All Submitted Surnames

Hoseason English
Means "son of Hosea", a personal name that was originally probably Osie, a pet-form of Oswald, but came to be associated with the biblical personal name Hosea.

Hoseason English
The roots of the Hoseason family name are in ancient Scotland with the Viking settlers. Hoseason was derived from the name Aassi, which is a Old Norse form of the Old English personal name Oswald, which means divine power... [more]

Hosein Persian, Trinidadian Creole
Derived from the given name Hosein.

Hosekin Dutch (Archaic)
Occupational name for a maker or seller of hose (garments for the legs), from Middle Dutch hose "stocking, boot".

Hosen Bengali
Derived from the given name Husayn.

Hosey English
Typically from the name of the area of Houssaye in the Seine-Maritime region of Normandy. A more unusual derivation shows that some in some cases the name finds its roots in the word hussey, an Old English nickname female head of household.

Hosford English
Variant of Horsford.

Hoshi Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".

Hoshiba Japanese

Hoshida Japanese
From 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, dot" and 田 (da) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Hoshii Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, spot" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, town".

Hoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hoshimiya Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Hoshimura Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Hoshina Japanese
It can be spelled with 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, mark, dot" and 奈 (na) meaning "name, noted, distinguished, reputation", or 保 (ho) meaning "protect", combined with 科 (shina, ka) meaning "department, technology".

Hoshinoue Japanese

Hoshiro Japanese
保城 or HOSHIRO would translate to "Castle of Protection"

Hoshisaki Japanese
Hoshi means "star" and saki means "promontory, cape, peninsula".

Hoshita Japanese
From 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, dot" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Hoshiyasu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".

Hoshizaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hoshisaki.... [more]

Hoshizora Japanese (Rare)
Hoshi (星) means "star", sora/zora (空) means "sky", this name literally means "starry sky". Sora changes to zora due to rendaku

Hoshizuki Japanese
From 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, dot" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month".

Hoshur Uyghur
From the given name Hoshur of unknown meaning.

Hošić Bosnian

Hoskin English
From the Middle English personal name Osekin.

Hosking English (British)
Variant of Hoskin.

Hoskins Dutch
Variant of Hosekin.

Hoskins English
Patronymic form of Hoskin.

Hoskinson English
Patronymic form of Hoskin.

Hosmer English
From the Old English name Osmaer, a combination of the Old English elements oss, meaning "god", and maer, meaning "fame".

Hosner German
Occupational name for a knitter of hose (garments for the legs), from the plural form of Middle High German hose + the agent suffix -er (see Hose 3).

Hosni Arabic
From the given name Husni.

Hosny Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.

Hosoda Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "fine, narrow, thin, fine, slender" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hosodaki Japanese (Rare)
Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Daki (滝) means "waterfall". Daki is a variant of Taki and it changed the T to D due to rendaku. See also Hosotaki

Hosodera Japanese
Variant of Hosotera.

Hosogai Japanese
Variant of Hosotani.

Hosogawa Japanese
Variant of Hosokawa.

Hosogaya Japanese
Variant of Hosotani.

Hosoh Japanese

Hosoi Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "narrow, thin, fine, slender" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Hosoiri Japanese
From 細 (hoso) meaning "fine, thin, narrow, slender" and 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input".

Hosokawa Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hosoki Japanese

Hosomi Japanese
Hoso means "thin, narrow, slender, fine" and no means "viewpoint, outlook".

Hosomiya Japanese
Hoso means "thin, slender, narrow, fine" and miya means "shrine, palace, temple".

Hosonishi Japanese
Hoso means "slender, narrow, thin, fine" and nishi means "west".

Hosono Japanese

Hosono Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hosonuma Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine, narrow, slender" numa means "swamp".

Hosoo Japanese
From the Japanese 細 (hoso) "narrow" and 尾 (o) "tail."

Hososaki Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine, narrow, slender" "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Hosota Japanese

Hosotaki Japanese (Rare)
Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Taki (滝) means "waterfall". Sometimes Taki changes to Daki due to rendaku. See also Hosodaki

Hosotani Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine slender narrow" and tani means "valley".

Hosotera Japanese
Hoso means "fine, thin, slender, narrow" and tera means "temple".

Hosoya Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, narrow, fine, slender" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Hosoyama Japanese
Hoso means "thin, slender, fine, narrow" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Hosozaki Japanese
Variant of Hososaki.

Hosp German (Austrian)
Means "odd bird" or "strange man"

Hospod Polish (Rare)
From the Proto-Slavic gospodь, meaning "lord" or "host." Variant of the Old Polish gospodzin, meaning "landlord."... [more]

Höss German

Hossain Bengali
From the given name Husayn.

Hossam Arabic
Derived from the given name Husam.

Hossein Persian, Bengali
From the given name Hossein.

Hosseinian Persian
From the given name Hossein.

Hosseinpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حسینپور (see Hosseinpour).

Hosseinpour Persian
Means "son of Hossein" in Persian.

Hosseinzadeh Persian
From the given name Hossein combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Hossen Bengali
From the given name Husayn.

Hostain French (Quebec), French (Acadian)

Hosterman English

Hostermann English
Variation of Hosterman.

Hostetler German
The name itself comes from the word Hostet or Hochstatt meaning "high place". Thus Hostetler is someone living in a high place or on high ground.

Hot Bosnian

Hota Japanese

Hotaling Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Hoogteijling.

Ho-Tan Popular Culture
Invented surname belonging to Alfie Ho-Tan, the scribe of the Council of Elders in the TV series Yonderland.

Hotchkiss English
Patronymic from Hodgkin, a pet form of Hodge.

Hotchner Scottish, English
An occupational surname for a person who drove cattle.

Hotei Japanese, Japanese Mythology
This surname literally means "cloth bag". It is spelled with 布 (ho, fu, furu) meaning "linen, cloth, rag, fabric" and 袋 (tei, dai, fukuru, bukuru) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".... [more]

Hoth German
Variant of Huth.

Hoti Albanian

Hotohara Japanese
From 蛍 (hoto, hotaru) meaning "firefly" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Hotta Japanese

Hottle English

Hottmann German
probably either from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with hut "protection helmet" (compare German hut "hat")... [more]

Hotz German (Swiss), German, Hungarian
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a habitional name for someone from the Hotzenwald, a derivation from any given name containing the Germanic name element hadu "battle, combat" and a derivation from the verb hotzen "to swing, to sway, to tremble".

Hotze German (Rare)

Hotzenköcherle Upper German

Houard French
Variant of Huard.

Houarner Breton
From Breton meaning "blacksmith".

Houck German
Nickname from Middle Dutch houck, a marine fish, or from Middle Dutch hoec, houck ‘buck’. variant of Hoek.

Houde French
From either of the given names Hildo or Audo.

Houdin French
Variant of Bodin , a pet form of Bodo, a short form of any of various ancient Germanic personal names with the element bod ‘messenger’.... [more]

Houdini French
Originated as a stage name. He chose it as an homage to the French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin.

Hougan Irish
Variant of Hogan.

Hough English
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Cheshire and Derbyshire, so named from Old English hoh ‘spur of a hill’ (literally ‘heel’). This widespread surname is especially common in Lancashire... [more]

Hought English

Houghtling Dutch (Americanized)
Variant of Hotaling.

Houghton English
Habitational name derived from any of several locations across England, usually derived from Old English hoh "heel, hough, point of land" and tun "town, settlement, enclosure"... [more]

Houjou Japanese
From Japanese 北 (hou) meaning "north" and 條 or 条 (jou) meaning "article".

Houle French (Quebec)
Either from Old French hole, houle, "hole, cave", or a deformation of Houde.

Houlihan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó hUallacháin.

Hound English

Houndalowan Western African

Houndstooth English

Hourmilogué Occitan, French
Meaning unknown.

Houseal French (Anglicized), German (Anglicized)
French (Lorraine) spelling of German Häusel, a topographic name meaning ‘small house’, a diminutive of Haus... [more]

Householter English (American, Rare)
Americanized form of the German surname Haushalter.

Houseknecht m English (American)
Americanized form of Hausknecht.

Houseman English
Referred to a man who lived or worked in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut (see House). Famous bearers of this name include Romanian-British-American actor John Houseman (1902-1988; real name Jacques Haussmann), Argentine soccer player René Houseman (1953-2018) and Canadian actor Tyson Houseman (1990-).

Houser English
Variant of House.

Houshmand Persian
From the given name Houshmand.

Houshmandi Persian
From the given name Houshmand.

Housley English

Hout Dutch
Means "wood, forest", a Dutch cognate of Holt. Can also be an occupational name (see Houtman).

Houtmann Alsatian
Alsatian form of German Holzmann.

Houtsma Frisian

Houtteman Flemish
Variant form of Houtman "wood man".

Houx French

Hovakimyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovakim".

Hovatter German (?)

Hovda Norwegian
Habitational name from the many farmsteads in Norway named Hovda. Derived from Old Norse hófði "rounded peak", itself derived from Old Norse hofuð "head".

Hovde Norwegian
Variant of Hovda.

Hovell Welsh (?)
Variant of Howell

Hovenden English, Irish
Variant of Ovenden a habitational name perhaps derived from Ovingdean (Sussex) or Ovenden (Yorkshire)... [more]

Hovhannesyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (see Hovhannisyan).

Hovhannisian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Hovhannisyan.

Hovis English

Hovsepian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Hovsepyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

Hovsepyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovsep".

How English

Howald German
From any several places named, from the elements hoh "high" and wald "forest".

Howardson English
Means "Son of Howard".

Howarth English
"From a hedged estate", from Old English haga ("hedge, haw") and worð ("farm, estate"). Likely originating from the Yorkshire village of the same name. Common in Lancashire and recorded from at least 1518, as Howorthe, with an earlier version of Hauewrth in Gouerton dated 1317 recorded in the Neubotle charters.

Howat Scottish
Variant of Hewitt

Howbert Germanic
Bright heart in German

Howcroft English
Means "enclosed field on a hill". Derived from the words haugr "hill", of Norse origin, and croft "enclosed field"

Howden English, Scottish
Either a Scottish habitational name from Howden (Midlothian Dumfriesshire). Or a variant of Haldane... [more]

Howdle English

Howdyshell American, German
Americanized (i.e., Anglicized) form of the Swiss German Haudenschild, which originated as a nickname for a ferocious soldier, literally meaning "hack the shield" from Middle High German houwen "to chop or hack" (imperative houw) combined with den (accusative form of the definite article) and schilt "shield".

Howells Welsh, English
Variant of Howell.

Howes English
Pronounced to rhyme with hose, a variant of Howe with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. Hose (Leicestershire), recorded as Howes in 1086, is named with the plural of Old English hōh ‘hill spur’.... [more]

Howie Scottish
I believe it is from "The Land of How" in Ayrshire

Howington English

Howladar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হাওলাদার (see Howlader).

Howlader Bengali
From a Bengali word meaning "land owner", itself derived from Arabic حول (hawl) meaning "power, might, strength" and the Persian suffix دار (dar) indicating ownership.

Howlett English
The name Howlett was brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the Norman personal name Hugh. Howlett was a baptismal name which means the son of Hugh... [more]

Howley English, Irish
English habitational name from Howley in Warrington (Lancashire) or Howley in Morley (Yorkshire). The Lancashire name also appears as Hooley and Wholey while the Yorkshire placename comes from Old English hofe "ground ivy... [more]

Howorth Anglo-Norman

Howrey English (British)

Howson English
A patronymic surname meaning “son of Hugh”. An alternate form of Hewson, it originates from Yorkshire where it is most prevalent. Notable bearers include the Australian Howson family, English footballer Jonny Howson and English divine John Howson.

Hoxby English

Hoxhaj Albanian
Variant of Hoxha.

Hoxie English
They were first found in the settlement of Hawkshaw in the county of Lancashire. The surname Hoxie belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Hoxsie English

Hoy English
Metonymic occupational name for a sailor, from Middle Dutch hoey "cargo ship".

Hoy Ukrainian, Belarusian
Ukrainian form and Belarusian alternate transcription of Hoj.

Hoya Spanish
is a habitational (local) name, taken on from any of several place names, such as from Hoyos in Cáceres province, or Hoyos in Ávila province. These place names come from the Spanish words "hoyo," meaning "pit," or "hole."

Hoyama Japanese

Hoyburg Danish

Hoye English

Høyer Danish
A surname relatively common in Denmark, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, meaning "mound, cairn, hill". Alternatively, meaning can be traced back to the old Germanic personal name Hucger, a compound consisting of hug- "heart, mind, spirit" and geirr "spear".

Hoyland English, Norwegian
English (South Yorkshire): habitational name from any of various places in South Yorkshire named with Old English hoh ‘hill spur’ + land ‘(cultivated) land’. ... [more]

Hoyle Welsh, English
Derived from Old English holh meaning "hole". It is thought to have originally been a name for someone who lived in a round hollow or near a pit.

Hoyt English
Generally a topographical name for someone who lived on a hill or other high ground. As such Hoyt is related to words such as heights or high. Hoyt is also possibly a nickname for a tall, thin person where the original meaning is said to be "long stick".

Hozier English

Hozumi Japanese

Hozumi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八朔 (see Hassaku).

Hrabovets Ukrainian

Hrach German (Austrian, Rare), Czech (Rare)
Originated in the Czech-speaking region of Bohemia in Austria, pre-1900. From Czech hrách, meaning "pea." Given either to a very short man or to a gardener.

Hrachenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гра (hra), meaning "game".

Hradecký m Czech
Hradecký refers to someone from the city of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic. A famous bearer is Finnish-Slovak soccer goalkeeper Lukáš Hradecký (1989-).

Hrafnakonr m Old Norse (Modern)
From Old Norse hrafn, meaning "raven," and konr, meaning "descendant" or "noble kin." The name konr is associated with Konr!, the youngest son of Jarl (or Skjöldr) and the grandson of Rígr, as described in Rígsþula... [more]

Hranenko Ukrainian
Another form of Hrachenko.

Hraski Croatian

Hrdina Czech, Slovak
Hrdina is a Czech and Slovak surname meaning "hero". Two notable bearers are Jan Hrdina, and Jiří Hrdina, both are ice hockey players.

Hrdlička Czech

Hreben Ukrainian
Variant of Hrebenyuk.

Hrebenyuk Ukrainian

Hrebinka Ukrainian
Means "comb" in Ukrainian.

Hreblyuk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian "гребля (hreblya)", meaning dam.

Hrechko Ukrainian
Means "buckwheat".

Hrechukha Ukrainian
Variant of Hrechko.

Hreczkosij Polish

Hreczkoski Polish

Hrekiv Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Grekov.

Hrelja Croatian

Hren Slovene

Hřib Czech
Czech form or Gribov.

Hricko Rusyn
Variant transcription of Hryts'ko.

Hridchyn Ukrainian (?)

Hridoy Bengali
From the given name Hridoy.

Hrinchenko Ukrainian

Hrisomallídis Greek

Hrisomállis Greek

Hristev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Hristo".

Hristeva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Hristev.

Hristoff Bulgarian (Archaic)
Means "son of HRISTO".

Hristoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Hristoski.

Hristoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Hristo".

Hristovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Hristovski.

Hristovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Hristo".

Hrosul Ukrainian

Hroza Ukrainian
Means "thunderstorm" in Ukrainian.

Hršak Croatian

Hrsić South Slavic

Hrudzevych Ukrainian

Hrushetskyy m Ukrainian

Hrushka Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Hruška. Means "pear".

Hrushko Ukrainian
Variant of Hrushka.

Hrustanbegović Bosnian

Hruszewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village of Hruszew.

Hrvatin Croatian, Slovene
From Croatian and Slovene Hrvat meaning "Croat, person from Croatia".

Hryanyk Ukrainian

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).

Hryhorenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Hryhor".

Hryhorovych Ukrainian
Means "child of Hryhor".

Hryhoryan Armenian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Grigoryan.

Hrynchuk Ukrainian

Hrynenko Ukrainian

Hrynevych Ukrainian

Hryniewska f Polish
Polish feminine form of Hryniewski.

Hryniewski Polish
It indicates familial origin within any of several Polesian villages named "Hryniewicze".

Hryniv Ukrainian (Rare)
From the Hryniv village in Ukraine.

Hryniw Ukrainian (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicised form of Hryniv.

Hryntsevych Ukrainian

Hryshchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Hrytsenko.

Hryshchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Hryshchenko.

Hryshko Ukrainian
Variant of Hryshchenko. The Hryshko National Botanical Garden in Kyiv is named after Soviet Ukrainian botanist Mykola Hryshko.

Hryshkovets Ukrainian
Variant of Hryshko.

Hrysyuk Ukrainian
Maybe related to Hrytsenko.

Hrytsak Ukrainian
Variant of Hrytsenko.

Hrytsay Ukrainian
From the given name Hryts.

Hrytsayenko Ukrainian
Variant of Hrytsenko.

Hrytsenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Hryts" or "son of Hrytsko".

Hrytsko Ukrainian, Rusyn
Variant of Hrytsenko.

Hrytsyk Ukrainian
Variant of Hrytsenko.

Hryzun Ukrainian

Hrženjak Croatian
Habitational name for someone from places starting with "Hržen-".

Hržić Slovene, Croatian

Hsiao Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 蕭 (see Xiao).

Hsin Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Xin chiefly used in Taiwan.

Hsun Chinese

Hu Chinese
From Chinese 虎 (hǔ) meaning "tiger".

Hu Hui
From the Arabic name Hussein.

Hu Chinese (Min Bei)
Min Bei form of Xu 2.

Hứa Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Xu 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 許 (hứa).

Hua Chinese
From 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).

Hua Chinese
From Chinese 花 (hua) meaning "flower."

Huacaya South American

Huadpradit Thai

Huamán Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua waman meaning "falcon, hawk".

Huan Chinese

Huanca Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized), Aymara (Hispanicized)

Huangfu Chinese

Huaranga Incan
Possibly refers to the Inca administrative "unit of a thousand households"

Huard French
From the Old French given name Huard the French form of Hughard... [more]

Huāwū Chinese
From Chinese 花 (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" combined with 屋 (wū) meaning "shop".

Hubany Slovak (Modern)

Hubar Ukrainian

Hubault French

Hubbell English

Hubbert English
Variant of Hubert

Hubble English
From the Norman personal name Hubald, composed of the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind, spirit" and bald "bold, brave".

Hube German

Huben German
The 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... [more]

Hubenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian губ (hub), meaning "lip".

Hübenthal German
From either of two place names, derived from the older form Hufinadah meaning "valley where the hooves were".

Huber Maltese
Not to be confused with the German surname.

Huber French
Derived from the given name Hubert.

Hubertus German, Dutch
From the given name Hubertus.

Hubertz Yiddish
Yiddish form of the German-Jewish surname Huberowitz, meaning "son of Heber."

Hubko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian губи (huby), meaning "lips".

Hubley German

Hübner German
status name for a prosperous small farmer from a variant of Huber.

Hübsch German
Nickname from Middle High German hübesch 'courtly', 'polite', 'refined', 'agreeable', German hübsch.

Hück German
Topographic name meaning "bog" or "corner".

Huck English
From 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... [more]

Huck German, Dutch
Pet form of the given name Hugo.

Huckabay English
Variant of Huckaby.

Huckabee English
This 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".... [more]

Huckaby English
Means "person from Huccaby", Devon (perhaps "crooked river-bend"), or "person from Uckerby", Yorkshire ("Úkyrri's or Útkári's farmstead").

Hucke English
Variant of Huck

Huckeby English
Variant of Huckaby and Huckabee

Hucker English (Modern, Rare), Hungarian (Rare), German (Rare), French (Rare)

Huckle English
English surname

Huckleberry English
From 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.

Huckller American (Rare)

Hucko Slovak
Hucko is from a diminutive of the occupational name Hudec meaning 'fiddler'.

Huczko Polish

Hudd English (British)
From the medieval forename Hudde

Huddlestun English
Variant spelling of Huddleston.

Hudec Czech, Slovak
Occupational name for a fiddler, hudec, a derivative of housti meaning "to play the fiddle".

Huder Romansh

Hudgell English
Variant of Yewdale

Hudgens English