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Holodov Russian
Variant transcription of Kholodov.
Holovchak Rusyn, Lemko
Lemko Rusyn version of Holovko.
Holstein German
habitational name from the province of Holstein long disputed between Germany and Denmark. This gets its name from holsten the dative plural originally used after a preposition of holst from Middle Low German holt-sate "dweller in the woods" (from Middle Low German holt "wood" and sate sete "tenant")... [more]
Holtey German
Old German name meaning "Wood Island". Holt means wood and ey means island. Family can be traced back to around 650 A.D. and is located in the Ruhr and Essen area of Germany.
Holthaus German
North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a copse (a small group of trees), from Middle Low German holt ‘small wood’ + haus ‘house’.
Holtzclaw German (Anglicized, Modern)
Americanized spelling of German Holzklau, which translates into modern German as "wood thief", but is probably a nickname for someone who gathered wood, from Middle High German holz "wood" + a derivative of kluben "to pick up", "gather", "steal".
Holtze German
Variant of Holtzer.
Holtzer German
Variant of Holzer.
Holtzmann Upper German, German
Derived from the Upper German word "holz," which means "forest." Thus many of the names that evolved from this root work have to do with living in the woods
Holyfield English, Scottish
Although the Scottish surname is known to derive from the Medieval Latin word "olifantus," meaning "elephant," its origins as a surname are quite uncertain. ... He was one of the many Anglo-Norman nobles that were invited northward by the early Norman kings of Scotland.
Holz German
Variant of Holtz.
Holzberg German
Habitational name from any of various places called Holzberg for example in Hesse and Silesia.
Holze German
Variant of Holzer.
Hölzel German
The surname of Austrian singer Johann "Hans" Hölzel (1957-1998), better known by his stage name Falco.
Holzheim German
The meaning of Holzheim is " wood home". Holz=wood and heim=home. ... [more]
Holzinger German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Holzing or Holzingen.
Holzklau German
From Middle High German holz ‘wood’ + a derivative of klūben ‘to pick up, gather, steal’. It means "wood thief" but it was probably more likely used as nickname for someone who gathered wood
Homan English
Variant of Human.
Homan Dutch
From Old Dutch hovitman "leader, head man, chief". Alternatively, the Dutch form of Hoffmann.
Homans Dutch
Variant of Homan.
Home English, Scottish
English and Scottish variant spelling of Holme.
Homka Polish
Simplified version of the polish surname Chomka.
Homme Norwegian, French
Habitational surname "small valley" from Old Norse hvammr, variant of French Hommet
Homola Czech
Variant of Homolka.
Homolka Czech
From homolka meaning "(cone-shaped lump of) cream cheese". The word homolka itself is derived from homole "cone". This was either a nickname for a mild person or an occupational name for someone who made cheese.
Homura Japanese
This surname is used as 保村, 甫村 or 穂村 with 保 (ho, hou, tamo.tsu) meaning "guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain", 甫 (fu, ho, haji.mete, suke) meaning "for the first time, not until", 穂 (sui, ho) meaning "crest (of wave), ear, ear (of grain), head" and 村 (son, mura) meaning "town, village."... [more]
Hon Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hakka)
Cantonese and Hakka romanization of Han.
Honcharenko Ukrainian
Means "child of the potter", from Ukrainian гончар (honchar).
Honecker German
Erich Honecker was the leader of the GDR from 1971 to 1989.
Honegger Swiss
Arthur Honegger (10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer, and a member of Les Six, a group of composers associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. His most famous work is "Pacific 231".
Honeyball English
From Honeyball, a medieval personal name of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of Annabel, or alternatively from a Germanic compound name meaning literally "bear-cub brave" (i.e. deriving from the elements hun "warrior, bear cub" and bald "bold, brave").
Hồng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hong, from Sino-Vietnamese 洪 (hồng).
Honig German, Jewish
Metonymic name for a gatherer or seller of honey, from Middle High German honec, honic "honey", German Honig.
Honjo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 本庄 (see Honjō).
Hooch Dutch (Americanized, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly an archaic or Americanized form of Dutch Hoog "high, tall".
Hood English
Habitational or topographic name derived from Old English hod "hood, hat", referring to a hood-shaped hill, or possibly taking from the older meaning of "shelter, cover".
Hood Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUid meaning "descendant of Ud", a given name of uncertain derivation. Compare Mahood.
Hoog Dutch
Variant of De Hoog.
Hoogenboom Dutch
Means "high tree" in Dutch, from hoog "high" and boom "tree", a topographic name for someone living by a tall tree, or a habitational name from places called Hoogboom and Hogenboom in the Belgian province of Antwerp... [more]
Hoogendoorn Dutch
From any of several place names derived from either hoog "high" or haag "hedge" combined with doorn "thorn bush".
Hoogerdijk Dutch
Variant of Hoogendijk meaning "higher dyke".
Hoogeveen Dutch
From any of several places called Hoogeveen, derived from Dutch hoog "high, elevated" and veen "peat bog, marsh".
Hooi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xu 2.
Hook English
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. "at the hook," from residence in the bend or sudden turn of a lane or valley.
Hoorn German (Austrian)
From the Germanic word horn meaning "horn". This was an occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn or who played a horn, or a person who lived near a horn-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.
Hooshmand Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هوشمند (see Houshmand).
Hooshmandi Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هوشمندای (see Houshmandi).
Hoot Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Hout or Hoed.
Hoot German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Hoth.
Hop Dutch
Variant form of Hopp. Alternatively, an occupational name derived from Dutch hop referring to the common hop (Humulus lupus), a kind of plant traditionally used to preserve and flavour beer.
Hopkinson English
Means "son of Hopkin"
Hopla Welsh (?)
1st recorded Hopla.... [more]
Hopp German, Dutch
Variant of Hoppe. Can also be a pet form of the given name Hubrecht.
Hoppe German, Dutch
Derived from hoppen "to hop", a nickname for an active person. Can also be a variant of Hopp.
Hoq Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Hoque Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Horaczek Polish
From a diminutive of Horacy.
Horan Irish
The last name Horan means warlike.It is the last name of one direction member Niall Horan
Horbanenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian equivalent of Gorbachev.
Hörberg Swedish
The first element is probably derived from a place name starting with hör. The meaning of this element differs depending on which place name it was derived from, examples include harg "sanctuary, altar" (from Höör, Hörby), "hay" (from Hörröd), and hörn "corner" (from Hörnefors)... [more]
Horcicky Czech, History
Derived from Czech hořčice, meaning "white mustard". This surname was the original Czech form of Jacobus Sinapius.
Hordiyenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Hordiy".
Hore English
Variant of Hoare.
Horgan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó hArgáin.
Hörmann German
The distinguished surname Hormann is of very ancient German origin. It is derived from a Germanic personal name made up of the elements "heri," meaning "army," and "man," meaning "man."
Hornæus Swedish (Archaic)
Probably a latinization of Härnösand, a city in Västernorrland County, Sweden. A notable bearer was Swedish priest Laurentius (Lars) Christophori Hornæus (born as Lars Christoffersson in 1645 in Härnösand)... [more]
Hornecker German
Habitational name denoting someone from any of various places called Horneck.
Horner English, German
Variant of Horn with an agent suffix.
Horney German (Anglicized)
German: Eastphalian or Americanized form of a personal name composed of the Germanic elements hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’ + nit ‘battle fury’, ‘eagerness to fight’, or a habitational name from a place so called in Brandenburg or in the Rhineland... [more]
Hornsby English
From the name of any of the various places in England so-called or similar, all derived from the Old Norse given name Ormr and býr "farm, settlement".
Hornseth German
Name of a German farm.
Hornton English (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from the surname Horton or perhaps used to describe a horn maker meaning “maker of horns.”
Horomona Moriori
This was not only a last name but a first name. This was one of the last names of the last full blooded Moriori named Tame Horomona Rehe (Tommy Solomon).
Hořovice Czech
Czech from of Horowitz.
Hörschelmann German
This denotes familial origin in the former village of Hörschel (annexed to Eisenach in 1994).
Horschwald German
Surname probably of German origin. Most people with this surname live in Poland today.
Horsley English
Habitational name from any of the various places called Horsley in England, all derived from Old English hors "horse" and leah "woodland, clearing", probably referring to a place where horses were put out to pasture.
Horst Dutch, Low German
Means "elevated and overgrown land, thicket" or "bird of prey’s nest, eyrie" in Dutch, the name of several locations.
Horvitz English (American)
Surname of Richard Steven Horvitz, a voice actor in Angry Beavers, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and Invader Zim.
Horwitz Yiddish
Derived from the Yiddish pronunciation of the name of the town of Hořovice in Bohemia.
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]
Hosekin Dutch (Archaic)
Occupational name for a maker or seller of hose (garments for the legs), from Middle Dutch hose "stocking, boot".
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.
Hoshiro Japanese
保城 or HOSHIRO would translate to "Castle of Protection"
Hoshur Uyghur
From the given name Hoshur of unknown meaning.
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).
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
Hospod Polish (Rare)
From the Proto-Slavic gospodь, meaning "lord" or "host." Variant of the Old Polish gospodzin, meaning "landlord."... [more]
Hosseinpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حسینپور (see Hosseinpour).
Hosseinpour Persian
Means "son of Hossein" in Persian.
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.
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.
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".
Houard French
Variant of Huard.
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]
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]
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]
Houle French (Quebec)
Either from Old French hole, houle, "hole, cave", or a deformation of Houde.
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.
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.
Houtteman Flemish
Variant form of Houtman "wood man".
Hovakimyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovakim".
Hovde Norwegian
Variant of Hovda.
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.
Hovsepian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Hovsepyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.
Hovsepyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovsep".
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
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]
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".
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
Howladar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হাওলাদার (see Howlader).
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]
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.
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."
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]
Hozumi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八朔 (see Hassaku).
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.
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.
Hrekiv Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Grekov.
Hricko Rusyn
Variant transcription of Hryts'ko.
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".
Hrushka Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Hruška. Means "pear".
Hruszewski Polish
This 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).
Hryhorenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Hryhor".
Hryhorovych Ukrainian
Means "child of Hryhor".
Hryniewska f Polish
Polish feminine form of Hryniewski.
Hryniewski Polish
It indicates familial origin within any of several Polesian villages named "Hryniewicze".
Hryshko Ukrainian
Variant of Hryshchenko. The Hryshko National Botanical Garden in Kyiv is named after Soviet Ukrainian botanist Mykola Hryshko.
Hrytsenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Hryts" or "son of Hrytsko".
Hsiao Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 蕭 (see Xiao).
Hsin Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Xin chiefly used in Taiwan.
Hu Chinese (Min Bei)
Min Bei form of Xu 2.
Hứa Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Xu 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 許 (hứa).
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).
Huamán Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua waman meaning "falcon, hawk".
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]
Hubble English
From the Norman personal name Hubald, composed of the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind, spirit" and bald "bold, brave".
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]
Hübenthal German
From either of two place names, derived from the older form Hufinadah meaning "valley where the hooves were".
Hubertz Yiddish
Yiddish form of the German-Jewish surname Huberowitz, meaning "son of Heber."
Hübner German
status name for a prosperous small farmer from a variant of Huber.
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.
Hucke English
Variant of Huck
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.
Hucko Slovak
Hucko is from a diminutive of the occupational name Hudec meaning 'fiddler'.
Huddlestun English
Variant spelling of Huddleston.
Hudec Czech, Slovak
Occupational name for a fiddler, hudec, a derivative of housti meaning "to play the fiddle".
Hudkins English
Means "son of Hudkin"
Hue French
From the given name Hue a variant of Hugues.
Huehuetenango Nahuatl
Means "place of the ancients" in Nahuatl.
Huertas Spanish
Plural form of Spanish huerta meaning "garden, orchard".
Huesca Spanish
Habitational name that refers to the city of Huesca, Spain.
Huette French
French variant of Huet.
Huettl Upper German
South German (Hüttl) diminutive of Hütt (see Huett).
Huff German
From the Germanic personal name Hufo, a short form of a compound name formed with hug "heart, mind, spirit" as the first element.
Huff English (Rare)
Short form of Humphrey. It is almost exclusively used as short for the surname, not for the first name.
Hufford Low German
Likely German and dates back to Christian Hufford, and is likely derived from the name of the city Ufford in Modern-day Germany
Hughson Scottish, English
Means "son of Hugh".
Hugo French
Victor 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 French
Meaning 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... [more]
Huguet French, Catalan
From a diminutive of Hugo.
Huh Korean
Variant transcription of Korean Hangul 허 (see Heo).
Hui Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xu 2.
Huidobro Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Los Altos.
Huijs Dutch
Variant of Huys.
Huis Dutch
Dutch cognate of House.
Huitema Dutch
Possibly 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, Dutch
Habitational name from Huizinge, a town in Groningen, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Frisian hūs "house" and dinge "newly cultivated lands"... [more]
Hulbert English
1 English and German: from a Germanic personal name, Holbert, Hulbert, composed of the elements hold, huld ‘friendly’, ‘gracious’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.... [more]
Huldudóttir f Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hulda 1". Used exclusively by women.
Hulduson m Icelandic
Means "son of Hulda 1". Used exclusively by men.
Hulm Scottish (?), English (?)
Alternative transcription of Hulme.
Hultberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish Hult and berg "mountain, hill".
Hultgren Swedish
Combination of Swedish hult "grove, copse" and gren "branch".
Hultqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish Hult and kvist "branch, twig".
Human English, South African, Dutch
Means "Hugh’s man", an occupational name for a servant of a man named Hugh. Alternatively, from the given name Hugheman.
Humble English
Nickname 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.
Hummer German, English
Hummer is the German word for 'Lobster' in English. It is also the name of a vehicle- the 'Hummer'!
Humphery English, Irish
English and Irish: variant of Humphrey.
Hun Khmer
Means "capital, investment" in Khmer, also referring to a unit of weight for precious metals.
Hundertmark German
A nickname for a wealthy man, from Middle High German hundert meaning "hundred" + mark, a denomination of coin.
Hùng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Xiong, from Sino-Vietnamese 熊 (hùng).
Hung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Hong.
Hungate English
Habitational name from any of several places in England called Hungate, derived from Old English hund "hound, dog" and Old Norse gata "street, road".
Hungerford English
From 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.... [more]
Hunnam English
Variant form of Hannam. A famous bearer is the English actor and screenwriter Charlie Hunnam (1980-).
Huntington English
English: 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)... [more]
Hunyadi Hungarian
A name of a noble family of Hungary. The Regent John Hunyadi had this last name.
Huo Chinese
From 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.
Huon Breton
Huon is a form of the name Hugh.
Huot English, French
Variant of Huet.
Huotari Finnish
From the Karelian vernacular form of Fyodor.
Huppert German, Jewish
German and Ashkenazi Jewish variant of the name Hubert.
Huq Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Huque Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Hurd English
Variant of Heard.
Hurgada Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Hurghada.