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Hanaue JapaneseFrom 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 JapaneseFrom Japanese 花屋 (hanaya) meaning "florist", which combines 花 (hana) meaning "flower" with 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".
Hanazono JapaneseHana means "flower" and zono is a form of sono meaning "garden".
Hancock EnglishOne 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... [
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Handa JapaneseFrom Japanese 半
(han) meaning "half" and 田
(ta) meaning "field".
Handschuh GermanOccupational 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 JapaneseFrom 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".
Hanekawa Japanese羽 meaning feathers, counter for birds, rabbits.川 meaning stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical
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.
Haney IrishDerived from the Gaelic name
Ó hEighnigh Haneyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 羽 (
hane) meaning "feather" and 山 (
yama) meaning "mountain".
Hang KhmerMeans "swan, wild goose" in Khmer, also referring to a mythological bird known as the hamsa.
Hang HmongFrom the clan name
Ham or
Haam associated with the Chinese character 項
(xiàng) (see
Xiang).
Hänilane EstonianHänilane is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail" (bird species: Motacilla flava).
Hanley IrishMeans “descendant of Áinle.” Derived from “O’Hanley,” an anglicized form of “Ó hÁinle,” ultimately from Gaelic “ainle” meaning “beauty, grace.”
Hanlon IrishAnglicized 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 WelshA Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.
Hannam EnglishHabitational 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.
Hanoun ArabicDerived from Arabic حنون
(hanun) meaning "loving, fond, affectionate" or "merciful, compassionate".
Hanratty IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hInreachtaigh meaning "descendant of Ionnrachtach", a given name meaning "attacker".
Hans IndianDerived from Sanskrit
hamsa "swan; goose".
Hansalu EstonianHansalu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Hans" and "salu", meaning "grove"; "Hans' grove".
Hansard EnglishPossibly from Middle English
hansard "merchant or citizen of a Hanseatic town". Alternatively, from the given name
Ansard, derived from
ansu "god" and
ward "guard" or
hard "strong".
Hansdotter f SwedishMeans "daughter of
Hans". This name is only given to females. A notable bearer is Swedish alpine ski racer Frida Hansdotter (b. 1985).
Hanso EstonianHanso is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Juhan/Johannes".
Hanyuu JapaneseFrom Japanese 羽 (
ha) meaning "feather" and 生 (
nyuu) meaning "raw".
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... [
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Hao ChineseFrom Chinese 郝
(hǎo) referring to the ancient fief of Hao, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shanxi province.
Happy EnglishIt comes from an Old English word that means "aspen".
Harai JapaneseHara means "field, plain" and i means "pit, mineshaft, well".
Harambašić Croatian, Bosnian, SerbianDerived 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 CroatianDerived 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.
Harano JapaneseHara means "plain, field" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Harareet HebrewTopographic name derived from Hebrew הֲרָרִית (
hararit) meaning "mountainous". A famous bearer was Israeli actress Haya Harareet (1931-2021; birth name Haya Neuberg), who had a prominent role in the movie
Ben-Hur (1959).
Harbach GermanHabitational name from any of several places named Harbach.
Harbin EnglishThis 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.... [
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Harbour EnglishVariant of French
Arbour or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of a lodging house, from Old English
herebeorg "shelter, lodging".
Harcourt FrenchThis name is of locational origin either from the town and ancient chateau of Harcourt near Brionne in Normandy.
Harcus ScottishOrcadian form of Harcase, a habitational name originating from Berwickshire, Scotland.
Hardacre EnglishTopographic 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 EnglishThe 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.
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.... [
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Hargitay HungarianDenoted 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-)... [
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Hari JapaneseFrom Japanese 播 (
hari) meaning "scatter; spread; disseminate", referring to cultivated land.... [
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Harigae JapaneseFrom the Japanese 張 (
hari) "Extended Net constellation" and 替 (
kae or
gae) "exchange," "spare," "substitute."
Harimoto JapaneseHari means "Extended Net constellation" and moto means "base, origin, source, root".
Haritani JapaneseHari means "Extended Net constellation" and tani means "valley".
Härjapea EstonianHärjapea is an Estonian surname literally meaning "ox head", but derived from a colloquial name for "clover".
Harjo EstonianHarjo is an Estonia surname, a variation of "Harju"; from Harju County.
Harjo CreekFrom Creek
Ha'chō meaning "crazy brave; recklessly brave".
Harju FinnishMeans "esker", a long ridge formed by a river flowing underneath a glacier.
Harkaway EnglishFrom 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’... [
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Harkness Scottish, English (British), Northern IrishApparently 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’... [
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Härkönen FinnishA surname derived from the Finnish word
härkä, meaning 'bull', and the common surname suffix
-nen.
Harkonnen LiteratureDerived from the Finnish surname
Härkönen. Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character in the ’Dune’ franchise created by American author Frank Herbert.
Harlacher GermanHabitational name for someone from Ober- or Unter-Harlachen, near Überlingen.
Harless English, GermanEnglish: 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 EnglishEnglish surname transferred to forename use, from the Norman French personal name
Herluin, meaning "noble friend" or "noble warrior."
Härma EstonianHärma is an Estonian surname meaning "frosty" or "frosted".
Harma Finnish, EstonianAnglicized form of either
Härma or
Haarma. The former is a toponymic surname referring to several places in Estonia and Finland, probably derived from the given name
Herman... [
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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.
Harnden EnglishFrom 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. Harpe GermanDerived from a short form of the given name
Harprecht.
Harris WelshA 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... [
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Harrow EnglishMeans "person from Harrow", the district of northwest Greater London, or various places of the same name in Scotland ("heathen shrine").
Hartford EnglishHabitational name from Hertford, or from either of two places called Hartford, in Cheshire and Cumbria; all are named with Old English heorot ‘hart’ + ford ‘ford’.
Hartnell EnglishFrom a location in Marwood, Devon, derived from Old English
heort "stag" +
cnoll "hill".
Harton EnglishThis surname is a habitational one, denoting someone who lived in a village in County Durham or in North Yorkshire.... [
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Hartshorn Englishhabitational name from Hartshorne (Derbyshire) from Old English
heorot "hart stag" (genitive
heorotes) and
horn "horn" perhaps in reference to the nearby hill (known as Hart Hill) and its supposed resemblance to a hart's horn... [
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Hartung GermanGerman, Dutch, and Danish: from a Germanic personal name, a derivative (originally a patronymic) of compound names beginning with hart ‘hardy’, ‘strong’.
Hartwell EnglishHabitational name from places in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire called Hartwell, from Old English
heorot ‘stag’, ‘hart’ +
wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’... [
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