Submitted Surnames of Length 8

Grayling English (British)
Uncommon surname of unclear origin; possible medieval locational name, or a derivative of the French surname Grail or the diminutive Graillon.... [more]

Grayston English

Graziano Italian
From the given name Graziano.

Grealish English
The name derives from the Old Norman French word "greslet", meaning pitted or scarred, and is itself derived from the very early Germanic word "gresle", or hailstone.

Greenall English
From Lincolnshire in England, meaning "green hill".

Greenham English

Greening English
Meaning unknown.

Greenlaw English
From one of two placenames, located near the Anglo-Scottish border. Named with Old English grēne, 'green' and halw, 'hill, mound'.

Greenlee English
habitational name from any of various minor places, for example in Staffordshire, so named from Old English grene ‘green’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.

Greenley English

Greenman English

Greenway English
Originally given to a person who lived near a grassy path, from Middle English grene "green" and weye "road, path" (cf. Way).... [more]

Greenway Welsh
Derived from the given name Goronwy.

Greerson English

Grégoire French, Belgian
Derived from the given name Grégoire.

Gregorič Slovene
Means "son of Gregor".

Gregorio Spanish (Philippines), Italian (Rare)
Derived from the given name Gregorio.

Gregoris Italian

Gregurić Croatian
Possibly patronymic, meaning "son of Gregor" or "son of Grgur".

Greyeyes Indigenous American
A notable bearer is the Canadian actor Michael Greyeyes.

Grierson English

Griffeth Welsh
Altered spelling of Griffith.

Grigolla English (American, Latinized, ?)

Grigoriu Romanian
Derived from the given name Grigore.

Grijalva Spanish, Central American
Spanish: habitational name from any of various places called Grijalba in particular the one in Burgos province. The placename is from iglesia 'church' + Old Spanish alva 'white'.

Grimaldo Spanish, Italian
From the given name Grimaldo.

Grimmett English

Grimsbro English (American)

Grimshaw English
A habitational surname originating from the hamlet of Grimshaw in Lancashire, derived from Old English elements grīma "mask" and sċeaga "copse". Famous bearers of this surname include , English Victorian-era artist John Atkinson Grimshaw and Irish writer Beatrice Grimshaw, as well as the Grimshaw family in Coronation Street.

Grimsley English

Grisales South American

Griswald English
Variant of Griswold.

Griswold English
meaning: from the gray forest.

Grobglas Jewish
Perhaps an ornamental name derived from Yiddish גראָב (grob) meaning "crude, coarse, rough" and גלאז (glaz) meaning "glass". Israeli actress Yael Grobglas (1984-) bears this surname.

Groening English, German (Anglicized)

Grönlund Swedish, Finnish
Combination of Swedish grön "green" and lund "grove".

Grosicki Polish

Grosjean French, French (Belgian)
Derived from French gros "large" and the given name Jean 1. As a nickname, it is sometimes applied to a person who is perceived as stupid.

Grossman Jewish
Jewish nickname for a large man.

Grounder American

Grubišić Croatian

Grudzień Polish
Means "december".

Gruevski Macedonian

Gruffudd Welsh
Derived from the Welsh name Gruffudd

Grujičić Serbian

Grumbach German (Swiss), Alsatian
From the name of various places in Switzerland and Germany, for example the municipality of Grumbach in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Grumiaux French

Grünbaum German, Jewish
from Middle High German gruoni "green" and boum "tree" probably a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a tree in leaf... [more]

Grundler German

Grünfeld German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places in northern and central Germany named Grünfeld named with elements meaning "green open country" derived from the elements gruoni "green" and feld "field"... [more]

Grünwald German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of various places called Grünewald from Middle High German gruoni "green" and wald "wood forest"... [more]

Grunwald German, German (Swiss), Jewish
German and Swiss German (Grünwald): habitational name from any of various places named Grün(e)wald, from Middle High German gruene ‘green’ + walt ‘wood’, ‘forest’. ... [more]

Grushkin Russian
From grushka, meaning "pear tree".

Gryakalo Russian

Grzeszek Polish

Grzybacz Polish
From Grzyb (literally "mushroom") with the suffix -acz.

Grzybała Polish
From grzyb meaning "mushroom" with suffix -ała.

Guajardo Spanish
Spanish: unexplained. Perhaps a habitational name from a place so named in Estremadura. This name is common in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. ... [more]

Guardado Spanish
From Spanish meaning "guarded".

Guccione Italian, Sicilian
Derived from the given name Guccio, a diminutive of Arriguccio, Uguccio and other names ending in guccio.

Gudaitis Lithuanian
Ethnic name from gudas meaning "Belorussian".

Guendica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gendika.

Guendouz Arabic (Maghrebi)

Guenther German
German: from a Germanic personal name composed of gund ‘battle’ + hari, heri ‘army’.

Guerioua Arabic (Maghrebi)

Guerlain French
Derived from the given name Guerlain.

Guerland French
Variant of Guerlain.

Guernier French
Variant of Garnier 1.

Guernsey English
Denoted someone who lived in Guernsey, an island in the Channel Islands, derived from Old Norse Grani and ey "island"... [more]

Guéroult French
Old French form of an uncertain Ancient Germanic given name, possibly composed of Old Germanic warōną "to watch, protect, guard", gredaz "desire, hunger" or gernaz "eager, willing", or Old High German ger "spear" combined with either wolf "wolf" or walt "power, authority".

Guerrera Spanish

Guerrier French, Haitian Creole
Nickname for an aggressive person or occupational name for a soldier, from Old French guerrier "warrior". Cognate of Guerrero and Guerriero.

Guerzoni Italian
From guercio "cross-eyed, one-eyed; blind in one eye".

Guevarra Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Guevara primarily used in the Philippines.

Guichard French
From the medieval name Guichard derived form the Germanic name Wighard... [more]

Guidetti Italian
Derived from the given name Guido.

Guignard French
from the old Germanic name Winihard composed of the elements wini "friend" and hart "hard strong".

Guijarro Spanish
Spanish: nickname from guijarro 'pebble' perhaps applied to a man who sold pebbles (used for paving the streets).

Guilalas Tagalog
From Tagalog gilalas meaning "astonishment, amazement".

Guilbeau French
Possibly from Ancient Germanic wil, meaning "will, power", and Latin bellus, meaning "beautiful".

Guilbert French, Guernésiais
Either from the given name Guilbert the French form of Wilbert or a variant of Gilbert.

Guilford English

Guiliano Italian

Guillard French
Derived from the given name Willihard and French cognate of Willard.

Guillett French

Guilliot Louisiana Creole

Guilliot French
From a pet form of the personal name Guille, itself a short form of Guillaume.

Guiraist French

Guiraldo Filipino
From the visayan province of Samar

Guirenko Jewish

Guirguis Ancient Egyptian, Coptic
The surname Guirguis is of Egyptian and Coptic origin, primarily associated with Christian families from Egypt. It is a transliteration of the Coptic name Girgis (Γεώργιος), which is derived from the Greek name George (Γεώργιος), meaning "farmer" or "earthworker."

Guiscard French
Derived from the Medieval French given name Guiscard.

Guiterez Spanish (?)

Guivarc'h Breton
Guivarc'h means 'swift stallion' in the Breton language.

Gujarati Indian
Denoted a person of Gujarat descent. From Gujarati ગુજરાત (gujrāt), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā) "country of the Gurjaras”, itself comes from Sanskrit *गुर्जरत्रा (gurjaratrā), of the same meaning... [more]

Gukasyan Armenian
Means "son of Gukas", the Armenian equivalent of Luke.

Gukaykin m Russian

Guldberg Danish
Derived from the name of Guldbjerg Parish on the island Funen, Denmark.

Güleryüz Turkish
Means "smiling face" in Turkish.

Gullette French
Comes from Guillemme or William of Normandy. Reference 1066: The Battle of Hastings.

Gulliver English
From a medieval nickname for a greedy person (from Old French goulafre "glutton"). Jonathan Swift used it in his satire 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726), about the shipwrecked ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures "offer opportunities for a wide-ranging and often savage lampooning of human stupidity and vice."

Gullotti Italian

Gültekin Turkish
From Turkish gül meaning "rose" combined with the title tekin meaning "prince".

Gultekin Turkish
It comes from "Kül Tigin" (? - 575 AD) who was a general of the Second Turkic Kaganate (Göktürks' khaganate). He was a second son of Ilterish Shad and the younger brother of Bilge Kagan.

Gulyayev m Russian
From Russian word гулять (gulyat'), meaning "to walk".

Gumarova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Gumarov.

Gumilyov m Tatar

Gunadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".

Günaltay Turkish
From Turkish gun meaning "sun, day" and altun meaning "gold". A famous bearer was the Turkish prime minister Şemsettin Günaltay (1883-1961).

Gunapala Sinhalese
From Sanskrit गुण (guṇa) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and पाल (pāla) meaning "guard, protector".

Gunasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Gündoğan Turkish
Means "born on the day".

Gündoğdu Turkish
From Turkish gün meaning "sun, day" and doğdu meaning "born".

Gunnells Anglo-Norman

Gunnison American (Anglicized)
Anglicized version of Gunnarsson.

Gurakuqi Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Guralnik Jewish
Variant of Guralnick.

Gurewitz Jewish
Belarusian and Lithuanian variant of Horowitz, a habitational name from Horovice in central Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic, which is named with a short form of a personal name formed with Hor, as for example Horimir, Horislav.

Guroalim Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor" and alim meaning "sage, philosopher".

Gurrieri Italian, Sicilian
Sicilian variant of Guerrieri and Guerriero. Cognate of Guerrero and Guerrier.

Gurtskiy m Russian, Jewish

Gushiken Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".

Gusinjac Bosnian
From Gusinje, the name of a town in the Plav municipality of Montenegro where Bosniaks form a regional majority

Gutierre Spanish
From the given name Gutierre.

Gvardiol Croatian

Gwilliam Welsh
From the personal name Gwilym, Welsh form of William.

Gwilliam English
Anglicised form of the Welsh given name Gwilym.

Gwizdala Polish
Nickname for someone noted for his cheerful whistling, from a derivative of gwizdac ‘to whistle’.

Gyaltsen Tibetan
From the given name Gyaltsen

Gyirbáky Hungarian

Gylespie Scottish
Variant of Gillespie

Gylfason Icelandic
Means "son of Gylfi". Used exclusively by men. Gylfadóttir is the female version.

Gyökeres Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "rooted, radical, drastic" in Hungarian. A famous bearer is Viktor Gyökeres (1998-), a Swedish soccer player of Hungarian descent.

Haabjärv Estonian
Haabjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen lake".

Haabmets Estonian
Haabmets is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest."

Haavamäe Estonian
Haavamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen hill".

Haavaoks Estonian
Haavaoks is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen bough/branch".

Haavapuu Estonian
Haavapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen tree".

Haavisto Finnish
Means "place with aspens" or "group of aspens". This name comes from a combination of haapa, "aspen", and the suffix -sto which is used for places and groups of things.

Haavistu Estonian
Haavistu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haavik" ("aspen wood") and "iste" ("seat" or "stool"); "aspen wood stool".

Hababzai Pashto
Means “son of Habab” in Pashto.

Həbibova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həbibov.

Habibzai Pashto
Means "son of Habib" in Pashto. The Habibzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Popalzai.

Habsburg German
This surname may have been used by someone whose descendants originated from the House of Habsburg, which was one of the most important royal houses in Europe. It is assumed that the surname is derived from High German Habichtsburg meaning "hawk castle," but some historians and linguists believe that it may actually be derived from Middle High German hab/hap meaning "ford", as there is a river with a ford nearby.

Hachfeld German, English (American)

Hacıdi̇ma Ottoman Turkish (Rare)

Hacıyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Hacıyev.

Hacızadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Hajizadeh.

Hackford English

Hackmann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a butcher or a woodcutter.

Haddadin Arabic
From a diminutive of Arabic حداد (haddad) meaning "blacksmith, ironsmith".

Haddadou Arabic (Maghrebi)
Diminutive of Haddad.

Haddaway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Hadfield English
Habitational name for a person from Hadfield in Derbyshire, from Old English hæþ "heath, wilderness" and feld "field".

Hadinata Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Ji (紀). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.

Hadipour Persian
Means "son of Hadi" in Persian.

Hadıyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Hadıyev.

Hadžikić Bosnian

Haegeman Belgian

Haerkens Dutch

Hafnaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)

Hafstein Icelandic
Either derived from the Icelandic given name Hafsteinn or from Norwegian surname Havstein (probably derived from a place name).

Håfström Swedish

Hagakure Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 隠 (gakure) meaning "to disappear"

Hagedorn German, Dutch
German and Dutch cognate of Hawthorne. Topographic name from Middle High German hagedorn "hawthorn" from hag "hedge" and dorn "thorn"... [more]

Hagemann German, Danish
Derived from Middle Low German hage "enclosure, hedge" and mann "person, man".

Haggerty Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized version of Ó hEigceartaigh, which is from the word "eigceartach", which means unjust.

Hägglund Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" (a type of tree native to Sweden) and lund "grove".

Haghighi Persian
Means "real, actual, true" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic حقيقي (ḥaqīqiyy).

Hagibara Japanese
Variant of Hagihara.

Hagimori Japanese
From 萩 (hagi) meaning "clover" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Haginaga Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 脛永 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a division in the town of Ibigawa in the district of Ibi in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 脛長 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a former large village in the same location, in the district of Ikeda in the former Japanese province of Mino in parts of present-day Gifu in Japan.

Hagiwara Japanese
From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Hagström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, garden" and ström "stream, small river".

Hagstrom English
Anglicized form of Swedish Hagström.

Hagymási Hungarian

Hainrick Micronesian
Derived from the given Heinrich.

Hairston English

Haislett English

Haixiang English

Hajdaraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Hajdar" in Albanian.

Hajipour Persian
Means "born of Haji".

Hajipour Persian
Means "son of Haji".

Hajrović Bosnian

Hakamata Japanese

Häkkinen Finnish
From given name Heikki

Hakobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Håkonsen Norwegian
Means "son of Håkon".

Hakopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)

Hakopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)

Hakosaki Japanese
Hako means "box" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Hakozaki Japanese
Variant of Hakosaki.

Halabaku Albanian

Halaholo Tongan

Halbrock Low German
Variation of Holbrook.

Halbrook English

Halladay English
Variant of Holliday

Hallbeck English

Hållberg Swedish (Rare)
The first element might be taken from place names starting with (or containing) hå, hål, or håll. The second element is Swedish berg "mountain".

Hallberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and berg "mountain".

Hallegua Malayalam, Jewish

Hällgren Swedish
Variant of Hellgren.

Hallgren Swedish, English
Combination of the dialectal Swedish word hall (Standard Swedish häll, Old Norse hallr), a type of flat rock, and gren meaning "branch". The first element may be taken from the name of a place named with this element (e.g. Halland, Hallsberg, or Hallstavik)... [more]

Halliche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.

Halliday Scottish

Halligan Irish
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilleagán "descendant of Áilleagán" a double diminutive of áille "beauty".

Hallihan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó hÁilleacháin.

Hallikas Estonian
Hallikas is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish".

Hallinan Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilgheanáin "descendant of Áilgheanán", a pet form of a personal name composed of old Celtic elements meaning "mild, noble person".

Halliste Estonian
Halliste is an Estonian name relating to "hall", meaning "grey" and "frost".

Hallmann German
Variant of Hellmann.

Hallmark English
From Middle English halfmark ‘half a mark’, probably a nickname or status name for someone who paid this sum in rent.

Hallmets Estonian
Hallmets is an Estonian surname meaning "grey forest".

Halloway English

Hallowes English (British)

Hallwell English (Rare)
Variant of Halliwell.

Hallwood English

Halperin Jewish
Variant of Heilprin, a Yiddish spelling of the city of Heilbronn, Germany.

Halstead English
Geographic surname from places by the same name in Essex, Kent, and Leicestershire.

Hamadani Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian همدانی (see Hamedani).

Hamadate Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 舘 or 館(date or tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace"

Hamajima Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Hamakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Hamamasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).

Hamamoto Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Hamamura Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Hamanaka Japanese
Hama means "beach" and naka means "middle".

Hamanoue Japanese

Hamanyun Ukrainian

Hamarcak Slovak

Hamarneh Arabic
Jordanian

Hamashoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).

Hamashou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).

Hamataka Japanese
Hana means "beach" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".

Hamazaki Japanese
Variant of Hamasaki.

Hamazono Japanese
Hamazono/濱園 = "Beach Garden"

Hamdaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamid 1" or "relating to Hamad" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

Hamedani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Hamedan (or Hamadan) in Iran, from the Old Persian name Hagmatāna meaning "(place of) gathering".

Həmidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həmidov.

Hammoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).

Hamzagić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".

Hamzaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.

Həmzəyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həmzə".

Hanabusa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 房 (busa) meaning "room*.

Hanafusa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower, blossom" and 房 (fusa) meaning "room, chamber".

Hanakawa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".

Hanamura Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Hananuno Japanese

Hanasaki Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". A fictional bearer of this surname is Tsubomi Hanasaki (花咲 つぼみ) from Heartcatch! Pretty Cure.

Hanasato Japanese
花里

Hanasawa Japanese
Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Hanasono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and sono means "garden".

Hanayama Japanese
From 華 or 花 (hana) meaning "flower, blossom" combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hanazaki Japanese
Variant of Hanasaki.

Hanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Hanazono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and zono is a form of sono meaning "garden".

Hanberry English

Handford English
Variant of Hanford.

Handique Assamese
The surname of a certain Aideu.

Hanekawa Japanese
羽 meaning feathers, counter for birds, rabbits.川 meaning stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical

Hanesaka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 羽根坂 (Hanesaka), the common name for the area of Furukawachōshimono in the city of Hida in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan.

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

Haneyama Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hänilane Estonian
Hänilane is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail" (bird species: Motacilla flava).

Hankison English
Variant of Hankson.

Hannachi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Refers to Hanencha, a tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia.

Hannibal American

Hanratty Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInreachtaigh meaning "descendant of Ionnrachtach", a given name meaning "attacker".

Hansbury English

Hansford English

Hanzaike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 繁在家 (Hanzaike), sound- and script-changed from 半在池 (Hanzaiike) meaning "Hanzaiike", a division in the area of Kirida in the city of Towada in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan... [more]

Hanzaiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 繁在家 (see Hanzaiya).

Hanzalez Spanish

Happygod English (African, Rare)
Possibly from the English words happy and god.

Haramija Croatian
Derived from harambaša, which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.

Haramoto Japanese
Hara means "plain, wilderness, field" and moto means "origin".

Harareet Hebrew
Topographic name derived from Hebrew הֲרָרִית (hararit) meaning "mountainous". A famous bearer was Israeli actress Haya Harareet (1931-2021; birth name Haya Neuberg), who had a prominent role in the movie Ben-Hur (1959).

Harawira Maori

Harcourt English

Harcourt French
This name is of locational origin either from the town and ancient chateau of Harcourt near Brionne in Normandy.

Hardacre English
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard "hard, difficult" (derived from Old English heard) and aker "field" (derived from Old English æcer), or a habitational name from a place called Hardacre in West Yorkshire, of the same origin.

Hardekop German (Rare)
Derived from Middle High German hart "hard" and kopf "head". As a surname, it was given to a hard-headed, stubborn person.

Hardesty English (American)

Hardewyn French (Huguenot)

Hardiman English
See Hartman

Hardisty English (American)
Variant of Hardesty.

Hardluck Cherokee

Harfield English

Hargitay Hungarian
Denoted one from Hargita, a historical region of Hungary now known as Harghita County in eastern Transylvania, Romania. A famous bearer was Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay (1926-2006), as well as his daughter, actress Mariska Hargitay (1964-)... [more]

Hargrove English
English: variant of Hargrave.

Harigaya Japanese
Variant of Haritani.

Harimoto Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and moto means "base, origin, source, root".

Harisson English
Variant of Harrison.

Haritani Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and tani means "valley".

Härjapea Estonian
Härjapea is an Estonian surname literally meaning "ox head", but derived from a colloquial name for "clover".

Harkaway English
From a sporting phrase used to guide and incite hunting dogs.

Harkless English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Harkin, a Scottish diminutive of Henry.

Harkness Scottish
Topographic name or from the name of an unidentified place either in Annandale or Dumfriesshire, derived from the Old English given name Hereca or from hearg "altar, temple, grove" and næs "ness, promontory".

Härkönen Finnish
A surname derived from the Finnish word härkä, meaning 'bull', and the common surname suffix -nen.