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Hruszewski PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village of Hruszew.
Hrybov m Russian (Ukrainianized)Ukrainianised form of
Gribov. Roman Hrybov was the author of the Ukrainian Russian-language phrase «Русский военный корабль, иди нах..й» (Russian warship, go f..ck yourself).
Hryniewski PolishIt indicates familial origin within any of several Polesian villages named "Hryniewicze".
Hryshko UkrainianThe Hryshko National Botanical Garden is named after Soviet Ukrainian botanist Mykola Hryshko.
Hrženjak CroatianHabitational name for someone from places starting with "Hržen-".
Hu ChineseFrom Chinese 虎
(hǔ) meaning "tiger".
Hua ChineseFrom Chinese 华
(huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese".
Hua Chinese (Rare)From Chinese 化 (
huà) meaning "to be; to become", as well as a variant transcription of Chinese (Hokkien) 化 (see
Hoa 2).
Huaranga IncanPossibly refers to the Inca administrative "unit of a thousand households"
Huāwū ChineseFrom Chinese 花 (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" combined with 屋 (wū) meaning "shop".
Hubble EnglishFrom the Norman personal name
Hubald, composed of the Germanic elements
hug "heart, mind, spirit" and
bald "bold, brave".
Huben GermanThe roots of the distinguished German surname Huben lie in the kingdom of Bavaria. The name is derived from the Middle High German word "huober," meaning "owner of a patch of farmland." The term "Hube" was used to denote a 40-acre hide of farmland... [
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Hübenthal GermanFrom either of two place names, derived from the older form
Hufinadah meaning "valley where the hooves were".
Hübsch GermanNickname from Middle High German hübesch 'courtly', 'polite', 'refined', 'agreeable', German hübsch.
Hück GermanTopographic name meaning "bog" or "corner".
Huck EnglishFrom the medieval personal name
Hucke, which was probably descended from the Old English personal name
Ucca or
Hucca, perhaps a shortened form of
Uhtræd influenced by a medieval form of
Hugh... [
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Huckabee EnglishThis surname originated as a habitational name, derived from Huccaby in Devon, England; this place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first,
woh, meaning "crooked"; the second,
byge, meaning "river bend".... [
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Huckaby EnglishMeans "person from Huccaby", Devon (perhaps "crooked river-bend"), or "person from Uckerby", Yorkshire ("Úkyrri's or Útkári's farmstead").
Huckleberry EnglishFrom the name of the variety of shrubs (genus Vaccinium) or the berries that grow on them. This is also the anglicized form of the German surname Hackelberg.
Hucko SlovakHucko is from a diminutive of the occupational name Hudec meaning 'fiddler'.
Hudec Czech, SlovakOccupational name for a fiddler, hudec, a derivative of housti meaning "to play the fiddle".
Hudspeth EnglishEnglish (northeastern counties): unexplained. Compare Hedgepeth.
Huertas SpanishPlural form of Spanish
huerta meaning "garden, orchard".
Huesca SpanishHabitational name that refers to the city of Huesca, Spain.
Huff GermanFrom the Germanic personal name
Hufo, a short form of a compound name formed with
hug "heart, mind, spirit" as the first element.
Huffington EnglishMeans "Uffa's town". A famous bearer is Arianna Huffington, born Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου
Hufnagel GermanMetonymic occupational name for a farrier from Middle High German
hufnagel "horseshoe nail" (literally "hoof nail"). Derived from
huof "hoof" and
nagal "nail".
Hugo FrenchVictor Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He was also the writer of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Misérables'.
Huguenot FrenchMeaning uncertain. It could be denoted as a French Protestant who held the Reformed tradition of Protestantism, possibly derived from Middle French
eiguenot "Swiss confederate", from Swiss republican
Besançon Hugues, or a diminutive form of
Hugues, from the same person... [
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Huh KoreanVariant transcription of Korean Hangul 허 (see
Heo).
Huhtamäki FinnishDerived from
huhta (“woodland cleared for slash-and-burn cultivation”) +
mäki (“hill”).
Hui ChineseFrom Chinese 惠
(huì) meaning "favour, benefit".
Huidobro SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Los Altos.
Huisman DutchLiterally "houseman", an occupational name for a farmer, specifically one who owned his own farm.
Huitema DutchPossibly a patronymic form of
Hoite, a pet form of names containing the element
hugu "mind, thought, spirit", using the Frisian suffix
-ma "man of".
Huizinga West Frisian, DutchHabitational name from
Huizinge, a town in Groningen, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Frisian
hūs "house" and
dinge "newly cultivated lands"... [
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Hulbert English1 English and German: from a Germanic personal name, Holbert, Hulbert, composed of the elements hold, huld ‘friendly’, ‘gracious’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.... [
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Hulke Englisha nickname for a person who literally "towed" ships and barges
Hull EstonianHull is an Estonian surname meaning "loon" (Gavia).
Huller EnglishTopographical name for a 'dweller by a hill', deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century 'hyll' a hill, or in this instance 'atte hulle', at the hill.
Hulshof DutchHabitational name derived from Middle Dutch
hul "holly" and
hof "court, garden, farmstead".
Hultgren SwedishCombination of Swedish
hult "grove, copse" and
gren "branch".
Humble EnglishNickname for a meek or lowly person, from Middle English, Old French
(h)umble (Latin
humilis "lowly", a derivative of
humus "ground").
Humboldt German (?)Derived from the Germanic given name
Hunibald. Notable bearers of this surname were Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a Prussian naturalist, geographer, explorer and polymath, and his brother Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), a linguist, philosopher and diplomat.
Hummal EstonianHummal is an Estonian surname derived from "Humal" (also an Estonian surname), meaning "hop" and "bine".
Hummer German, EnglishHummer is the German word for 'Lobster' in English. It is also the name of a vehicle- the 'Hummer'!
Humperdinck German (?), LiteratureFrom the German surname Humperdinck. As a surname it was born by the composer Engelbert Humperdinck. As a first name it was used for the villain Prince Humperdinck in William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.
Hun KhmerMeans "capital, investment" in Khmer, also referring to a unit of weight for precious metals.
Hundertmark GermanA nickname for a wealthy man, from Middle High German hundert meaning "hundred" + mark, a denomination of coin.
Hungate EnglishHabitational name from any of several places in England called
Hungate, derived from Old English
hund "hound, dog" and Old Norse
gata "street, road".
Hungerford EnglishFrom the name of a settlement in Berkshire, England, derived from Old English
hungor "hunger, famine" and
ford "ford, river crossing".
Hunley English (American)English: variant of Hundley, which also has English origins (Worcestershire and Herefordshire): possibly a variant of Huntley or a habitational name from a lost Hundley, and Hanley.... [
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Hunnam EnglishVariant form of
Hannam. A famous bearer is the English actor and screenwriter Charlie Hunnam (1980-).
Hunsberger GermanHabitational name for someone from a place called Hunsberg or Huntsberg.
Huntington EnglishEnglish: habitational name from any of several places so called, named with the genitive plural
huntena of Old English
hunta ‘hunter’ +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’ or
dun ‘hill’ (the forms in -ton and -don having become inextricably confused)... [
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Huntley English, ScottishHabitational name from a place in Gloucestershire, so named from Old English hunta 'hunter' (perhaps a byname (see Hunt) + leah 'wood', 'clearing'). Scottish: habitational name from a lost place called Huntlie in Berwickshire (Borders), with the same etymology as in 1.
Huntzinger GermanHabitational name for someone from Hintschingen, earlier Huntzingen.
Hunyadi HungarianA name of a noble family of Hungary. The Regent John Hunyadi had this last name.
Huo ChineseFrom Chinese 霍
(huò) referring to the ancient state of Huo, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the city of Huozhou in Shanxi province.
Hurley English, IrishMeaning is "from a corner clearing" in Old English. Also an anglicized form of an Irish name meaning "sea tide" or "sea valor".
Hurm EstonianHurm is an Estonian surname meaning "charm" and "enchantment".
Hurrell English, NormanEnglish (of Norman origin) from a derivative of Old French
hurer ‘to bristle or ruffle’, ‘to stand on end’ (see
Huron).
Hurry EnglishFrom a Norman form of the Middle English personal name Wol(f)rich (with the addition of an inorganic initial H-).
Hurst GermanTopographic name from Middle High German
hurst "woodland, thicket".
Hurta CzechNickname for an aggressive person, from hurt ‘attack.’
Hurtado SpanishDerived from the Spanish word hurtar, meaning "to steal".
Hurtig SwedishNickname for someone full of energy and endurance, from Swedish
hurtig "quick, fast, rapid, brisk".
Husemann GermanEpithet for a servant or an administrator who worked at a great house, from Middle Low German hus ‘house’ (see House 1, Huse) + man ‘man’.
Hussey English, IrishAs an English surname, it comes from two distinct sources. It is either of Norman origin, derived from
Houssaye, the name of an area in Seine-Maritime which ultimately derives from Old French
hous "holly"; or it is from a Middle English nickname given to a woman who was the mistress of a household, from an alteration of
husewif "housewife"... [
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Husted GermanThe name was originally spelled "Hustedt" and means "homestead." The family name originated in northern Germany. One branch of the family migrated to England, and a branch of that family to the United States.
Hustopeče CzechThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Moravian towns.
Hutabalian BatakFrom Batak
huta meaning "village, area" and
balian meaning "rice field, farm, outside".
Hutabarat BatakFrom Batak
huta meaning "village, area" and
barat meaning "west".
Hutagalung BatakFrom Batak
huta meaning "village, area" and
galung meaning "embankment, dike, cleared field".
Hutagaol BatakFrom Batak
huta meaning "village, area" and
gaol meaning "banana".
Hutajulu BatakFrom Batak
huta meaning "village, area" and
julu meaning "upstream".
Hutapea BatakFrom Batak
huta meaning "village, area" and
pea meaning "marsh, swamp, reservoir, lowland".
Hutauruk BatakFrom Batak
huta meaning "village, area" and
uruk meaning "upper, above" or "bone leaves (a type of plant)".