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Hint EstonianHint is an Estonian surname, a diminutive of the masculine given name "Hindrek".
Hintgen LuxembourgishAppeared 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.
Hipp GermanFrom the middle high German word
hippe meaning "waffle". Perhaps an occupational name for someone who cooks waffles.
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.
Hiraga JapaneseFrom Japanese 平
(hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 賀
(ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".
Hiraizumi JapaneseHira means "peace, even, level" and izumi means "spring, fountain".
Hiraki JapaneseHira means "peace, even, level" and ki means "tree, wood".
Hirami JapaneseFrom 平 (
hira) meaning "peace, flat, even" and 見 (
mi) meaning "see, view, perspective, outlook".
Hiranchai ThaiFrom Thai หิรัญ
(hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ชัย
(chai) meaning "victory".
Hiransi ThaiFrom Thai หิรัญ
(hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ศรี
(si) meaning "honour, glory, splendour".
Hiranuma JapaneseCombination of the kanji 平 (
hira, "flat; ordinary; low-ranking person") and 沼 (
numa, "swamp, bog"), thus "flat swamp".
Hiranwong ThaiFrom Thai หิรัญ
(hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and วงศ์
(wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty"
Hirao JapaneseFrom Japanese 平
(hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 尾
(o) meaning "tail, end".
Hiroi JapaneseFrom the Japanese 廣 or 広 (
hiro) "wide" and 井 (
i) "well."
Hirokawa JapaneseFrom Japanese 広 or 廣 (
hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 川 (
kawa) meaning "river, stream".
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."... [
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Hirono JapaneseFrom Japanese 広
(hiro) meaning "wide, broad, spacious" and 野
(no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hirosawa JapaneseHiro means "broad, spacious, wide" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hirose JapaneseFrom 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 JapaneseFrom Japanese 廣, 広 or 弘
(hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hirowatari JapaneseHiro means "wide, broad, spacious" and watari means "ferry, cross, import, deliver".
Hiroyasu JapaneseHiro means "broad, wide, spacious" and yasu means "cheap, peace, relax".
Hirpa EthiopianIn the Oromo language, "Hirpa" is mostly interpreted to mean "blessed," "fortunate," or "gifted", though translations can vary based on dialect, regional usage, and context. A bearer of the surname is Bedatu Hirpa, a notable Ethiopian long-distance runner who won the women's race at the 2025 Paris Marathon.
Hirschberg German, JewishDerived 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"... [
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Hirschfeld German, Jewish, YiddishOrnamental 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.
Hiruta JapaneseFrom Japanese 蛭
(hiru) meaning "leech" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hisada JapaneseFrom Japanese 久
(hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 田
(da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hisaeda JapaneseFrom 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.
Hisaka JapaneseHi can mean "Japanese cypress" or "scarlet, dark red" and saka means "slope, hill".
Hisamaru JapaneseHisa means "long time, long time ago, longetivity" and maru means "circle, round".
Hisano JapaneseHisa means "long time ago, everlasting" and no means "field, rice paddy".
Hisayuto JapaneseFrom 久 (hisa) meaning “long time, long time ago”, combined with 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" and 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 人 (to) meaning "person" or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly".
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.
Hishida JapaneseFrom 菱 (
hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), water chestnut, caltrop, rhombus" and 田 (
da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hishikawa JapaneseFrom 菱 (
hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), rhombus, water chestnut, caltrop" and 川 (
kawa) meaning "river".
Hishmeh ArabicFrom Arabic حشمة
(hishmah) meaning "modesty, decency".
Hita JapanesePossibly from 日 (
hi) meaning "sun" and 田 (
ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Hitarashi JapaneseFrom Japanese "浸" (hita) meaning immersion and "らし" (rashi) meaning likelihood
Hitchcock EnglishDerived from a diminutive of the medieval name
Hitch. A famous bearer of the name was English film director Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980).
Hitchins EnglishCan be either a patronymic derived from the medieval given name
Hitch, or a habitational name denoting someone from the town
Hitchin, itself from Old English
Hicce, the name of the Celtic tribe who originally resided in the area.
Hitomi JapaneseHito means "person" and mi means "see, viewpoint, mindset".
Hitora JapaneseFrom 人 (
hito) means "person, human, individual" and 羅 (
ra) means "thin silk fabric, net, gauze, Romania".
Hitotose Japanese (Rare)This surname consists of the kanji that reads "spring, summer, autumn, and winter" in that order.
Hiyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 檜, 桧
(hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山
(yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Hjelm Swedish, DanishFrom Swedish
hjälm or Danish
hjelm, both derived from Old Norse
hjalmr "helmet".
Ho KoreanAlternative transcription of Korean Hangul 허 (see
Heo).
Hoad Englishtopographic name for someone who lived on a heath from Middle English
hoth "heath" (Old English
hath a by form of Old English
hæþ) or a habitational name from a place so named such as
Hoath in Kent... [
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Hoadley EnglishHabitational name from East or West Hoathly in Sussex, so named from Old English
hað / Middle English
hoath "heath" +
leah "wood, clearing".
Hoagland AmericanAmerican form of Scandinavian topographical surnames, such as Swedish
Högland or Norwegian
Haugland, both essentially meaning "high land".
Hoapili Hawaiian"Attached to the bosom", i.e very, very close. Name given by Kamehameha to his brother and closest high chief.
Hoar EnglishFrom a nickname for someone with grey or white hair, from Old English
har "grey, greyish-white".
Hoar EnglishHabitational name for a person who lived in the village called Ore in East Sussex, or someone who lived by a bank or shore, both derived from Old English
ora "shore, edge".
Hočevar SloveneOriginally indicated a person from Kočevje (Gottschee County), a city and municipality in southern Slovenia.
Hochstein GermanTopographic 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 GermanTopographic name for someone living by a hedge, from a dialect variant of
Heck.
Hockenhull EnglishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Tarvin, Cheshire West and Chester.
Hockton GermanIn relation to Hock a wine producing region and probably being adopted into Britain via Anglo Saxon settlers.
Hod HebrewFrom the given name
Hod which means "glory, splendor" in Hebrew, more commonly used as a surname.
Hodapp German1 South German: probably a nickname for a clumsy person, from Middle High German hōh ‘high’, ‘tall’ + the dialect word dapp ‘fool’.... [
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Hódar SpanishSpanish surname with unknown origin. Violeta Hódar is a notable bearer.
Hodder EnglishOccupational name for a maker or seller of hoods, from a Middle English agent derivative of Old English hod
Hodge EnglishNickname from Middle English
hodge "hog", which occurs as a dialect variant of
hogge, for example in Cheshire place names.
Hodny CzechMy great grandfather Frank Hodny homesteaded in Lankin, North Dakota, came from Czechoslovakia in 1870's. With his brother Joseph Hodny, both had large families. ... [
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Hodson EnglishHodson is a very interesting surname in that it has multiple origins, depending on the Hodson lineage in question. ... [
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Hoe EnglishTopographic name for someone who lived by a spur of a hill.
Hoebeke Dutch, FlemishA habitational name meaning "high brook", from Old Dutch
hō "high" and
beke "brook, stream, creek".
Hoed DutchMeans "hat, cover", an occupational name for a hatmaker.
Hoen Dutch, GermanFrom 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, GermanFrom the personal name
Huno, a short form of names containing the element
hun "bear cub, offspring".
Hoen NorwegianDenoted 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".
Hoes English, DutchVariant of
Howes. Also a nickname for a courteous person, from Middle Dutch
hovesc,
hoesch meaning "courtly, courteous" (literally "as at a court").
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.
Hoffa GermanAltered form of
Hofer. This surname was borne by American labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa (1913-1975?).
Hoffer GermanThe name Hoffer is derived from the Old German and German word hof, which means settlement, farm or court.
Hofstadter JewishDerived from the German towns of Hofstetten, Franconia and Hofstaedt, Pomerania. In German, the suffix
-er means "from".... [
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Hofstede DutchMeans "farmstead, property; farmhouse with land" in Dutch, a compound of Old Dutch
hof "yard, court" and
stat "place, location, abode, town".
Högberg SwedishMeans "high mountain" in Swedish, a combination of
hög "high" and
berg "mountain".
Hogg EnglishAn occupational name for someone who herded swine.
Hoggatt EnglishA name for someone who worked as a keeper of cattle and pigs.
Hohensee GermanHabitational name from any of several places so named in Pomerania and East Prussia, or perhaps from Hohenseeden near Magdeburg.
Hohenstein GermanHohenstein in German has the meaning of “ High-Stone “, this represents strong and powerful
Hohn GermanDerived from Middle High German
hon "chicken". As a surname, it was given to someone who either bred or traded in chickens.... [
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Hõimre EstonianHõimre is an Estonian surname derived from "hõim" meaning "tribe" and "kinfolk".