Submitted Surnames of Length 6

Halton English
habitational name from any of several places called Halton in Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire... [more]

Hamabe Japanese
Hama means "beach" and be means "division".

Hamabe Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Hamada Arabic
From the given name Hamada.

Hamada Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hamado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜戸 or 濱戸 (see Hamato).

Hamaji Japanese

Hamano Japanese
From Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hamata Japanese

Hamati Albanian

Hamato Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 戸 (to) meaning "door; doorway".... [more]

Hamaya Japanese

Hamdan Arabic
From the given name Hamdan.

Hamedi Persian
From the given name Hamed.

Hameed Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hamers Dutch
Derived from Dutch hamer "hammer".

Hamidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.

Hamill Scottish
Habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche, France, named from the Germanic personal name Hagano + Old French ville "settlement".

Hamill English
Nickname for a scarred or maimed person, from Middle English, Old English hamel "mutilated", "crooked".

Hamill Irish
According to MacLysaght, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁdhmaill "descendant of Ádhmall", which he derives from ádhmall "active".

Hamiti Albanian
Possibly a variant of Amiti.

Hamiti Albanian
Derived from the given name Hamit.

Hamlen English

Hamlin English
From an Old English word meaning "home" or "homestead" and a diminutive suffix -lin.

Hamlyn English

Hamlyn English
Variant of Hamlin

Hammad Arabic
Derived from the given name Hammad.

Hamman English

Hammar Swedish
From a common place name element ultimately derived from Old Norse hamarr meaning "hammer, stone, steep cliff".

Hammel English

Hammer German, English, Jewish
From Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or nickname for a forceful person.

Hammon English
Variant of Hammond.

Hamner Welsh
Variant spelling of "Hanmer", parish in Flintshire.

Hamoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hamson English
A variant of Hampson.

Hamsun Norwegian
From the name of a farm called Hamsund in Nordland County, Norway. Knut Hamsun (né Knud Pedersen; 1859-1952) was a Norwegian author and Nobel Prize laureate (1920). Hamsun became a controversial figure later in life when he supported Nazi Germany during WWII... [more]

Hamzić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".

Hanada Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hanafi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hanafi.

Hanafy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنفي (see Hanafi) chiefly used in Egypt.

Hanaki Japanese
"Flower tree".

Hanami Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and mi means "view".

Hanata Japanese

Hanaue Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper, superior" or 植 (ue) meaning "planting".

Hanawa Japanese
Either from 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 輪 (wa) meaning "loop, ring, wheel" or 塙 (hanawa) meaning "mountain, projecting tableland". The 花輪 spelling has multiple readings.

Hanaya Japanese
From Japanese 花屋 (hanaya) meaning "florist", which combines 花 (hana) meaning "flower" with 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Händel German
Derived from Hans or Heinrich.

Händén Swedish (Rare)

Handen English

Haneda Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather, plume" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". It can also be formed from 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume" combined with 根 (ne) meaning "root" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Haneef Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hanif.

Hanely English

Haneta Japanese
Variant of Haneta.

Hanika German

Hankin English
From the given name Hankin

Hanley Irish
Means “descendant of Áinle.” Derived from “O’Hanley,” an anglicized form of “Ó hÁinle,” ultimately from Gaelic “ainle” meaning “beauty, grace.”

Hanlin Scottish, English
Scottish and English: probably a variant spelling of Irish Hanlon.

Hanlon Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAnluain "descendant of Anluan", a personal name from the intensive prefix an- and luan "light", "radiance" or "warrior". Occasionally it has been used to represent Hallinan.

Hanmer Welsh
A Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.

Hannah English

Hannam English
Habitational name from a place called Hanham in Gloucestershire, which was originally Old English Hānum, dative plural of hān ‘rock’, hence ‘(place) at the rocks’. The ending -ham is by analogy with other place names with this very common unstressed ending.

Hänner German
Pet form of Heinrich.

Hanner German
From a pet form of Hann, short form of Johann.

Hannia Indonesian

Hannon Irish

Hanoun Arabic
Derived from Arabic حنون (hanun) meaning "loving, fond, affectionate" or "merciful, compassionate".

Hansda Indian, Santali

Hänsel German
Derived from the given name Hänsel.

Hansli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Hans.

Hantel German (Rare)
Rare Bukovina German variant of Händel.

Hantzi Greek
Variant of Hatzis.

Hanvey Irish
Variant of Hanafin.

Hanyev m Kyrgyz (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Ganiev.

Hanyuu Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (ha) meaning "feather" and 生 (nyuu) meaning "raw".

Hanžek Croatian, Slovene

Harada Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Harano Japanese
Hara means "plain, field" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Harata Japanese

Harber English

Harbey English
Derived from the given name Harvey.

Harbin English
This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origins, and is derived from the personal names Rabin, Robin, and Robert. It has the English prefix 'har', which means gray.... [more]

Harbor English
English: variant spelling of Harbour.

Harcus Scottish
Orcadian form of Harcase, a habitational name originating from Berwickshire, Scotland.

Harder German

Hardin English
Variant of Harding.

Harefa Nias
Meaning uncertain.

Hargis English

Harith Arabic
Derived from the given name Harith.

Hariya Japanese
Variant of Haritani.

Harker English (British)
English (mainly northeastern England and West Yorkshire): habitational name from either of two places in Cumbria, or from one in the parish of Halsall, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. The Cumbrian places are probably named from Middle English hart ‘male deer’ + kerr ‘marshland’... [more]

Harkes English

Harkin English

Harlin English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Norman French personal name Herluin, meaning "noble friend" or "noble warrior."

Harmel French
Derived from the given name Armel.

Harmer English (British)
Meaning, of the Army or man of Armor, from the battle at Normandy, France. It was formerly a French last name Haremere after the battle at Normandy it moved on to England where it was shortened to Harmer.

Harmse Dutch, Low German, South African
Means "son of Harm", a short form of Herman.

Harnar German
Given to one who was noisy

Harnet English

Harnyk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гарний (harnyy), meaning "pretty".

Harold English, Norman, German
English from the Old English personal name Hereweald, its Old Norse equivalent Haraldr, or the Continental form Herold introduced to Britain by the Normans... [more]

Harold Irish
Of direct Norse origin, but is also occasionally a variant of Harrell and Hurrell.

Haroon Urdu, Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Harun.

Haroun Arabic
Derived from the given name Harun.

Harpaz Jewish

Harpin English

Harrel English

Harrex English (Austrian, Rare)

Harris Welsh
A combination of the Welsh adjective 'hy', meaning 'bold' or 'presumptuous' and the common Welsh personal name 'Rhys'. This surname is common in South Wales and the English West Country and has an official Welsh tartan... [more]

Harrod English
Variant of Harold.

Harrow English
Means "person from Harrow", the district of northwest Greater London, or various places of the same name in Scotland ("heathen shrine").

Hartel English

Harter English (American)

Hartly English

Hartog Dutch
Variant of Den Hartog.

Harton English
This surname is a habitational one, denoting someone who lived in a village in County Durham or in North Yorkshire.... [more]

Haruda Japanese

Haruka Japanese

Haruki Japanese
春 (Haru) means "spring" and 木 (ki) means "tree, wood". ... [more]

Haruna Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 名 (na) meaning "name, fame, renown".

Haruna Hausa, Fula
From the given name Haruna 2.

Haruno Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) "spring" and 野 (no) "field, plain, wilderness".

Harush Hebrew

Haruta Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Haruya Japanese
Variant of Harutani, meaning "spring valley".

Harvel English

Harvie English
Variant of Harvey.

Harvin English

Harwin English
From the Old French personal name Harduin, composed of the Germanic elements hard 'hardy', 'brave' + win 'friend'.

Hasada Indian

Hasado Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 挟 (hasa), from 挟む (hasamu) meaning "to insert; to be sandwiched between" and 土 (do) meaning "earth; soil; ground", referring to a soil land where it is very crammed.... [more]

Hasado Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 挟土 (hasado), a sound-changed clipping from 国之狭土神 (Kuninosadzuchinokami) meaning "Kuninosadzuchinokami" or 天之狭土神 (Amenosadzuchinokami) meaning "Amenosadzuchinokami", both names of gods of soil.... [more]

Hasani Persian, Albanian, Kosovar
From the given name Hasan.

Hasard French
Variant of Hazard.

Hasawa Japanese
Ha means "feather, plume" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Hasbún Arabic (Hispanicized)
Spanish form of Hazboun.

Hasdal Jewish

Hasebe Japanese

Hasebe Japanese
From the Japanese place name 長谷 (Hase) and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Hasedo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 挾土 (see Hasado).

Haseeb Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Hasib.

Haseno Japanese

Hashem Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Hashim.

Hashim Arabic, Urdu, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hashim.

Hashmi Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Hashimi.

Hasiuk Polish

Haskel English (?)

Haskić Bosnian

Haskin English
Variant of Askin.

Haslam English

Haslet English

Hasley English
Habitational name of uncertain origin. The surname is common in London, and may be derived from Alsa (formerly Assey) in Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex (recorded as Alsiesheye in 1268). nother possible source is Halsway in Somerset, named from Old English hals ‘neck’ + weg ‘way’, ‘road’.

Haspel German

Hassan Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Hassel Swedish, Norwegian
Means "hazel" in Swedish and Norwegian.

Hassen Arabic
From the given name Hassen.

Hässli German (Swiss), French (Rare)
Swiss German diminutive form of Haas. This is a French surname via Alsace-Lorraine. A notable bearer is French footballer (soccer player) Eric Hassli (1981-).

Hasson Hebrew (Modern)
Means "sturdy" or "strong" in Hebrew, it is not related to the Arabic name Hasan.

Hastay English (American)
Origin unknown

Hasumi Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance".

Hasuya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 芙 (hasu) meaning "nelumbo nucifera" and 家 (ya) meaning "house", possibly referring to a house in an area with nelumbo nucifera.

Hasyuk Ukrainian

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

Hatake Japanese
Means "Field" in Japanese

Hatake Japanese
From Japanese 畠 (hatake) meaning "field".

Hatami Persian
From the given name Hatam.

Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "wave" and 種 (tane) meaning "seed".

Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 畑 (hata) meaning "cropfield" and 根 (ne) meaning "root", referring to a place near a cropfield.

Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 旗 (hata) meaning "flag" and 根 (ne) meaning "root", referring to a place near a flag.

Hatano Japanese
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "waves, billows", 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, wing", 秦 (hata), a place name, or 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, field, garden" combined with 多 (ta) meaning "many, frequent" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hataya Japanese
From Japanese 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Hately English
Variant of Hateley.

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

Hatori Japanese

Hatsui Japanese

Hattab Arabic (Maghrebi)

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.

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).'

Hauata Polynesian, Tahitian

Haudek English

Haueis German
Derived from Middle High German houwen "to beat" and isen "iron". This surname denoted a smith.

Haugan Norwegian
Originates from a Farm name. Haugan comes from the Old Norse word haugr which can be translatd to "hill" or "mound".

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

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

Hausen German

Hauser German, Jewish
From Middle High German hus "house", German haus, + the suffix -er, denoting someone who gives shelter or protection.

Hausle German (Austrian)
Topographical name for someone who's House was near the Woods, from German "Häus" House "le" Woods

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.

Havens Dutch
From Haven, a harbor.

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]

Havier Slovak

Havili Tongan

Havlik Czech

Havner German
Variant of Hafner.

Hawkes English

Hawkin English
Variant of Hawkins

Hawley English
From the place name Hawley, specifically from the former settlement in Yorkshire from Old Norse haugr meaning "hill" and Old English leah meaning "woodland".

Haxhia Albanian

Haxhiu Albanian

Hayama Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

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

Hayami Japanese
From Japanese 速 (haya) meaning "fast", 逸 (haya) meaning "deviate" or 早 (haya) meaning "early"; combined with 水 (mi) meaning "water" or 見 (mi) meaning "see".

Hayano Japanese
Haya can mean "swift" or "hawk" and no means "field, plain".

Hayase Japanese
Haya can mean "hawk" or "fast" and se means "ripple, current".

Hayase Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "already, now" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

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

Hayasi Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Khayasi.

Haydar Turkish
From the given name Haydar.

Haydar Arabic
From the given name Haidar.

Hayder Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Haidar.

Haydey Ukrainian

Hayles English
Variant of Hales.

Hayman English
Variant of Hayward.

Haymes English
Patronymic derived from the Norman given name Hamo.

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

Hayoto Moluccan

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

Hayson English (American)

Hayton English

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".

Hazama Japanese

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 French, Flemish
From Middle Dutch hase "hare".

Hazard English
Variant form of Hansard.

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

Hazawa Japanese
Variant of Hasawa.

Hazlet English

Hazley English

Hazlit English

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

Headly English

Heafey Irish

Healey English
Habitational surname for a person from Healey near Manchester, derived from Old English heah "high" + leah "wood", "clearing". There are various other places in northern England, such as Northumberland and Yorkshire, with the same name and etymology, and they may also have contributed to the surname.

Heaney Irish

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

Hearld English

Hearne Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Hearns Irish
Variant of Hearn.

Hearse Anglo-Norman

Hearst English

Hearty English, Irish
Variant of Harty.

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

Hébert French

Hebert German
Variant of Heber.

Hebert French, German
From the personal name Hebert or Egbert.

Hébras French

Hebron English (British)
Habitational name from Hebron in Northumberland, which possibly derives from Old English hēah meaning “high” + byrgen meaning “burial place, tumulus.” See also Hepburn.

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.

Hecker German
German form of Hatcher.

Hector English

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

Hedger English

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

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.

Hefler German
Derived from the Old German and German word hof, which means settlement, farm or court.

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.

Hegman German

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

Heidel German
Possibly derived from the given name Heidi.

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.

Heider Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Bengali, Arabic
From the given name Haidar.

Heifer German

Heilig German

Heimer German

Heiner German
From the given name Heiner.

Heinla Estonian
Heinla is an Estonian surname meaning "hay area".

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

Heintz German
Variant of Heinz.

Heinze German
Variant of Heintze.

Hejazi Persian
Persian form of Hijazi.

Helber German
Occupational name for a thresher, from Middle High German helwe 'chaff' + the agent suffix -er; alternatively, it could be a habitational name from a place called Helba near Meiningen.

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]

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'.

Helian Chinese (Rare)
Chinese transcription of 祁連 (qílián), a Xiongnu word meaning "sky".

Hellat Estonian
Hellat is an Estonian surname derived from "hellalt", meaning "affectionately".

Hellen German, English (American)
Possibly from the given names Helen or Hilde (see Hellenbrand).

Heller German
Nickname from the small medieval coin known as the häller or heller, named for the city it was first minted (in 1208) at, Hall am Kocher (currently called Schwäbisch Hall).

Hellyn Belgian

Helmer German, Dutch
From the given name Helmer.

Helmke German
from a pet form of Helm

Helmon Indonesian

Helper English

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.

Hemami Persian

Hemati Persian
Derived from Persian همت (hemat) meaning "aspiration, ambition, zeal".

Hember English
From the West Country area near Bristol.

Henare Maori
From the English given name Henry.

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

Hender English

Hengen German

Hengst German, Dutch
metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with or bred horses or a nickname for a brave strong man from Middle High German and Middle Dutch hengest "stallion" also "gelding" derived from Old Germanic hangist "stallion"... [more]

Henker German
Occupational name for an Executioner, from the German word "Henker" meaning Hangman.

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]

Henman English

Hennah Cornish
From a Cornish place name which possibly means "easeful valley" from Middle Cornish *hueth "easeful" and *tnou "valley".