunian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հարությունյան (see Harutyunyan).
Harpe German
Derived from a short form of the given name Harprecht.
Harr English
Short form of Harris
Harrett French
France, England
Harriman English
Means "Harry's man" or "Harry's servant".
Harris Welsh
A 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]
Harrod English
Variant of Harold.
Harrold Scottish, English
Scottish and English variant spelling of Harold.
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