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Hata Japanese
Meaning unknown.... [more]

Hata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 泰 (see Tai).

Hata Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).

Hataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Hatch English
English (mainly Hampshire and Berkshire): topographic name from Middle English hacche ‘gate’, Old English hæcc (see Hatcher). In some cases the surname is habitational, from one of the many places named with this word... [more]

Hatcher English
Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate, from Middle English hacche (Old English hæcc) + the agent suffix -er. This normally denoted a gate marking the entrance to a forest or other enclosed piece of land, sometimes a floodgate or sluice-gate.

Hatchwell English
Combination of the surnames Hatch and Well.

Hately English
Variant of Hateley.

Hatherley English
Variant of Adderley.

Hatherly English
Variant of Adderley.

Hathurusingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala හතුරුසිංහ (see Hathurusinghe).

Hatler English (American)
Variant of the German surname Hattler.

Hatmanu Romanian
Medieval military rank the equivalent of general rank

Hatoyama Japanese
Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).

Hatsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 初 (hatsu) meaning "first, start, beginning, initial, new". Notable bearers of this surname is Akiko Hatsu (Japanese manga artist) and a bearer of the first name form is Hatsu Hioki (Japanese wrestler).

Hatsuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Hatsumoto Japanese (Rare)
Form of Hatsu, added 元 (moto) meaning "origin".

Hatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).

Hatta Japanese
From Japanese 八 (hatsu) meaning "eight" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". Hatsuta or Hatta is the name of various places in Japan.

Hattaha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Hattawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 羽 (wa) meaning "feather, wing".

Hatter English
This name derives from the Old English pre 7th Century "haet" meaning a hat and was originally given either as an occupational name to a maker or seller of hats

Hatton English
Habitational name from any of the various places named Hatton.

Haturusinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala හතුරුසිංහ (see Hathurusinghe).

Hatzi Greek
A Greek rendering of حاج‎ (ḥājj), denoting one who has successfully completed a pilgrimage. In a Christian context, the title designates a person who has visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land and was baptised in the Jordan River... [more]

Hatzidakis Greek
Diminutive of Hatzis.

Hatzigeorgiou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Χατζηγεωργίου (see Chatzigeorgiou).

Hatzis Greek
Hatzis is the modern form of the Greek khatzis 'a pilgrim to Jerusalem' (either Christian or Muslim), considered a high social distinction. The Greek term is Semitic in origin and is cognate with Arabic hajj 'pilgrimage (to Mecca).'

Hatzopoulos Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).

Hầu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hou, from Sino-Vietnamese 侯 (hầu).

Hauge Norwegian
From any of the numerous farmsteads named Hauge in Norway, derived from Old Norse haugr "hill, mound".

Haughn English (Canadian, Modern)
Alternative/Modern form of Hahn.

Haugland Norwegian
From the name of various farmsteads in Norway, from the Old Norse elements haugr meaning "mound" and land meaning "farmstead, land".

Haukebø Norwegian
A combination of Norwegian hauk, derived from Old Norse haukr, "hawk" and bø, derived from Old Norse bœr, "farm". The meaning refers to hawks sitting abode; as on the roof of a barn.

Hauptman German
Variant spelling of Hauptmann.

Hausch German
From the Germanic personal name Huso, a short form of a compound name composed with hus ‘house’, ‘dwelling’ as the first element.

Hautala Finnish
Finnish. Topographical, (haute) meaning, “graves, tomb” combined with (la) meaning “abode, home, or land of….”

Häuter German, Jewish
German cognate of Skinner, from German haut "skin, hide".

Havard Welsh
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from the name of the city of Hereford in England or the port city of Le Havre in France.

Haverford Welsh, English
Haverford's name is derived from the name of the town of Haverfordwest in Wales, UK

Havers English
Possible variant of Haver, a German, Dutch and English surname. In Germany or England it refers to oats and is used as an occupational surname for a grower or seller of oats... [more]

Havertz German
Variant of Hafer.

Havner German
Variant of Hafner.

Havrylchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Havrylenko.

Havrylenko Ukrainian
Variant of Havrylyuk

Havrylyk Ukrainian
Variant of Havrylenko.

Havryshenko Ukrainian
Variant of Havrylenko.

Hawayek Arabic
Variant of Howayek.

Haweł Polish (Rare)
Variant of Gaweł via Czech.

Hawj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Her.

Hawke English
Variant of Hawk

Hawkin English
Variant of Hawkins

Hawkings English
Variant of Hawking

Hawkiss English (Archaic)
An extinct surname. Corruption of Hawkins.

Hawks English
Variant of or patronymic from Hawk.

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

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

Hawtrey English (British)
It is the surname of Mr. Hawtrey from the book The Boy In The Dress, by David Walliams. Hawtrey means "To succeed".

Hay English, Scottish
Variant form of Hayes 1

Hayagawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Hayakawa.

Hayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 波山 (see Namiyama).

Hayase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 瀬 (see Se).

Hayasi Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Khayasi.

Haycock English
English (West Midlands): from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Hay, formed with the Middle English hypocoristic suffix -cok (see Cocke).

Haycook English
Variant of Haycock.

Haydaroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Haydar".

Haydarov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Haydar".

Haydt German
Varient of Heid.

Hayles English
Variant of Hales.

Hayling English
Either (i) "person from Hayling", Hampshire ("settlement of Hægel's people"); or (ii) from the Old Welsh personal name Heilyn, literally "cup-bearer" (see also Palin).

Haylock English
English surname of uncertain origin, possibly from the Old English given name Hægluc, a diminutive of the unrecorded name *Hægel, found in various place names... [more]

Hayman English
Variant of Hayward.

Hayne English
Variant of Hain.

Hayner English (American), German
Possibly a variant of Heiner.

Hayoun Judeo-Spanish
From a variant of the given name Chaim.

Hayrapetian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հայրապետյան (see Hayrapetyan).

Hayrapetyan Armenian
Means "son of Hayrapet".

Hays English, Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Hayes 1 or Hayes 2.

Hayton English
habitational name from any of various places called Hayton such as those in Cumberland East Yorkshire Nottinghamshire and Shropshire named with Old English heg "hay" and tun "farmstead estate".

Hazard English, French
Nickname for an inveterate gambler, a crafty person, or a brave or foolhardy man prepared to run risks, from Middle English hasard via Old French hasart "dice game, game of chance", later used metaphorically of other uncertain enterprises... [more]

Hazard English
Variant form of Hansard.

Hazato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 羽里 (see Hari).

Hazawa Japanese
Variant of Hasawa.

Hazboun Arabic
From the name of the ancient Biblical town of Heshbon located in present-day Jordan.

Hazelden English
Means "person from Hazelden", the name of various places in England ("valley growing with hazel trees").

Hazeltine English
This unusual surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname from any of the various places that get their name from the Olde English pre 7th century “hoesel”, hazel and “-denut”, a valley, for example Heselden in Durham and, Hasselden in Sussex.

Hazelton English
Hazel is referring to hazel trees, while ton is from old english tun meaning enclosure, so an enclosure of hazel trees, or an orchard of hazel trees.

Hazelwood English
Habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Derbyshire, Suffolk, Surrey, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English hæsel (or Old Norse hesli) ‘hazel (tree)’ + wudu ‘wood’; or a topographic name from this term.

Hazhimuradov Avar, Lezgin, Lak
Means "son of Hazhimurad".

Hazlett English (British)
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hazel copse, Old English hæslett (a derivative of hæsel ‘hazel’). habitational name from Hazelhead or Hazlehead in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, derived from Old English hæsel ‘hazel’ + heafod ‘head’, here in the sense of ‘hill’; also a topographic name of similar etymological origin.

Hazra Indian, Bengali
Possibly from the name of a location near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Hazzan Jewish
Occupational name for a cantor or singer of a synagogue, from Hebrew חזן (khazán) "cantor, leader of a congregation".

Hazzard English
Variant spelling of Hazard.

Heacock English
variant spelling of Haycock

Headlee English (Rare)
The Anglo-Saxon name Headlee comes from when the family resided in one of a variety of similarly-named places. Headley in Hampshire is the oldest. The surname Headlee belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Heafy Irish
Variant of Heaphy.

Healy Irish
Southern Irish: reduced form of O’Healy, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÉilidhe ‘descendant of the claimant’, from éilidhe ‘claimant’, or of Gaelic Ó hÉalaighthe ‘descendant of Éaladhach’, a personal name probably from ealadhach ‘ingenious’.

Heaphy Irish
From Irish Gaelic Ó hÉamhthaigh meaning "descendant of Éamhthach", the given name Éamhthach meaning "swift" in Gaelic.

Heard English
Occupational name for a tender of animals, normally a cowherd or shepherd, from Middle English herde (Old English hi(e)rde).

Hearne Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Hearns Irish
Variant of Hearn.

Heart English
Variant of Hart.

Heartfield German (Anglicized)
Anglicised spelling of Herzfeld.

Heartman German (Anglicized)
Americanised spelling of Hartmann.

Heartsill English
Variant of Hartsill.

Hearty English, Irish
Variant of Harty.

Heathcote English
English habitational name from any of various places called Heathcote, for example in Derbyshire and Warwickshire, from Old English h?ð ‘heathland’, ‘heather’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’.

Heather English
Topographic name, a variant of Heath with the addition of the habitational suffix -er. This surname is widespread in southern England, and also well established in Ireland.

Heaton English
Comes from "town (or farmstead) on a hill".... [more]

Heber German
Occupational name for a carrier (someone who loaded or transported goods), from an agent derivative of Middle High German heben "to lift".

Hebert German
Variant of Heber.

Hebiana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Hebron Czech
From the Biblical place name of the same name mentioned in II Samuel 1-3 which is said to mean “alliance” in Hebrew.

Heckenlaible German (Rare)
Probably derived from Middle High German hecke "hedge" and a diminutive form of loube "arbour, bower".

Hecker German
German form of Hatcher.

Hedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and berg "mountain".

Heddle English
From the name of a location in Orkney, derived from Old Norse meaning either "high valley" or "hay valley".

Hedén Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and the common surname suffix -én.

Hedin Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and the common surname suffix -in.

Hedrick Dutch
Variant of Hendrick.

Hedrick German (Americanized)
This name has a very obscure origin. With the name being of German origin but with notably more people living in England. It means, "Combatant ruler/Ruler of the heathland

Hedström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and ström "stream, river".

Hedstrom American
Anglicized form of Hedström.

Hee Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
A Danish habitational name from any of several places named from a word meaning ‘shining’ or ‘clear’, referencing a river.... [more]

Heeley English, Irish
Variant of English Healey or Irish Healy.

Heemskerk Dutch
From the name of a small town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands, possibly derived from the personal name Hemezen (itself possibly a diminutive form of the element heim) combined with kirke "church".

Heenan Old Irish
Thought to be a nickname or metonymic, and to owe its derivation from the early Gaelic word ean meaning a "bird". The derivation is from the ancient name O'hEeanchain, which loosely translates as The descendant of the son of the Bird.

Heerkens Dutch
Derived from a diminutive form of a given name containing the element heri "army". Alternatively, a variant form of Eerkens.

Heffley German (Swiss, Americanized)
Americanized form of Häfeli.

Heffron Irish, English (American)
Of uncertain meaning. Private Babe Heffron was a famous bearer of that name.

Hefley German (Swiss, Americanized)
Americanized form of Häfeli.

Hefner German, Jewish
Recorded in several spellings including Hafner, Haffner, and Hevner, this is as surname of early Germanic origins. ... [more]

Hegazi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.

Hegazy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.

Hegde Kannada
Hegde means the Headman of the village. Hegde or Heggade Pergade is a surname from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kasargod district of Kerala and Karnataka in India. It is found amongst Hindus of the Bunt community, Jain bunt community, Havyaka Brahmins, Vokkaligas in Karnataka.... [more]

Heianza Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 平安座 (see Henza).

Heiche German, Low German
Possibly a short form of a Germanic personal name, such as Heinrich, Hugo, or Hagen.

Heidari Persian
Alternate transcription of Heydari.

Heide German, Jewish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
Variant of German Heid, and Dutch Vanderheide. Danish and Norwegian surname from various places called Heide all from the German elements heide, heidr, haith all meaning "heath"... [more]

Heidelberg German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Habitational name from any of the places called Heidelberg, of which the best-known example is in Bade.

Heidenreich German
From the medieval personal name Heidenrich, ostensibly composed of the elements heiden 'heathen', 'infidel' (see Heiden 2) + ric 'power', 'rule', but probably in fact a variant by folk etymology of Heidrich.

Heider German
Combination of German Heide "heath, headland" and the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. The surname can be either topographic for someone living on or near a heath, or habitational for someone from any place named with the element Heide.

Heidrick German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Heidrich.

Heier Norwegian
A Norwegian habitational name from farmsteads in the Oslofjord region, meaning "heath moor". While primarily Norwegian, the surname "Heier" also has Dutch and German variants, which are considered variants of "Heyer".

Heijkenskjöld Swedish (Rare)
Combination of an either German or Dutch first element (possibly Heike) and Swedish sköld "shield".

Heijnen Dutch
Patronymic from Heijn, a short form of the given name Hendrik.

Heikkanen Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Heikkinen.

Heil German
Most recognisably known for meaning ‘Salvation’, it was also one used as an indication of a doctor or healer.

Heil German, Upper German, Dutch
1. German: from a pet form of Heinrich. ... [more]

Heiland German
South German: from Middle High German heilant ‘savior’, ‘Christ’, presumably either a name given to someone who had played the part of Christ in a mystery play or an occupational name for a healer, from Middle High German heilen ‘to heal’, ‘save’.

Heilmann German
Variant of Heil.

Heimberger German, Jewish
Variant spelling of Heimburger.

Heimburg German
German for "home". Originates in the German village of Heimburg (not to be confused with Hamburg) and the nearby castle of the same name.

Heimisdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Heimir" in Icelandic.

Hein German, Dutch, Danish, Jewish
German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a short form of the Germanic personal name Heinrich.

Heinbokel German
(Hein) is a short form of the name Heinrich, (the German form of the name Henry) & Bokel is a place name in Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein & North Rhine-Westphalia.

Heine German, Dutch, Jewish
Derived from a short form of Heinrich.

Heineken Dutch, German
From the given name Hein 1, a Dutch diminutive of Hendrik... [more]

Heineman Dutch, German, Jewish
Variant of Heinemann.

Heinemann German, Jewish
Combination of Heine, a short form of Heinrich, and Mann "man".

Heinisch German
From a pet form of the personal name Heinrich.

Heinl German
South German variant of Heinle.

Heinle German
This surname is derived from what may be a pet form of Heinrich.

Heinowitz Jewish, German
Possibly a variant of Chaimowitz.

Heins German
Variant of Heinz.

Heintz German
Variant of Heinz.

Heintzelman German
From a pet form of Heinrich, with the addition of -mann ‘man’.

Heinze German
Variant of Heintze.

Heisenberg German
Made up of German words heis and berg, ultimately meaning “hot mountain.” This was the name of theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg and the alias of Walter White in Breaking Bad.

Hejazi Persian
Persian form of Hijazi.

Helander Swedish
The first element is Hel-, which is probably derived from place names ultimately derived from Swedish helig "holy, sacred, blessed" or the male given name Helge... [more]

Helder Dutch, German, Upper German, English
1. Dutch and German: from a Germanic personal name Halidher, composed of the elements haliò “hero” + hari, heri “army”, or from another personal name, Hildher, composed of the elements hild “strife”, “battle” + the same second element... [more]

Heldt German
Variant of Held.

Helfer German
Metonymic occupational name for an assistant of some kind, or nickname for a helpful person, from Middle High German hëlfære, German Helfer 'helper', 'assistant'.

Helfrich German, French
from the personal name Helfrich composed of the ancient Germanic elements helfa "help" and rih "power rule".

Helgesen Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Means "son of Helge".

Helgeson English (American), Swedish (Rare)
Variant or anglicized form of Helgesson or Helgesen.

Helgesson Swedish
Means "son of Helge" in Swedish.

Helgren English (American)
Americanized form of Swedish Hellgren.

Helgrind Popular Culture
Helgrind is the surname of a King in the fictional series, "Mianite".

Helland Norwegian
The Old Norse name element -land meaning "country, land" combined with either Old Norse hella "flat rock" or hellir "cave". ... [more]

Hellbom Swedish
From Swedish häll, a type of flat rock, and bom "barrier, boom".

Helle Norwegian
From any of several toponyms derived from Old Norse hallr "rock, boulder, stone slab".

Hellenbrand German
Derived from germanic: hildtja = battle, brandt = sword, or prandt = burning wood/torch. Other view: Hilda is the Nordic Queen of the Underworld, Goddes of Death, so Sword/Torch of Hilda.... [more]

Hellgren Swedish
Combination of Swedish häll "flat rock" and gren "branch".

Helliwell English
From various place names in United Kingdom. Derived from Olde English elements of "halig" meaning holy, and "waella", a spring.

Hellmich German
Derived from a personal name composed of the Germanic elements helm "helmet" and wig "battle".

Hellweg German
Variant of Hellwig.

Helm English, Dutch, German
from Old English helm "protection covering" (in later northern English dialects "cattle shelter barn"). The name may be topographic for someone who lived by or worked at a barn or habitational from a place so named such as Helme in Meltham (Yorkshire)... [more]

Helmcke German
Variant of Helmke.

Helmeier German, Dutch, Danish
Variant spelling of Helmeyer.

Helmke German
from a pet form of Helm

Helmreich German
from the ancient Germanic personal name Helmrich composed of the elements helm "helmet" and rih "ruler, king".

Helmsley English
This English habitational name originates with the North Yorkshire village of Helmsley, named with the Old English personal name Helm and leah, meaning 'clearing'.

Helo Syrian, Lebanese
Helo is Americanized from the name Helou which means "sweet". Origin around year 1717 from El Helou. Tribal name from Helou Massive a mountain in the Syrian, later Lebanon country. Mentioned in the narratives of the first Crusade.

Helsinki Finnish
From the capital of Finland.

Helthon Gothic
"Unique" in Norse Mythology, German variant of Hilton

Helton English (American)
Habitational name from Helton in Cumbria, named in Old English probably with helde "slope" and tun "farmstead, settlement", or possibly a variant of Hilton... [more]

Helwig German
Variant of Hellwig.

Heman Indian
The name 'Heman' is a Jewish name, meaning 'Faithfull'.... [more]

Hembrom Indian, Santali
Alternate transcription of Santali ᱦᱮᱢᱵᱽᱨᱚᱢ (see Hembram).

Hemingway English
Probably from the name of an unidentified minor place near the village of Southowram in West Yorkshire, England, derived from the Old English given name Hemma combined with weg meaning "way, road, path"... [more]

Hemmings English
Derived from the given name Hemming. It is the last name of the band member of Five Seconds of Summer (5sos), Luke Hemmings.

Hemsley English
English: habitational name from either of two places in North Yorkshire called Helmsley. The names are of different etymologies: the one near Rievaulx Abbey is from the Old English personal name Helm + Old English leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, whereas Upper Helmsley, near York, is from the Old English personal name Hemele + Old English eg ‘island’, and had the form Hemelsey till at least the 14th century

Henares Spanish
Derived from the Celtic form of "brave". Also is the name of many towns (Alcala de Henares, Espinosa de Henares, Tortola de Henares...) and a river

Henc Polish
Variant of Hinc.

Hence German, English, Welsh
An American spelling variant of Hentz derived from a German nickname for Hans or Heinrich or from an English habitation name found in Staffordshire or Shropshire and meaning "road or path" in Welsh.

Hendaia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a commune (Hendaye in French) in southwestern France, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from Basque handi "big, large, great" and ibi "ford" or ibai "river", though this structure would not be grammatically correct... [more]

Hendaye Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Hendaia.

Hendel Yiddish, German, Dutch
From the given name Hendel, a Yiddish diminutive of Hannah.

Hendeston English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hendley English (American)
Variant of Headley.

Hendren Scottish
Variant spelling of Hendron.

Hendricks Dutch, English, South African
Variant of Hendriks

Hendrickson German
Derivative of the Old German personnel “Heimric” meaning “home rule”.

Hendryx English, Dutch (Americanized)
Variant of Hendrix.

Heng Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew romanization of Wang 1.

Hengeston English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hengsteton English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Henke German
Derived from a diminutive of the name Heinrich.

Henkeston English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Henley English, Irish, German (Anglicized)
English: habitational name from any of the various places so called. Most, for example those in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Warwickshire, are named with Old English héan (the weak dative case of heah ‘high’, originally used after a preposition and article) + Old English leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’... [more]

Hennard French
From the ancient Germanic personal name Haginhard composed of the elements hag "enclosure protected place" and hard "strong hardy".

Hennayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala හෙන්නායක (see Hennayake).

Henne English
From a diminutive of Henry.

Hennelly Irish
From the Irish Ó'hIonnghaile, itself "descendant of (a variation of) Fionnghal" (fionn, "white, fair"; gall, "stranger")... [more]

Hennen German, Dutch
Patronymic of Henne.

Hennes English
From the diminutive of Henry.

Hennessee Irish
A variant of the traditionally Irish surname Hennessey or Hennessy, an Anglicization of Ó hAonghusa meaning "descendant of Aonghus".

Hennessey Irish
Variant spelling of Hennessy.

Henni English
A name coined by the contributor of this name, to describe himself

Henningsdóttir Icelandic (Rare)
Means "daughter of Henning" in Icelandic.

Henningsson Swedish, Icelandic (Rare)
Means "son of Henning".

Henrie English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Henrie, a variant of Henry.

Henrikhovych Ukrainian
Means "son of Henrikh (or Genrikh)".

Henschel German, Jewish
From a pet form of the personal name Johannes (see John), or in some cases from a pet form of Heinrich.

Hensen English, Irish
English patronymic from the personal name Henn/Henne, a short form of Henry, Hayne (see Hain), or Hendy... [more]

Hensley English
Probably a habitational name from either of two places in Devon: Hensley in East Worlington, which is named with the Old English personal name Heahmund and Old English leah "(woodland) clearing", or Hensleigh in Tiverton, which is named from Old English hengest "stallion" (or the Old English personal name Hengest) and leah... [more]

Henville Welsh
Derived from the name of an ancestor meaning "Son of Anwyl"

Henwood English
Habitational name from any of various places so named, as for example Henwood in Cornwall, in Linkinhorne parish, which is named from Old English henn 'hen', 'wild bird' + wudu 'wood', or Hen Wood in Wootton, Oxfordshire

Henza Okinawan (Rare)
From Okinawan 平安座 (Henza) meaning "Henza", an island in the city of Uruma in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Heo Korean
From Sino-Korean 許 (heo) meaning "to approve", making it the Korean form of Xu 2.

Heoi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Xu 2.

Heppu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 別府 (see Beppu).

Heraldez Spanish (Mexican)
The surname is a variation of Hernando, given birth by an outlaw

Herashchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Herasymenko.

Herbarth German, Norman
References Old Norse Deity "Odin" being one of the "Son's of Odin". Remember that the Geats became the Ostrogoths through the Denmark pass--referenced in Beowulf. Or, it means "Warrior of the Bearded One", perhaps a King... [more]

Herbaugh English (American)
Americanized form of German Harbach.

Herbenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Gerbov.

Herbolsheimer German
Habitational name for someone from either of two places called Herbolzheim, in Baden and Bavaria.

Herbst German, Jewish
Nickname from Middle High German herbest "harvest". The modern German word herbst has come to mean "fall" the time of year when the harvest takes place... [more]

Herd Dutch
Comes from Middle Dutch hert, herte ‘hart’, ‘stag’; probably a nickname for someone who was fleet of foot, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a deer; variant of Heard.

Heredia Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places in Basque Country called Heredia, probably derived from Latin heredium meaning "hereditary estate".

Herfurth German
Either a metonymic occupational name for a soldier from Middle High German hervart "campaign military expedition" (from Old High German heri "army" and vart "journey")... [more]

Hergott German, Alsatian
Variant of Herrgott.

Heringh Slovak
Heringh, no history known, people having these surnames in Slovakia belong to the same family, very untypical for this region - Slovakia in the middle of Europe.

Herlev Danish
Derived from the suburb of Herlev in Denmark.

Herlihy Irish
From Irish Gaelic Ó hIarfhlatha "descendant of Iarfhlaith", a personal name meaning literally "lord of the west".

Hermannsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hermann". Only used by women.

Hermannsson Icelandic
Means "son of Hermann.

Hermès French
Either a topographic name for someone who lived in a deserted spot or on a patch of waste land from Occitan erm "desert waste" (from Greek erēmia) and the topographic suffix -ès, or from the given name Hermès.

Hermes German, Dutch
From a pet form of the name Herman.

Hermida Galician
A surname of Galician origin, in Northern Spain. Derived from the Spanish word 'hermano', meaning brother.

Hermosillo Spanish
Nickname for a dandy, from a diminutive of hermoso "finely formed, handsome". From Latin formosus, from forma "shape, form, beauty".

Hermsen Dutch
Means "son of Herm", a short form of Herman.

Hernandes Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Hernández.

Hernándiz Spanish
Variant of Hernández.

Herndon English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly derived from Old English hyrne "corner, angle, nook" and dun "hill, mountain". Alternatively, it could derive from an older form of the toponym Harrowden, composed of hearg "temple, altar, pile of stones" and dun "hill".

Herold English, Dutch, German
From the given name Herold. This was the surname of David Herold, one of the conspirators in the Abraham Lincoln assassination plot.

Herrick Dutch (Rare, ?)
Variant of Hendriks.

Herrick Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEirc "descendant of Erc", a byname meaning "speckled, spotted".

Herring German, English, Dutch, Scottish
Occupational name for a fisherman, someone who caught or sold herring, or perhaps someone known for eating herring. It could have also been a nickname from the medieval phrase "to like neither herring nor barrel", meaning something of little value.

Herrman German
Herrman is of ancient German origin. It is derived from a Germanic personal name made up of the elements heri meaning "army," and man meaning "man." Herrman was first found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region.

Herschbach German
From the name of two municipalities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. A notable bearer is the American chemist Dudley R. Herschbach (1932-).

Herschmann German, Yiddish
Variant of Hersch with the addition of the German suffix -mann meaning "man".

Herșcu Romanian
Means "son of Hersh" in Romanian.

Hersey Jewish, English
Variation of Hershey.

Hershkowitz Jewish
Patronymic from the personal name Hershke, a pet form of Hersh.

Hershlag Jewish, Yiddish
This is the original surname of Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman (1981-), birth name Neta-Lee Hershlag.

Hershman Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hirschman.... [more]

Hershowitz Jewish
Variant of Hershkowitz.

Herst English
Variant of Hurst

Hertog Dutch
Variant of Den Hertog.

Hertzel German
The ancestral home of the Hertzel family is in the German province of Bavaria. Hertzel is a German nickname surname. Such names came from eke-names, or added names, that described their initial bearer through reference to a physical characteristic or other attribute... [more]

Hertzog German, Jewish
Variant of Herzog.

Hervé French, Breton
From the Breton given name Hervé or from the ancient Germanic personal name Hariwig, composed of the elements hari "army" and wig "battle"... [more]

Herzberg German, Jewish
habitational name from any of numerous places called Herzberg. artificial compound name from German herz "heart" and berg "hill".

Herzfeld German
Derived from the same name of a municipality in Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Herzig German (Swiss), German (Silesian)
Variant of Herzog.

Herzl German, Jewish
Variant of Hertz. It was notably borne by the Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist, writer and political activist Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), who is considered the founder of the modern Zionist movement.

Hes Dutch
Variant of Hess.

Hesketh English
Combination of Old Norse hestr "horse" and skeið "racecourse". This is the name of several paces in England.

Heskin English
Variant of Askin.

Hess German
Habitational name from Hesse, a German state. It can also derive from the personal name Hesso, a short form of Matthäus, Hendrick, or a name containing the element hadu "battle, strife".

Heß German, Jewish
Variant spelling of Hess.

Hessay English
From the name of a village in North Yorkshire, derived from Old English hæsel "hazel" and sæ "sea" or eg "water".

Hester English
This surname is derived from a given name, which is the Latin form of Esther.

Heston English, Irish
Derived from Heston, a suburban area in West London (historically in Middlesex), or Histon, a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is either named with Old English hǣs meaning "brushwood" and tūn meaning "farmstead, settlement, estate", or from hyse "shoot, tendril, son, youth" and tūn... [more]

Hett German, Frisian
From the personal name Hette, a short form of names containing the element hadu "strife, battle, combat".

Hettiarachchi Sinhalese
From Sinhala හෙට්ටි (hetti) referring to the Chetty caste (primarily composed of merchants and traders) combined with the colonial-era title ආරච්චි (arachchi) used to denote a village headman or leader.