All Submitted Surnames

Hingano Tongan

Hingeston English (Rare, Archaic)
Variation of Hingston.

Hingestone English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hingst Low German
From Low German Hingst (stallion).

Hingston English
From any of several towns named Hinxton or Hingston, varyingly meaning "Hengist’s hill" (from hengest "stallion" and dun "hill, mountain") or "hind’s stone" (from hind "female deer" and stan "stone").

Hinkebein German (Americanized)
Variant of Hinkelbein, a nickname for someone with a limp.

Hinkel German
Nickname for a timid, fearful person, from dialect hinkel ‘chicken’

Hinkelbein German
Nickname for someone with a limp, from Middle High German hinken "to limp, hobble" and bein "leg, bone".

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.

Hinkleman German
Variant of Hinkelman.

Hinkley English
Variant of Hinckley.

Hinkson English

Hinley English

Hinn English

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

Hinomoto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Hinrichsen German

Hinriksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hinrik" in Icelandic.

Hinriksson Icelandic
Means "son of Hinrik" in Icelandic.

Hinsdale English

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]

Hinsley English

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.

Hinuma Japanese

Hinxstone English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hinz German, Danish (Rare)
Derived from the given name Hinz, a diminutive of Heinrich.

Hioka Japanese

Hioki Japanese

Hiott English (American)
Possibly a variant form of Hyatt.

Hipelius German

Hipkin English
English name meaning relative of Herbert

Hipkins English
Patronymic surname from the nickname "Hib" or "Hibkin" for Hilbert (see Hibbert).

Hipólito Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Hipólito.

Hipolito Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Hipólito.

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.

Hira Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil
From the given name Hira.

Hirabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Hirada Japanese
Variant of Hirata.

Hiraga Japanese

Hiraga Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Hiragai Japanese

Hiragaya Japanese

Hiraguchi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Hirahara Japanese

Hirai Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Hiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) 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 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hiraki Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and ki means "tree, wood".

Hirama Japanese

Hiramitsu Japanese
Means "flat light" in Japanese.

Hiramoto Japanese
Hira means "peace" and moto means "origin".

Hiramoto Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) 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

Hirao Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Hiraoji Japanese

Hiraoka Japanese

Hiraoka Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Hirari Hebrew

Hirasaka Japanese
Hira means "peace" and saka means "hill, slope".

Hirasaki Japanese

Hirasawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) 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 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Hiraya Japanese

Hirayama Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hirayanagi Japanese

Hircock English

Hiremath Indian, Kannada
Of uncertain meaning.

Hiroda Japanese

Hirogawa Japanese
Variant of Hirokawa.

Hirohata Japanese

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]

Hironaka Japanese

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.

Hirosue Japanese

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.

Hirouchi Japanese

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".

Hirozawa Japanese
Variant of Hirosawa.

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.

Hirschl German, Jewish
Variant of Hirschel

Hirsekorn German
Hirsekorn - millet grain - seems to be of Jewish origin

Hirshfield German, Jewish, Yiddish
Anglicized form of Hirschfeld.

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).

Hisagawa Japanese
Variant of Hisakawa.

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.

Hisgen German

Hisham Arabic
From the given name Hisham.

Hishida Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), water chestnut, caltrop, rhombus" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hishikawa Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), rhombus, water chestnut, caltrop" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Hishmeh Arabic
From Arabic حشمة (hishmah) meaning "modesty, decency".

Hisku Albanian

Histor English (Rare)

Hiszékeny Hungarian
Means naive in Hungarian.

Hiszpański Polish
Meaning "Spanish", denoting a person of Spanish heritage.

Hita Japanese
Possibly from 日 (hi) meaning "sun" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Hitarashi Japanese
From Japanese "浸" (hita) meaning immersion and "らし" (rashi) meaning likelihood

Hitch English
Variant form of Hick, from the medieval given name Hitch.

Hitchcock English

Hitchens English
The name Hitchens has a rich and ancient history. It is an Anglo-Saxon name that was originally derived from the baptismal name Richard. As the naming tradition grew in Europe baptismal names began to be introduced in many countries.

Hitchins English
Comes from the town Hitchin

Hitokiri Japanese
A notable bearer is the author Gentatsu Hitokiri.

Hitomi Japanese
Hito means "person" and mi means "see, viewpoint, mindset".

Hitora Japanese
From 人 (hito) means "person, human, individual" and 羅 (ra) means "thin silk fabric, net, gauze, Romania".

Hitoshi Japanese

Hitotose Japanese (Rare)
This surname consists of the kanji that reads "spring, summer, autumn, and winter" in that order.

Hitotsuyanagi Japanese (Rare)
一 (Hitotsu) means "one" and 柳 (Yanagi) means "willow".

Hitsuji Japanese

Hittel English (American)

Hittenrauch Prussian
from the prussian word von hittenraoucht meaning "of royalty"

Hittle German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Hüttl (see Huettl).

Hittler German
Variant of Hitler.

Hitz German (Swiss)

Hitzheim German

Hiwatashi Japanese

Hiwatig Tagalog
Means "hint, clue, sign" in Tagalog.

Hiwatori Japanese

Hix English
Variant of Hicks

Hixson English

Hiyama Japanese
From the Japanese hi, meaning "red, scarlet", and mura, meaning "town, village".

Hiyama Japanese
From Japanese 檜, 桧 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Hjälm Swedish
Variant of Hjelm.

Hjalmarsson Swedish
Means "son of Hjalmar".

Hjaltalín Icelandic
From the given name Hjaltalín.

Hjelm Swedish, Danish
From Swedish hjälm or Danish hjelm, both derived from Old Norse hjalmr "helmet".

Hjelte Swedish
From Swedish hjälte "hero".

Hjermstad Norwegian (Rare)
Hjerm means royal swords, stad means place. So Hjermstad means "place for the King's swords".

Hjornevik Norwegian
Named after the town of Hjørnevik, Norway

Hjorth Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Hjort.

Hladik Czech
a finisher or polisher of furniture

Hladika Croatian
Possibly derived from hladno, meaning "cold".

Hliabovič Belarusian
Means "son of Hlieb".

Hlimi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Hlöðversdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hlöðver". Used exclusively by women.

Hlöðversson Icelandic
Means "son of Hlöðver". Used exclusively by men; Hlöðversdóttir is the female form].

Hloušek Czech

Hluchý Czech
Hluchý means "Deaf" in Czech.

Hlywiak Ukrainian

Hmelina Croatian

Hmingthanga Mizo
Hmingthanga means ‘famous’ in Mizo.

Ho Korean

Ho Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Ho Korean
Alternative transcription of Korean Hangul 허 (see Heo).

Ho Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Hồ.

Ho Chinese (Wu, Rare)
Wu form of Hua 2.

Hồ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hu, from Sino-Vietnamese 胡 (hồ).

Hoa Chinese (Hokkien, Rare)
Hokkien form of Hua 2.

Hoa Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hua, from Sino-Vietnamese 花 (hoa).

Hoắc Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huo, from Sino-Vietnamese 霍 (hoắc).

Hoadley English
Habitational name from East or West Hoathly in Sussex, so named from Old English hað / Middle English hoath "heath" + leah "wood, clearing".

Hoagland American
American form of Scandinavian topographical surnames, such as Swedish Högland or Norwegian Haugland, both essentially meaning "high land".

Hoang Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Hoàng.

Hoàng Phủ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huangfu, from Sino-Vietnamese 皇甫 (hoàng phủ).

Hoapili Hawaiian
"Attached to the bosom", i.e very, very close. Name given by Kamehameha to his brother and closest high chief.

Hoar English
Nickname meaning gray haired.

Hoare English
From a nickname meaning "gray-haired", ie. "hoary".

Hobart English
Variant of Hubert via Hubbard.

Hobb English

Hobbin English

Hobbins English

Hobbison English

Hobby English

Hõbe Estonian
Hõbe is an Estonian surname meaning "silver".

Hõbemägi Estonian
Hõbemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "silver mountain".

Hõbemets Estonian
Hõbemets is an Estonian surname meaning "silver forest".

Hoben German

Hõbesalu Estonian
Hõbesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "silver grove".

Hoby English

Hoceimi Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Habitational name for someone originally from Al Hoceima, a town and province in Algeria.

Hočevar Slovene
Originally indicated a person from Kočevje (Gottschee County), a city and municipality in southern Slovenia.

Hochepied French

Hochfeld German
Means "high field".

Hochman Jewish

Hochstein German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a high rock or a castle of that name from Middle High German hoh "high" and stein "rock stone castle".

Hock German
Topographic name for someone living by a hedge, from a dialect variant of Heck.

Hockenberry English

Hockenhull English
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Tarvin, Cheshire West and Chester.

Hocker English

Hockey English

Hockley Anglo-Norman

Hockney English

Hockstetter German
Variant of Hostetler.

Hockton German
In relation to Hock a wine producing region and probably being adopted into Britain via Anglo Saxon settlers.

Hocog Chamorro (Modern)
Chamorro for "No more, empty, completed".

Hod Hebrew
From the given name Hod which means "glory, splendor" in Hebrew, more commonly used as a surname.

Hodapp German
1 South German: probably a nickname for a clumsy person, from Middle High German hōh ‘high’, ‘tall’ + the dialect word dapp ‘fool’.... [more]

Hódar Spanish
Spanish surname with unknown origin. Violeta Hódar is a notable bearer.

Hodder English
Occupational name for a maker or seller of hoods, from a Middle English agent derivative of Old English hod

Hoddson French
Variation of the surname, HODSON.

Hoderas Romansh

Hodgart Scottish

Hodgdon English

Hodge English
From the given name Hodge, a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Hodge English
Nickname from Middle English hodge "hog", which occurs as a dialect variant of hogge, for example in Cheshire place names.

Hodgkins English (British)

Hodgkinson English
Means "son of Hodge".

Hodiak Ukrainian

Hodnett English
Derived from an English village named "hodnet".

Hodny Czech
My great grandfather Frank Hodny homesteaded in Lankin, North Dakota, came from Czechoslovakia in 1870's. With his brother Joseph Hodny, both had large families. ... [more]

Hodsen English
Variant of Hodson.

Hodson English
Hodson is a very interesting surname in that it has multiple origins, depending on the Hodson lineage in question. ... [more]

Hodyna Polish

Hoe English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a spur of a hill.

Hoebbel English

Hoebeke Dutch, Flemish
A habitational name meaning "high brook", from Old Dutch hō "high" and beke "brook, stream, creek".

Hoebel German, American

Hoed Dutch
Means "hat, cover", an occupational name for a hatmaker.

Hoefkes German

Hoehn German (Anglicized)
Anglicized spelling of Höhn.

Höek Germanic (?)
Surname of Ren Höek from Ren & Stimpy.

Hoelzer German
German cognate of Holt

Hoemo Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of 保栄茂 (see Bin).

Hoen Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch hoen "chicken, hen", perhaps a nickname denoting a silly or foolish person, or an occupational name for someone who raised chickens.

Hoen Dutch, German
From the personal name Huno, a short form of names containing the element hun "bear cub, offspring".

Hoen Norwegian
Denoted someone from one of two farmsteads called Hon, derived from either Old Norse hundr "dog" or from Hóvin, a compound of hór "high", or possibly hof "temple, shrine", and vin "meadow".

Hoerman English, German
Variant of Herman. Variant of Hörmann.

Hoermann German

Hoevermann German

Hof Dutch
Standard Dutch form of Hoff.

Hofbauer German
Means - King farmer

Hoferle German (Austrian)
Means "Yard Clearing" from a Combination of the Austrian word Höfer meaning "yard" or "court" with the ancient suffix "le" meaning woodland or clearing.

Hoff German
Means "yard, court, farmyard", from Germanic hof.

Hoffa German
Altered form of Hofer. This surname was borne by American labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa (1913-1975?).

Hoffer German
The name Hoffer is derived from the Old German and German word hof, which means settlement, farm or court.

Hoffert German
Variant of Hofer

Hofi Hebrew

Hofman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Hoffmann.

Hofman mu Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Slovak
Derived from German Hoffmann.

Hofstadter Jewish
Derived from the German towns of Hofstetten, Franconia and Hofstaedt, Pomerania. In German, the suffix -er means "from".... [more]

Hofstede Dutch
Means "farmstead, property; farmhouse with land" in Dutch, a compound of Old Dutch hof "yard, court" and stat "place, location, abode, town".

Hog German

Hogaki Japanese
Variant of Hokaki.

Hogan Norwegian
Anglicized form of the Norwegian surname Haugen (or Haugan), meaning "hill."

Högberg Swedish
Means "high mountain" in Swedish.

Hogenson English

Hogg English
An occupational name for someone who herded swine.

Hoggan English

Hoggatt English
A name for someone who worked as a keeper of cattle and pigs.

Hogiu Romanian

Hogsett English (American)

Hoheisel German
Topographic from the German elements hoh "high" and a diminutive of hus "house".

Hohensee German
Habitational name from any of several places so named in Pomerania and East Prussia, or perhaps from Hohenseeden near Magdeburg.

Hohenstaufen German

Hohenstein German
Hohenstein in German has the meaning of “ High-Stone “, this represents strong and powerful

Hohenzollern German
Royal dynasty of the German Kaiserreich.

Hohm German

Hohn German
Derived from Middle High German hon "chicken". As a surname, it was given to someone who either bred or traded in chickens.... [more]

Hõim Estonian
Hõim is an Estonian surname meaning "tribe".

Hõimre Estonian
Hõimre is an Estonian surname derived from "hõim" meaning "tribe" and "kinfolk".

Hoit English
A variant of Hoyt.

Høj Danish

Højgaard Danish, Faroese
Combination of Danish høj "high" and gård "farm, garden".