HalfpennyEnglish Nickname probably for a tenant whose feudal obligations included a regular payment in cash or kind (for example bread or salt) of a halfpenny. From Old English healf "half" (from proto Germanic halbaz) and penning "penny" meaning "half penny".
HambergerGerman, Jewish German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from any of various places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburger.
HampshireEnglish Originally indicated a person from the county of Hampshire in England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Hantescire), derived from Old English ham meaning "water meadow, enclosure" and scir meaning "shire, district"... [more]
HanarashiJapanese From Japanese, using the kanjis 花 (hana) meaning "flower", combined with 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm".
HandelmanJewish Occupational name for a tradesman merchant or dealer.
HandschuhGerman Occupational name for a maker or seller of gloves or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore gloves from Middle High German hantschuoch "glove" literally "hand shoe" from the elements hant "hand" and schuh "shoe".
HaringtonEnglish Variant spelling of Harrington. A famous bearer is English actor Kit Harington (1986-).
HarkonnenLiterature Derived from the Finnish surname Härkönen. Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character in the ’Dune’ franchise created by American author Frank Herbert.
HarlacherGerman Habitational name for someone from Ober- or Unter-Harlachen, near Überlingen.
HartshornEnglish habitational name from Hartshorne (Derbyshire) from Old English heorot "hart stag" (genitive heorotes) and horn "horn" perhaps in reference to the nearby hill (known as Hart Hill) and its supposed resemblance to a hart's horn... [more]
HarumatsuJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 春 (haru), from 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine", referring to grassland with pine trees.
HazeltineEnglish 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.
HazelwoodEnglish From the name of any of the various places in England so-called, all derived from Old English hæsl "hazel" and wudu "tree, wood".
HeathcoteEnglish 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’.
HeemskerkDutch 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".
HeinbokelGerman (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.
HeitmeyerGerman German: distinguishing nickname for a farmer whose land included heathland, from Middle Low German heide ‘heath’, ‘wasteland’ + Meyer 1.
HemingwayEnglish Habitational name probably from an unidentified place in West Yorkshire, derived from the Old English given name Hemma combined with weg "way, road, path"... [more]
HemsworthEnglish Habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire, England, meaning "Hymel's enclosure".
HendrawanChinese (Indonesian) Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as He (何) or Ye (葉). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
HidegkutiHungarian Derived from a Hungarian village named Hidegkút meaning "cold well", from hideg "cold" and kút "well". A famous bearer of this surname was the Hungarian soccer legend Nándor Hidegkuti (1922-2002).
HietamäkiFinnish Derived from hieta ("fine-sand") & mäki ("hill").
HigashidaJapanese From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
HigashikoJapanese Higashi means "east" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
HilgersenGerman Means "son of Hilger”. From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hild 'strife', 'battle' + gar, ger 'spear' and sen 'son'. Most common in Northern Germany.
HiranchaiThai From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".
HiranwongThai From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty"
HirashimaJapanese From the Japanese 平 (hira) "peace" and 島, 嶋 or 嶌 (shima) "island."
HiratsukaJapanese From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
HiroshimaJapanese (Rare) Hiro means "widespread,broad","generous","prosperous" depending on kanji used. Shima means "Island" the same as "jima" does. So this surname rather mean "Prosperous Island"or "Broad Island"."Generous Island" might be possible,but it's not likely used for the last name the same as it is for the given name, Hiro.
HirsekornGerman Hirsekorn - millet grain - seems to be of Jewish origin
HisamatsuJapanese Hisa (久) means "long ago, everlasting" and matsu (松) means "pine".
HishikawaJapanese From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), rhombus, water chestnut, caltrop" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".
HitarashiJapanese From Japanese "浸" (hita) meaning immersion and "らし" (rashi) meaning likelihood
HitchcockEnglish Derived from a diminutive of the medieval name Hitch. A famous bearer of the name was English film director Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980).
HochsteinGerman Topographic name for someone who lived by a high rock or a castle of that name from Middle High German hoh "high" and stein "rock stone castle".
HollisterEnglish An occupational name for a female brothel-keeper, a feminine form of Hollier.
HolloboneEnglish Common surname in the southeast England, predominantly Sussex
HollowellEnglish Either a variant of Halliwell or derived from another place named with Old English hol "hollow" and wella "spring, well".
HollywoodEnglish Habitational name from any of various farms or hamlets in England called Hollywood such as one in Sandon and Burston (Staffordshire) perhaps named with Middle English holegn "holly" and wudu "wood".
HoltzclawGerman (Anglicized, Modern) Americanized spelling of German Holzklau, which translates into modern German as "wood thief", but is probably a nickname for someone who gathered wood, from Middle High German holz "wood" + a derivative of kluben "to pick up", "gather", "steal".
HoltzmannUpper German, German Derived from the Upper German word "holz," which means "forest." Thus many of the names that evolved from this root work have to do with living in the woods
HolyfieldEnglish, Scottish Although the Scottish surname is known to derive from the Medieval Latin word "olifantus," meaning "elephant," its origins as a surname are quite uncertain. ... He was one of the many Anglo-Norman nobles that were invited northward by the early Norman kings of Scotland.
HolzapfelGerman Means "crabapple" in German, denoting someone who lived near a crabapple tree or someone with a sour disposition.
HolzhauerGerman Occupational name for a "lumberjack, woodsman" with the element holz "forest".
HolzingerGerman, Jewish Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Holzing or Holzingen.
HolzschuhGerman Occupational - from German holz "wood", and schuh "shoe".
HoneyballEnglish From Honeyball, a medieval personal name of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of Annabel, or alternatively from a Germanic compound name meaning literally "bear-cub brave" (i.e. deriving from the elements hun "warrior, bear cub" and bald "bold, brave").
HoshizoraJapanese (Rare) Hoshi (星) means "star", sora/zora (空) means "sky", this name literally means "starry sky". Sora changes to zora due to rendaku
HoshizukiJapanese From 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, dot" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month".
HostetlerGerman The name itself comes from the word Hostet or Hochstatt meaning "high place". Thus Hostetler is someone living in a high place or on high ground.