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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.
Hinz German, Danish (Rare)
Derived from the given name Hinz, a diminutive of Heinrich.
Hiott English (American)
Possibly a variant form of Hyatt.
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 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".
Hiraguchi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
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".
Hirami Japanese
From 平 (hira) meaning "peace, flat, even" and 見 (mi) meaning "see, view, perspective, outlook".
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
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Hiraoka Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) 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 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".
Hirayama Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) 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".
Hirpa Ethiopian
In 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, 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.
Hisayuto Japanese
From 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.
Hiscock English
From Hick, a Middle English pet form of Richard, with the diminutive suffix -cok.
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".
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
Derived 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 English
Can 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.
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".
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".
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.
Hiwatig Tagalog
Means "hint, clue, sign" in Tagalog.
Hix English
Variant of Hicks
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
Hladik Czech
a finisher or polisher of furniture
Hladika Croatian
Possibly derived from hladno, meaning "cold".
Hlava Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Direct translation from hlava meaning "head".
Hliabovič Belarusian
Means "son of Hlieb".
Hlibov m Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Glebov.
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].
Hluchý Czech
Hluchý means "Deaf" in Czech.
Hmayakyan Armenian
Means "son of Hmayak".
Hmingthanga Mizo
Hmingthanga means ‘famous’ in Mizo.
Hnatko Ukrainian (Rare)
From a diminutive of Hnat.
Hnatyuk Ukrainian
From the given name Ihnat.
Hnenyy m Ukrainian
Means "oppressed".
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.
Hồ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hu, from Sino-Vietnamese 胡 (hồ).
Hoa Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hua, from Sino-Vietnamese 花 (hoa).
Hoắc Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huo, from Sino-Vietnamese 霍 (hoắc).
Hoad English
topographic 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... [more]
Hoadley English
Habitational name from East or West Hoathly in Sussex, so named from Old English hað / Middle English hoath "heath" + leah "wood, clearing".
Hoag Scottish, English
Either a variant of Hogg or an anglicized form of Norwegian Haug or Swedish Hög (meaning either "mound, hill" or "high").
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
From a nickname for someone with grey or white hair, from Old English har "grey, greyish-white".
Hoar English
Habitational 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".
Hoare English
Variant of Hoar.
Hobart English
Variant of Hubert via Hubbard.
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".
Hõbesalu Estonian
Hõbesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "silver grove".
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.
Hochfeld German
Means "high field".
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.
Hockenhull English
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Tarvin, Cheshire West and Chester.
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.
Hodge English
Nickname from Middle English hodge "hog", which occurs as a dialect variant of hogge, for example in Cheshire place names.
Hodgkin English
From Hodge, a diminutive of the given name Roger.
Hodgkinson English
Means "son of Hodge".
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]
Hoe English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a spur of a hill.
Hoebeke Dutch, Flemish
A habitational name meaning "high brook", from Old Dutch hō "high" and beke "brook, stream, creek".
Hoed Dutch
Means "hat, cover", an occupational name for a hatmaker.
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.
Hoes English, Dutch
Variant of Howes. Also a nickname for a courteous person, from Middle Dutch hovesc, hoesch meaning "courtly, courteous" (literally "as at a court").
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
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".
Hogan Norwegian
Anglicized form of the Norwegian surname Haugen (or Haugan), meaning "hill."
Högberg Swedish
Means "high mountain" in Swedish, a combination of hög "high" and berg "mountain".
Hogg English
An occupational name for someone who herded swine.
Hoggatt English
A name for someone who worked as a keeper of cattle and pigs.
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.
Hohenstein German
Hohenstein in German has the meaning of “ High-Stone “, this represents strong and powerful
Hohenzollern German
Royal dynasty of the German Kaiserreich.
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]
Hohol Ukrainian
Means "garrot, goldeneye (duck)" in Ukrainian.
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.
Højgaard Danish, Faroese
Combination of Danish høj "high" and gård "farm, garden".
Hojo Japanese
Variant transcription of Houjou.
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