All Submitted Surnames

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Hietamaa Finnish
Finnish. (hieta) meaning, “fine-sand” combined with (maa) meaning, “country.”
Hietamäki Finnish
Derived from hieta ("fine-sand") & mäki ("hill").
Hiew Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Qiu.
Higa Okinawan, Japanese
Japanese borrowing of Okinawan 比嘉 (Fija), which is of uncertain meaning.
Higai Japanese
From Japanese 樋 (Hi) meaning "rain gutter" and 貝 (Gai) meaning "seashell". A bearer of this surname was Japanese politician Senzo Higai (1890-1953).
Higashida Japanese
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Higashigaito Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east", 垣 (gai), sound-changed from 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", and 外 (to) meaning "outside", referring to an outside fence facing the east.
Higashiko Japanese
Higashi means "east" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
Higashimoto Japanese
Higashi means "east" and moto means "base, source, origin, root".
Higashino Japanese
Higashi means "east" and no means "field, plain".
Higashion'na Okinawan
From the place name 'Higashion'na' in Okinawa, Japan.
Higashiosaka Japanese
Higashi means "east", o means "great, large", and saka means "hill, slope".
Higashiuchi Japanese
Higashi means "east" and uchi means "inside".
Higashiyama Japanese
Higashi means "east" and yama means "hill, mountain".
Higashiyashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".
Higdon English
From the personal name Hikedun.
Higgin English
From the given name Higgin
Higginbotham English
Habitational name from a place in Lancashire now known as Oakenbottom. The history of the place name is somewhat confused, but it is probably composed of the Old English elements ǣcen or ācen "oaken" and botme "broad valley"... [more]
Higgins English
Patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.
Higgins Irish
Variant of Hagan.
Higginson English
Patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.
High English
A name for someone who lives in a high place, like a mountain or hill.
Highbaugh German
The altered spelling of Heibach. A habitational name from a place so named in the Rhineland, near Lindlar.
Highland English, German
English, Scottish, and Irish: variant spelling of Hyland.... [more]
Highlander Scottish
Name given to a person who lived in the high lands of Scotland.
Higuaín Spanish (Rare), Basque (Hispanicized)
Derived from the Basque surname Iguain, of uncertain origin.
Higuchi Japanese
From Japanese 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter, trough" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Higuera Spanish
Higuera is a local surname; that is, the name was derived from the village or estate where the original bearer of the name once lived or held land. The Higuera family originally lived in the area of Figueroa.
Hiie Estonian
Hiie is an Estonian surname, derived from Estonian mythology. "Hiiela" was the land of the dead and "Hiis" is a sacred grove.
Hiiekivi Estonian
Hiiekivi is an Estonia surname, derived from the pre-Christian "hiie", a sacred location, and "kivi" meaning "stone".
Hiielaid Estonian
Hiielaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grove islet".
Hiielepp Estonian
Hiielepp is an Estonian surname derived from "hiis" (a sacred grove) alder".
Hiiemaa Estonian
Hiiemaa is an Estonia surname, derived from the pre-Christian "hiie", a sacred location, and "maa" meaning land.
Hiiemets Estonian
Hiiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sacred grove forest".
Hiiend Estonian
Hiiend is an Estonian meaning "grove" and "ledge".
Hiiesalu Estonian
Hiiesalu is an Estonian surname derived from the pre-Christian "hiie" (a sacred location), and "salu" ("grove").
Hiiesoo Estonian
Hiiesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "grove swamp/marsh".
Hiievälja Estonian
Hiievälja is an Estonian surname meaning "sacred location outside/afield".
Hiiop Estonian
Hiiop is an Estonian surname derived from the Biblical name "Hiiob" (also, "Iiob", or "Job" in English).
Hiiragi Japanese
From Japanese 柊 (hiiragi) meaning "holly osmanthus".
Hiis Estonian
Hiis is an Estonian surname meaning "grove".
Hijazi Arabic
Denotes someone who was originally from the region of Hejaz in western Saudi Arabia.
Hijikata Japanese
From 泥 (hiji) meaning "mud, mire," more often written as 土, from tsuchi meaning "earth, soil, dirt, mud," and 方 (kata) meaning "direction, way" or, more rarely, 片 (kata) meaning "one (of a pair); incomplete, fragmentary" (cognate with 方).... [more]
Hika Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 氷 (hi) meaning "ice" and 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance".
Hikasa Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" and 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat".
Hikawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (hi) meaning "ice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hike English
To hike or move, to walk, someone who hikes.
Hikmat Arabic
Derived from the given name Hikmat.
Hiko Japanese
Means "prince" in Japanese. It would denote a person who acted like one.
Hikohito Japanese
Hiko means "prince" and hito means "person".
Hikomi Japanese
Hiko means "prince" and mi means "see, viewpoint, outlook".
Hikosaka Japanese
From Japanese 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".
Hikufuyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nukutō.
Hila Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Hilaire Haitian Creole, French
From the given name Hilaire.
Hilal Arabic
From the given name Hilal.
Hilario Spanish
From the given name Hilarius.
Hilbert English, French, Dutch, German
English, French, Dutch, and German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.
Hildegard Germanic, German
From the given name Hildegard.
Hildenbrand German
Variant of Hildebrand
Hilder English
English (mainly Sussex and Kent): topographic name from the Middle English hilder “dweller on a slope” (from Old English hylde “slope”).
Hildersley English
Meadow of the hilldweller.
Hildreth Norman
English (Durham): of Norman origin, a variant of the male personal name Hildred (ancient Germanic Hild(i)rad, from hild 'battle' and rād 'counsel'). German: from the ancient Germanic personal name composed of hild 'fight, battle' + rāt 'counsel'.
Hile English (American)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Heil.
Hilevich Belarusian
Derived from the Belarusian word гіль (hiĺ) meaning "bullfinch" (a name given to two groups of passerine birds) in Belarusian.
Hilfiker German (Swiss)
Altered spelling of Hilfinger, patronymic derivative of the personal name Hilfo, Helfo, a short form of a Germanic personal name based on helfe 'helper'.
Hilger German, Dutch
From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hild 'strife', 'battle' + gar, ger 'spear'.
Hilgersen German
Means "son of Hilger”. From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hild 'strife', 'battle' + gar, ger 'spear' and sen 'son'. Most common in Northern Germany.
Hiljanen Finnish
Hiljanen derives from hilja which means "quiet" in Finnish.
Hillary English
From the given name Hillary. A famous bearer is explorer Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)
Hillegas German
German: Variant of Hillegass from a variant of the Germanic personal name Hildegaud, composed of hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + got, of uncertain meaning (perhaps the same word as Goth).
Hillel Hebrew
From the given name Hillel
Hillenburg English (American), German (Archaic)
Possibly taken from a place named Hallenberg in Germany.
Hillery English, Irish
Variant of Hillary. This surname has long been established in the county of Clare in Ireland. It was borne by the Irish president Patrick Hillery (1923-2008).
Hillfair Ukrainian
A fair someone. One who does a fair thing. Hill is which lives on a hill, other meanings of a fine hill, good for agriculture, hillfair as a fair hill.
Hilliard English
English: from the Norman female personal name Hildiarde, Hildegard, composed of the Germanic elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + gard ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’... [more]
Hilliker German
The last name of Dance Moms star, Kalani Hilliker.
Hills English
Variant of Hill.
Hilmar German
Derived from the German given name Hilmar.
Hilmarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hilmar".
Hilot Filipino, Cebuano
Means "massage" in Cebuano.
Hiltz German
Variant of Hilz.
Himaya Filipino, Cebuano
Means "glory, praise" or "bliss, joy" in Cebuano.
Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (Hime) meaning "Hime", a former large village in the former district of Muro in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama, Japan and Mie, Japan.... [more]
Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (Hime) meaning "Hime", a former village in the district of Kani in the former Japanese province of Mino in parts of present-day Gifu, Japan.... [more]
Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (hime) meaning "princess".... [more]
Himi Japanese
From the Japanese 氷 (hi) "ice" and 見 (mi) "mindset," "outlook."
Himira Japanese
Hi means Fire, hi means sun, Mi means beautiful,ra means Good or ra means Virtuous or ra means respectable
Himlfarb Yiddish
Means "color of the sky".
Himmel German
German word for "sky"
Himmelreich German, Jewish
humorous topographic name from a place so named as being at a high altitude from Middle High German himel "heaven" and riche "empire" meaning "kingdom of heaven, heavenly kingdom".
Himmelstein German, Jewish
topographic name for someone living by a feature so named from Middle High German himel "heaven, sky" and stein "rock, stone" meaning "stone in the sky, sky stone"
Himmler German, History
Derived from German Himmel "heaven, sky". This was a topographic name for someone living at a high altitude. ... [more]
Himoto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.
Hin Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Hinagpis Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare)
Means "anguish" in Tagalog.
Hinata Japanese
From Japanese 日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place", 陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of 向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible.
Hinawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 火縄 (hinawa) meaning "matchlock", referring to the occupation of making matchlocks.
Hinay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "slow, feeble, weak" in Cebuano.
Hinc Polish
From German Hinz, ultimately from the given name Heinrich.
Hinckle German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Hinkel.
Hinckley English
From the name of a place in Leicestershire meaning "Hynca's wood", from the Old English byname Hynca, derivative of hún "bear cub", and leah "woodland, clearing".
Hińcz Polish
Variant of Hinc.
Hincz Polish
Variant of Hinc.
Hind English, Scottish
English (central and northern): nickname for a gentle or timid person, from Middle English, Old English hind ‘female deer’.... [more]
Hindang Filipino, Cebuano
From the name of a small tree in the genus Myrica.
Hindle English
Habitational name from a place in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire, so called from the same first element + Old English hyll 'hill'.
Hindley English
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Manchester, so named from Old English hind ‘female deer’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Hindman Irish
Keeper of the king's deer.
Hine English
occupational name from Middle English Old English hine "servant member of a household" also "farm laborer" (such as a herdsman or shepherd)... [more]
Hingeston Anglo-Saxon, English
A an earlier variation of the surname Hingston. See Hingston for full meaning.
Hingestone Anglo-Saxon, English
A an earlier variation of the surname Hingston. See Hingston for full meaning.
Hingst Low German
From Low German Hingst (stallion).
Hingston English
The distribution of the Hingston surname appears to be based around the South Hams area of Devon. The English Place Name Society volumes for Devon give the best indication of the source of the name... [more]
Hinkebein Dutch, German
Nickname for someone with a limp, from Middle Low German hinken meaning "to limp" + bein meaning "leg".
Hinkel German
Nickname for a timid, fearful person, from dialect hinkel ‘chicken’
Hinkelman German
Elaborated variant of Hinkel, with the addition of Middle High German 'man'.
Hinkle American
Americanized spelling of Dutch and German Hinkel. Variant spelling of English Hinckley.
Hinode Japanese
日 (Hi) means "Sun, Day", ノ (No) is a particle, 出 (De) means "Come Out". This surname means "Sunrise" in Japanese. It is uncommon, as a last name and a first name as well.
Hinomoto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.
Hinriksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hinrik" in Icelandic.
Hinriksson Icelandic
Means "son of Hinrik" in Icelandic.
Hinshelwood Scottish, English
Denoted a person from a lost place called Henshilwood near the village of Carnwath on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is derived from Scots hainchil obscurely meaning "haunch" and Old English wudu meaning "wood"... [more]
Hinson German
It means "son of Hinrich"
Hint Estonian
Hint is an Estonian surname, a diminutive of the masculine given name "Hindrek".
Hintgen Luxembourgish
Appeared in Luxembourg in 1698 in an area around Bertrange and Strassen. there are Hentgens there yet today.
Hinton English (Archaic)
Comes from Old English heah meaning "high" and tun meaning "enclosure" or "settlement." A notable person with the surname is female author S.E Hinton.
Hintzell German (Rare)
Variant from name Hintz which was popular in Saxony and Hessen. Name later used in German Prussia. The name Hintz originates as a short form of the personal name Heinrich.
Hinxstone Anglo-Saxon, English
A an earlier variation of the surname Hingston. See Hingston for full meaning.
Hinz German, Danish (Rare)
Derived from the given name Hinz, a diminutive of Heinrich.
Hiott Anglo-Saxon
From the Anglo-Saxon town of Ayott, which means “at the high gate”.
Hipkin English
English name meaning relative of Herbert
Hipkins English
Patronymic surname from the nickname "Hib" or "Hibkin" for Hilbert (see Hibbert).
Hipp German
From the middle high German word hippe meaning "waffle". Perhaps an occupational name for someone who cooks waffles.
Hippe German
Variant of Hipp.
Hippolyte French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Hippolyte 2, Variant of Hyppolite.
Hippy Indonesian (Rare)
This surname was born in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. However as time passes and people move on, this family can now be found on Java Island.
Hirabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Hiraga Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".
Hiraguchi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Hirai Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Hiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".
Hiraizumi Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and izumi means "spring, fountain".
Hirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hiraki Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and ki means "tree, wood".
Hiramitsu Japanese
Means "flat light" in Japanese.
Hiramoto Japanese
Hira means "peace" and moto means "origin".
Hiramoto Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Hiranaka Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and naka means "middle".
Hiranchai Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".
Hiransi Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ศรี (si) meaning "honour, glory, splendour".
Hiranuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 平 (hira, "flat; ordinary; low-ranking person") and 沼 (numa, "swamp, bog"), thus "flat swamp".
Hiranwong Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty"
Hirao Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Hiraoka Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Hirasaka Japanese
Hira means "peace" and saka means "hill, slope".
Hirasawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Hirashima Japanese
From the Japanese 平 (hira) "peace" and 島, 嶋 or 嶌 (shima) "island."
Hiratani Japanese
Hira means "level, peace" and tani means "valley".
Hiratsuka Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Hirayama Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hiremath Indian, Kannada
Of uncertain meaning.
Hiroi Japanese
From the Japanese 廣 or 広 (hiro) "wide" and 井 (i) "well."
Hirokawa Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hiromasa Japanese
Hito means "wide, broad, large" and masa means "".
Hiromi Japanese (Rare)
From the stem of adjective 広い/廣い (hiroi), meaning "spacious, vast, wide," combined with either 海 (mi), shortened from umi meaning "sea, ocean," or 見 (mi) meaning "looking, viewing."... [more]
Hirono Japanese
From Japanese 広 (hiro) meaning "wide, broad, spacious" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hirosawa Japanese
Hiro means "broad, spacious, wide" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hirose Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Hiroshima Japanese (Rare)
Hiro means "widespread,broad","generous","prosperous" depending on kanji used. Shima means "Island" the same as "jima" does. So this surname rather mean "Prosperous Island"or "Broad Island"."Generous Island" might be possible,but it's not likely used for the last name the same as it is for the given name, Hiro.
Hirota Japanese
From Japanese 廣, 広 or 弘 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hiroto Japanese
From the given name Hiroto.
Hirowatari Japanese
Hiro means "wide, broad, spacious" and watari means "ferry, cross, import, deliver".
Hiroyasu Japanese
Hiro means "broad, wide, spacious" and yasu means "cheap, peace, relax".
Hirschberg German, Jewish
Derived from many places named Hirschberg in the states of Thuringia and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, or the historic city of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland. It is composed of Middle High German hirz meaning "deer, stag" and berg meaning "hill, mountain"... [more]
Hirschfeld German, Jewish, Yiddish
Ornamental name composed of German hirsch or Yiddish hirsh meaning "deer" and feld meaning "field". It is also a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of land frequented by deer or where millets grew.
Hirsekorn German
Hirsekorn - millet grain - seems to be of Jewish origin
Hirst English
Variant of Hurst
Hirt German, English (Anglicized), Czech, Polish
From German Hirte meaning "shepherd".
Hirukawa Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hiruma Japanese
From the Japanese 蛭 (hiru) "leech" and 間 (ma) "pause."
Hirundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
From Latin hirundo, meaning "swallow".
Hiruta Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hirv Estonian
Hirv is an Estonian surname meaning "deer"
Hirvesoo Estonian
Hirvesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "deer swamp".
Hirvonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish hirvi "elk, moose".
Hisada Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hisaeda Japanese
From Japanese 久枝 (Hisaeda) meaning "Hisaeda", a former area in the former district of Wake in the former Japanese province of Iyo in parts of present-day Ehime, Japan.
Hisagae Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).
Hisaishi Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago, lasting" and ishi means "stone".
Hisaka Japanese
Hi can mean "Japanese cypress" or "scarlet, dark red" and saka means "slope, hill".
Hisamaru Japanese
Hisa means "long time, long time ago, longetivity" and maru means "circle, round".
Hisamatsu Japanese
Hisa (久) means "long ago, everlasting" and matsu (松) means "pine".
Hisamoto Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Hisamura Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hisanaga Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
Hisano Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago, everlasting" and no means "field, rice paddy".
Hisatomi Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".
Hisatomi Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".
Hisaw English
Of uncertain origin and meaning.
Hisazome Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time" and 染 (zome), the joining continuative form of 染める (someru) meaning "to dye", referring to the process of dying for a long time.
Hiscock English
From Hick, a Middle English pet form of Richard, with the diminutive suffix -cok.
Hisham Arabic
From the given name Hisham.
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