All Submitted Surnames

Halto Norwegian

Halton English
habitational name from any of several places called Halton in Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire... [more]

Haltz Basque
Derived from Basque haltz "alder (tree)".

Halužan Croatian, Slovene
Habitational name for someone from Haloze, a region in Slovenia.

Halvarsson Swedish
Means "son of Halvar".

Halverson English
Anglicized form of Norwegian or Danish Halvorsen.

Halvorson Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Halvorsen.

Halwood English

Halytskyy m Ukrainian
Means "from Galicia".

Ham English, Scottish
Derived from Old English ham "home, estate, settlement".

Hama Japanese
Hama means "Beach, Seashore".

Hamabe Japanese
Hama means "beach" and be means "division".

Hamabe Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Hamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamad.

Hamada Arabic
From the given name Hamada.

Hamada Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hamadache Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname derived from the Arabic given name Hamada.

Hamadani Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian همدانی (see Hamedani).

Hamadate Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 舘 or 館(date or tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace"

Hamado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜戸 or 濱戸 (see Hamato).

Hamadou Western African
From the given name Hamadou.

Hamaji Japanese

Hamajima Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Hamakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Hamamasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).

Hamamoto Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Hamamura Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Hamanaka Japanese
Hama means "beach" and naka means "middle".

Hamano Japanese
From Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hamanoue Japanese

Hamarcak Slovak

Hämarik Estonian
Hämarik is an Estonian surname meaning "dusk". From "Hämarik" in Estonian mythology, a beautiful young maiden who was the personification of dusk.

Hamarneh Arabic
Jordanian

Hamashima Japanese

Hamasho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).

Hamashō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 正 (shō) meaning "correct".... [more]

Hamashoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).

Hamashou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).

Hamata Japanese

Hamataka Japanese
Hana means "beach" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".

Hamati Albanian

Hamato Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 戸 (to) meaning "door; doorway".... [more]

Hamaya Japanese

Hamayotsu Japanese

Hamazaki Japanese
Variant of Hamasaki.

Hamazono Japanese
Hamazono/濱園 = "Beach Garden"

Hamberg German, Danish, Jewish
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburg.

Hamberger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from any of various places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburger.

Hamblin English

Hambrecht German

Hambridge English (British)

Hambright English (American)

Hamburg German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from the great city and port at the mouth of the river Elbe, named with the Germanic elements ham ‘water meadow’ + burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.

Hamburger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Hamburg.

Hamdan Arabic
From the given name Hamdan.

Hamdani Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamdan.

Hamdaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamid 1" or "relating to Hamad" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

Hamdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Hamdi.

Hamdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Hamdi.

Hamed Arabic
From the given name Hamed.

Hamedani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Hamedan (or Hamadan) in Iran, from the Old Persian name Hagmatāna meaning "(place of) gathering".

Hamedi Persian
From the given name Hamed.

Hameed Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hamel Dutch
Means "wether, castrated ram" in Dutch, an occupational name for a shepherd.

Hamel German, Jewish
Habitational name from the town of Hamelin, which sits on the Hamel river.

Hamel French
topographic name for someone who lived and worked at an outlying farm dependent on the main village Old French hamel (a diminutive from an ancient Germanic element cognate with Old English ham "homestead"); or a habitational name from (Le) Hamel the name of several places in the northern part of France named with this word.

Hamel English
Variant of Hamill.

Hamelin French, French (Quebec)
Diminutive of Hamel.

Hamer English, German
From the town of Hamer in Lancashire from the old english word Hamor combining "Rock" and "Crag". It is also used in Germany and other places in Europe, possibly meaning a maker of Hammers.

Hamers Dutch
Derived from Dutch hamer "hammer".

Hamershteyn Yiddish

Hames English, Welsh, Scottish
Son of "Amy", in Old English. An ancient Leicestershire surname.

Hamid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hamid 1 or Hamid 2.

Hamidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hamidou Western African
From the given name Hamidou.

Həmidov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həmid".

Hamidov Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tajik
Means "son of Hamid 1".

Həmidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həmidov.

Hamidović Bosnian
Means "son of Hamid 1".

Hamidpour Persian
Means "son of Hamid 1".

Hamidzadeh Persian
Means "born of Hamid 1".

Hamill Scottish
Habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche, France, named from the Germanic personal name Hagano + Old French ville "settlement".

Hamill English
Nickname for a scarred or maimed person, from Middle English, Old English hamel "mutilated", "crooked".

Hamill Irish
According to MacLysaght, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁdhmaill "descendant of Ádhmall", which he derives from ádhmall "active".

Hamitaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Hamit" in Albanian.

Hamiti Albanian
Possibly a variant of Amiti.

Hamiti Albanian
Derived from the given name Hamit.

Hamlen English

Hamlin English
From an Old English word meaning "home" or "homestead" and a diminutive suffix -lin.

Hamlyn English

Hamlyn English
Variant of Hamlin

Hammack German

Hammad Arabic
Derived from the given name Hammad.

Hammadi Arabic
From the given name Hammad.

Hammami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Hammam (see Hamam). A bearer is Hamma Hammami (1952–), a Tunisian communist speaker... [more]

Hamman English

Hammar Swedish
From a common place name element ultimately derived from Old Norse hamarr meaning "hammer, stone, steep cliff".

Hammarberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and berg "mountain".

Hammarlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and lund "grove".

Hammarskjöld Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and sköld "shield". A notable bearer was diplomat and Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961).

Hammel English

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]

Hammett English

Hammon English
Variant of Hammond.

Hammons English
Variant of Hammon.

Hammoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hammoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).

Hammy Northern African

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. English variant of Hammond.

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]

Hampe English

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]

Hampy English

Hamrani Jewish

Hamre Scandinavian
Hamre is a Surname used by people who has family from the places called Hamre

Hamri Arabic (Maghrebi)

Hamson English
A variant of Hampson.

Hamsun Norwegian

Hamza Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamza.

Hamzagić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".

Hamzaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.

Həmzəyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həmzə".

Həmzəyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həmzəyev.

Hamzi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamza.

Hamzić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".

Hàn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Han, from Sino-Vietnamese 韓 (hàn).

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.

Han Hui

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’.

Hanafusa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower, blossom" and 房 (fusa) meaning "room, chamber".

Hanafy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنفي (see Hanafi) chiefly used in Egypt.

Hanai Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Hanák Czech
Derived from the small town Haná.

Hanakawa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

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".

Hananuno Japanese

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.

Hanasato Japanese
花里

Hanasawa Japanese
Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Hanasono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and sono means "garden".

Hanata Japanese

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".

Hanazaki Japanese
Variant of Hanasaki.

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".

Hanberry English

Hanbury English

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]

Hand English (?)

Handa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Händel German
Derived from Hans or Heinrich.

Handelman Jewish
Occupational name for a tradesman merchant or dealer.

Handelmann German, Jewish
Variant of Handelman.

Händén Swedish (Rare)

Handen English

Handford English
Variant of Hanford.

Handique Assamese
The surname of a certain Aideu.

Handley English

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".

Handžić Bosnian

Hane English

Hane Japanese

Hanečák Slovak

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

Hanely English

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).

Haneta Japanese
Variant of Haneta.

Haney Irish
Derived from the Gaelic name Ó hEighnigh

Haneyama Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hanford English
Habitational name from any of several places called Hanford, Handforth, or Hannaford, derived from either Old Welsh hen "old" and ford "road, way", or from Old English ford "ford, river crossing" combined with the given name Hanna.

Hàng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hang, from Sino-Vietnamese 杭 (hàng).

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.

Hanika German

Hänilane Estonian
Hänilane is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail" (bird species: Motacilla flava).

Hanke English (Rare), Estonian

Hankin English
From the given name Hankin

Hankins English

Hankinson English

Hankison English
Variant of Hankson.

Hanks English
Patronymic form of Hank.

Hankson English
"Son 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.

Hanly English

Hanmer Welsh
A Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.

Hanna English, Irish, Scottish

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.

Hannah English

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.

Hannia Indonesian

Hannibal American

Hannikainen Finnish
Old surname from eastern Finland, derived from the name Hannes.

Hannity Irish

Hannolainen Finnish
Derived from the given name Hanno 1.

Hannon Irish

Hanoun Arabic
Derived from Arabic حنون (hanun) meaning "loving, fond, affectionate" or "merciful, compassionate".

Hanouna Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Hanoun used by Jews.

Hanoush Assyrian

Hanprab Thai

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
Possibly 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".

Hansberry English

Hansbury English

Hansda Indian, Santali

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. 1985).

Hansford English

Hanslay English
Variant of HANSLEY.

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.

Hanyev m Kyrgyz (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Ganiev.

Hanyu Japanese
Variant transcription of Hanyuu.

Hanyuu Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (ha) meaning "feather" and 生 (nyuu) meaning "raw".

Hanz German
Variant of Hans.

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).

Hanzalez Spanish

Hanzawa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Hanžek Croatian, Slovene

Hao Chinese

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.

Haplo Obscure

Happe German

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
Derived from Arabic حقّ (ḥaqq) meaning "truth".

Haqovaz Urdu
Meaning unknown.

Haque Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).

Haqverdiyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Haqverdi".

Haqverdiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Haqverdiyev.

Har Chinese

Har German
Variant of Har.

Hara Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Hara Korean

Harada Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Haradinaj Albanian

Harahap Batak

Harai Japanese
Hara means "field, plain" and i means "pit, mineshaft, well".

Haraldsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Haraldur" in Icelandic.

Haraldson Norwegian
Variant of Haraldsen.

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".

Harangody English (Rare)

Harano Japanese
Hara means "plain, field" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Harareet Hebrew
Topographic 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).

Harashima Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Harasimowicz Polish
Derived from the given name Harasim.

Harata Japanese