Submitted Surnames of Length 5

Hooff German

Hooft Dutch
Means "head" in Middle Dutch.

Hooke English

Hooks English

Hooli Finnish (Rare)

Hooly Western African

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.

Hopla Welsh (?)
1st recorded Hopla.... [more]

Hoppe German, Dutch
Derived from hoppen "to hop", a nickname for an active person. Can also be a variant of Hopp.

Hopps English (British)
Son of Robert

Hoque Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).

Horan Irish
The last name Horan means warlike.It is the last name of one direction member Niall Horan

Horie Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, river, inlet".

Horii Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Horio Japanese
Hori means "ditch, canal, moat" and o means "tail".

Horio Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Horns English

Horný Czech, Slovak

Horoz Turkish
Means "rooster" in Turkish.

Horse Arabic (?)

Horst Dutch, Low German
Means "elevated and overgrown land, thicket" or "bird of prey’s nest, eyrie" in Dutch, the name of several locations.

Horta Catalan, Portuguese
Means "garden" (Latin hortus), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosed garden or an occupational name for one who was a gardener.

Horyn Ukrainian

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.

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

Hošić Bosnian

Hosni Arabic
From the given name Husni.

Hosny Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.

Hosoh Japanese

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

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

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

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]

Hotta Japanese

Hotze German (Rare)

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.

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]

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

Hound English

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.

Hovis English

Howat Scottish
Variant of Hewitt

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

Hoxby English

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.

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".

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.

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.

Hršak Croatian

Hržić Slovene, Croatian

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

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".

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]

Huber Maltese
Not to be confused with the German surname.

Huber French
Derived from the given name Hubert.

Hucke English
Variant of Huck

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

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

Huder Romansh

Huett French

Hügel German
From German meaning "hill".

Hugli German (Swiss)
Meaning: Little Hill

Huhel Belarusian (?)

Huijs Dutch
Variant of Huys.

Hulke English
a nickname for a person who literally "towed" ships and barges

Hulse German
derived from Holtz, means "a wood"

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.

Huphs English

Huque Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).

Hurry English
From a Norman form of the Middle English personal name Wol(f)rich (with the addition of an inorganic initial H-).

Hurst German
Topographic name from Middle High German hurst "woodland, thicket".

Hurta Czech
Nickname for an aggressive person, from hurt ‘attack.’

Hurts English (African)

Huryk Ukrainian

Husak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)

Husby Norwegian

Hushi Albanian

Husić Bosnian

Huske English

Husni Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.

Husse Scandinavian (Archaic)
Variant of Hussey.

Hutch English
From the medieval personal name Huche, a pet form of Hugh.

Hutto American

Huval French (Cajun)
The Huval name has historically been labeled German or Acadian (Cajun), however, recently more information has been discovered that shows the Huvals came directly from France.... [more]

Huwae Moluccan

Huynh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Huỳnh.

Hviid Danish
derived from hvid, meaning "white".

Hwang Korean, Chinese
Korean form of Huang, from Sino-Korean 黃 (hwang). It is also an alternate transcription of the Chinese name.

Hyatt English
Topographic name derived from Middle English heih "high" and yate "gate".

Hyatt Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Chait.

Hyder Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.

Hydon Medieval Cornish

Hylan Scottish, English
Variation of the surname Hyland 1.

Hyman Jewish, English
Jewish (American): Americanized variant of Heiman. English: variant of Hayman or Americanized spelling of Heimann.

Hymel American
Possibly an altered form of Hummel 1 or Hummel 2.

Hyōdō Japanese
From Japanese 兵 (hyō) meaning "soldier" and 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria".

Hyodo Japanese
兵 (soldier), 藤 (wisteria)

Hyodo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 兵藤 (see Hyōdō).

Hyres Irish

Hysaj Albanian

Hyter English

Iarna Romanian (Rare)
Means Winter

Ibaka Central African

Ibara Japanese
Variant of Ihara.

Ibata Japanese

Ibert English

Ibuka Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well" and 深 (fuka) meaning "depth". A notable bearer of this surname was the Japanese industrialist Masaru Ibuka who is known for have been a co-founder of Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony (1908 – 1997).

Ibuki Japanese
It is written as 伊 (i) meaning "that one" and 吹 (buki) meaning "blow into".

Icena Haitian Creole

Ichon Filipino
Variant of Echon.

Ickes German, English
In German the meaning is unknown.... [more]

Iddon English
From the Old Norse female personal name Idunn, literally probably "perform love" (cf. Idony).

Ideis English (American)
Variant of Idris.

Idris Arabic
From the given name Idris 1.

Ieiri Japanese (Rare)
家 (Ie) means "building, residency, family, dwelling, home, habitation", and 入 (iri) means "enter, input". ... [more]

Ienca Italian (Rare)
Allegedly derived from Italian giovenca "heifer". A heifer is a young cow that has not yet had a calf. Mount Jenca and Jenca Valley are located near Gran Sasso d'Italia in the Abruzzo region in Italy.

Ifans Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Ifan meaning "son of Ifan". A famous bearer is Welsh actor and musician Rhys Ifans (1967-), born Rhys Owain Evans.

Igari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).

Igawa Japanese

Igawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Igaya Japanese

Igeta Japanese

Iglov Russian
From igla, meaning "needle".

Ignat Romanian
From the given name Ignat.

Ignis Portuguese (Brazilian)

Igusa Japanese
Variant of Ikusa.

Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" or 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ihira Japanese

Ihsan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ihsan.

Iiams English (American)
Variant of Iams.

Iijma Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iisop Estonian
Iisop is an Estonians surname meaning "hyssop".

Ijima Japanese
Variant of Ishima.

Ikado Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井門 (see Ido 2).

Ikaga Japanese

Ikari Japanese
Means "anchor" in Japanese. When written in different kanji, it can also mean anger.

Ikari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 五十里 (Ikari) meaning "Ikari", a division in the town of Nyūzen in the district of Shimoniikawa in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan or an area in the city of Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.

Ikawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."

Ikeno Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Ikeru Japanese
From Japanese 蘓 (ikeru) meaning "revive, resurrect".

Iketa Japanese

Ikeya Japanese
"Lake valley".

Ikocu African, Eastern African

Ikoma Japanese

Ikram Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ikram.

Ikuda Japanese
Variant of Ikuta.

Ikura Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Ikuta Japanese
From Japanese 生 (iku) meaning "living, life" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ilahi Urdu
From the given name Ilahi.

İlbey Turkish
Ruler of the Country or Ruler of the City

İleri Turkish
Means "advanced, forward, ahead" in Turkish.

Ilese English

İlhan Turkish
From the given name İlhan

Ilkin m Russian
Derived from Russian илька (il'ka), meaning "fisher (animal)".

Ilkiv Ukrainian
From the given name Illya.

Ilola Finnish
Derived from Finnish ilo "joy".

Ilula Estonian
Ilula is an Estonian surname derived from "ilu" meaning "beauty" and "loveliness".

İlyas Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İlyas.

Ilyas Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ilyas.

Ilyin Russian
Means "son of Ilya".

Imada Japanese
From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 田 (ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta) "many."

Imade Japanese

Imaki Japanese
This could be spelled with ima meaning "now, present" and ki meaning "tree, wood".

Imani Persian
From the given name Iman.

Imano Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Imari Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 今利, 伊万里 or 伊萬里 with 今 (kon, kin, ima) meaning "now", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 万/萬 (ban, man, yorozu, ma) meaning "ten thousand/10,000" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village."... [more]

Imata Japanese
Ima means "now" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Imeri Albanian

Imhof German

Immer German, English
German: habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. ... [more]

Imoku Japanese (Rare)

Imore English
This unusual surname has two origins. ... [more]

Imori Japanese
I could mean "this" or "mineshaft, pit, well".

Imoto Japanese
Means "well root" in Japanese.

Impas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "pay off (a debt), pay back" in Cebuano.

Impey English
From Impey, the name of various places in England, derived from Old English *imphaga, *imphæg "sapling enclosure". Alternatively it could have indicated a person who lived near an enclosure of young trees.

Imran Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Imran.

Imura Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Imuro Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and muro means "room".

Inage Japanese

Inaki Japanese (Rare)
Ina means "rice plant" and ki means "tree, wood".

İnanç Turkish
Means "faith, belief" in Turkish.

Inari Japanese

Inata Japanese
Ina means "rice plant" and Da comes from Ta, meaning "rice field, paddy".

Inbar Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Inbar, means "amber" in Hebrew.

Inday Cebuano
Inday means ''darling'' in Visayan language after the Spanish colonized the Philippines the name Inday became derogatory often associated with ''slaves'' and in present days ''domestic helpers''

India Papuan

Indig Filipino, Cebuano
Means "compare, compete" in Cebuano.

Ingle Marathi

Ingle English
Derived from the Old Norse given names Ingialdr or Ingólfr.

Íñigo Spanish
From the given name Íñigo.

Iniko Nigerian

Inkie Southern African

Inlow English

Inman English (British)
Anglo-Saxon in Origin. Occupational surname given to a person who "tended a lodge or an inn". Surname first found in Lancashire, England.

Innis Belgian

Inobe Japanese

Inoki Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ki means "tree, wood".

Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Inoli African

İnönü Turkish
From the name of a town and district in northwestern Turkey. This was the surname of the Turkish army commander, president and prime minister İsmet İnönü (1884-1973). The surname was bestowed upon him by the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in honour of his services during the First and Second Battles of İnönü near the town in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 (part of the Turkish War of Independence).

Inose Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Inuma Japanese

Ioane English (New Zealand), English (Australian), American, Samoan, Polynesian, Romanian
May come from the given name John or variants of this name, such as Ion 1.

Ioffe Russian, Jewish
Russian transcription of Hebrew גופה (see Joffe).

Ionov Russian

Iosif Late Roman

Ipate Romanian
Origin not certain, possibly derived from "Ipatele", a commune in Romania.

Iqbal Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Iqbal.

Irala Basque
Probably a variant of Iraola.

Irani Persian
Means "Iranian" in Persian. It is also commonly used within a Zoroastrian community in India with the same name.

Irfan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Irfan.

Iribe English
1 Southern English: unexplained.... [more]

Irion German
From a variant of the given name Gereon.

Irish English
Derived from Ireland

Iriya Japanese
From 入 (iri) meaning "insert, enter" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Irles French

Irmak Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.

Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]

Irsay Hungarian
Surname used by people whose original surname was Israel, in Hungary

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French
Derived from the given name Isaac.

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French, Catalan, Spanish, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Isaac.

Isaba Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Izaba.

Isaev Chechen, Lezgin, Dargin, Avar, Uzbek, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of Isa 1".

Isago Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (isago) meaning "sand".

Isamu Japanese
Isamu means courageous warrior

Isato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isawa Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Iseno Japanese

Iseya Japanese

Ishag Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given name Ishaq (chiefly used in Sudan).

Ishak Arabic
From the given name Ishak.

Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.

Ishaq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ishaq.

Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Islam Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)
From the name of the religion, derived from Arabic إسلام (Islam) meaning "submission (to God)".

Islam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Islam.

Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.

İşler Turkish
Means "works, doings, affairs" in Turkish.

Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".

Ismat Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name 'Ismat.

Ismay English
Matronymic surname from the medieval given name Ismay.

Isobe Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "beach" and 部 (be) meaning "region, division, part".

Isoda Japanese

Isoev Tajik
Tajik variant of Isaev.

Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Isono Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Isori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".

Isoya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Israr Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Israr.

Issac English
From the given name Issac.

Issah Western African

Issak Estonian
Issak is an Estonian surname, a variation of the masculine Biblical given name "Isaac" (Estonian: "Iisak").

Isufi Albanian
From the given name Isuf.

Itada Japanese
Ita means "board" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".

Itani Japanese

Itano Japanese
Ita means "board" and no means "field, plain".

Itaya Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Ithan Arabic

Ittle English

Iuchi Japanese

Ivaci Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivaly Papuan

Ivanc Slovene
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivans English
Meaning "son of Ivan

Ivars Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Etymology uncertain. Possibly related to Ibarra, derived from Basque ibar "meadow, riverbank, valley".

Ivask Estonian
Ivask is an Estonian surname derived from "vask" meaning "copper".

Ivčec Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivček Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivčić Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivčin Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivens Belgian

Ivory English
Habitational name from Ivry-la-Bataille in Eure, northern France.

Ivsen English (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Ibsen or Iversen.

Iwabe Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Iwada Japanese

Iwado Japanese (Rare)
Iwado means "rock door". Iwado from Holyland is a character bearing this surname

Iwaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".

Iwama Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Iwami Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Iwano Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and no means "wilderness, plain, rice paddy, field".

Iwasa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Iwase Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Iwaya Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house".

Iyama Japanese
I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iyobe Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "that one, Italy" combined with 豫 (yo) meaning "in advance, beforehand", or 五 (i) meaning "five" combined with 百 (yo) meaning "hundred, many, hundred", that is then combined with 部 (be) meaning "section, part".

Izaba Basque
From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Proposed origins include Basque iz "water" combined with aba, which could mean "river, mouth, confluence" and/or be a variant of -aga "place of, abundance of".

Izadi Persian
Derived from Persian ایزد (izad) meaning "god, angel".

Izawa Japanese
Variant of Isawa.

Izawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Izett English

Izsák Hungarian
From the given name Izsák.