Submitted Surnames Starting with H

Ha Hui

Ha Korean
From Sino-Korean 河 (ha) meaning "river, stream".

Hà Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of He, from Sino-Vietnamese 何 (hà).

Hạ Vietnamese
Derived from the Han character 夏 meaning "summer".

Haab Estonian
Haab is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen".

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

Haabma Estonian
Haabma is an Estonian surname derived from "haab" (aspen) and "maa" (land).

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

Haaboja Estonian
Haaboja is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen creek/stream".

Haack German
One who lived at the bend or hook in the river. (See Hooker)

Haag Germanic (Archaic)
'The German surname Haag, like many surnames, was taken from some geographical feature near the dwelling place of its first bearer. Coming from the Old Norse haga, or some local variation of the word, the name means "one who lives near a hedged or fenced enclosure."... [more]

Haak Estonian
Haak is an Estonian surname meaning "hook" and "fastener".

Hääl Estonian
Hääl is an Estonian surname meaning "voice".

Haaland Norwegian
From Old Norse Hávaland, derived from hár "high" and land "land, farm". This is the name of several farms in Norway.

Haam Hmong
A Hmong clan surname, which is sometimes anglicized as Ham or Hang. It may be a variant form of the Chinese surname Hang.

Haamer Estonian
Haamer is an Estonian surname meaning "hammer".

Haamid Arabic
From the first name Haamid, meaning "praiser".

Haan Dutch
It means "rooster" in Dutch

Haapavaara Finnish
Means 'aspenhill'

Haar Indian

Haarla Estonian
Haarla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haar" meaning "leg".

Haarma Estonian
Haarma is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "härmas" meaning "frosty".

Haavakivi Estonian
Haavakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "cut stone".

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".

Haavasalu Estonian
Haavasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen grove".

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".

Habagat Filipino, Cebuano
Means "southwest monsoon, southwest wind" in Cebuano.

Habata Japanese

Habboo Anglo-Norman

Habdas Polish

Habeeb Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Habib.

Habelt German
from a pet form of the Germanic personal name Habo, a short form of various compound names formed with had(u) ‘battle’, ‘strife’

Haber Maltese
Not to be confused with the German surname of the same spelling.

Haberfeld German
Means "oat field". From the words habaro "oat" and feld "field

Haberfield German (Anglicized)
Partial anglicization of Haberfeld

Haberland German
Topographic name from Middle High German haber(e) "oats" and land "land", or a habitational name from any of various places so called.

Habermann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a grower or seller of oats, composed of the elements Haber and the agent suffix -mann.

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

Habibi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Habib.

Həbibov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həbib".

Habibović Bosnian
Means "son of Habib".

Həbibzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Habibzadeh.

Habibzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Habib" in Persian.

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

Hablot French

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.

Habyarimana Central African
Variant spelling of Havyarimana. This surname was borne by assassinated Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana (1937-1994).

Hachadorian Armenian

Hachemi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Hashmi (chiefly Algerian).

Hachfeld German, English (American)

Hachimi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hashim (chiefly Moroccan).

Hachimitsu Japanese
Means "honey"

Hachimura Japanese
Hachi (蜂) means bee, Mura (村) means village.

Hachiya Japanese
From Japanese 蜂 (hachi) meaning "bee, wasp" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Hachmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Hashmi (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

Hacıyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of the pilgrim", from Arabic حَاجِيّ (ḥājiyy) denoting a Muslim who has successfully made the hajj to Mecca.

Hacızadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Hajizadeh.

Hack German
Variant of Haack.

Hackberry English
Means simply "hackberry".

Hacke English

Hackenberg German

Hacker English

Hacket English
Variant of Hackett

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

Hackney English, Scottish
Habitational name from Hackney in Greater London, named from an Old English personal name Haca (genitive Hacan) combined with ēg "island, dry ground in marshland".

Hackney English, Scottish
From Middle English hakenei (Old French haquenée), an ambling horse, especially one considered suitable for women to ride; perhaps therefore a metonymic occupational name for a stablehand... [more]

Hacohen Hebrew
Means "the priest" in Hebrew, from the word ha which means "the", and the surname Cohen.

Hada Japanese
This is another reading of Haneda/Hata. Ha means "Plume, Feather, Wing" and Da means "Rice Paddy/Patty".

Hadad Arabic, Hebrew
Variant transcription of Haddad.

Hadar Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Hadar, means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

Haddad Arabic, Persian
Means "blacksmith, ironsmith" in Arabic, ultimately from Syriac ܚܕܕܐ (hadado).

Haddadi Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Derived from Arabic حداد (haddad) meaning "blacksmith, ironsmith".

Haddaway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Hadden Irish
Variation of Haden

Haddley English
Variant of Hadley.

Haddock English
Haddock is a surname of English. It may refer to many people. It may come from the medieval word Ædduc, a diminutive of Æddi, a short form of various compound names including the root ēad, meaning prosperity or fortune... [more]

Haddon English
Derived from the Old English word had meaning "heathland" and the Old English suffix -don meaning "hill"; hence, the "heathland hill" or the "heather-covered hill".... [more]

Hade Indian

Hadërgjonaj Albanian

Hadi Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Hadi.

Hadia Arabic
From the given name Hadia.

Hadipour Persian
Means "son of Hadi" in Persian.

Hadiwiryono Javanese

Hadj Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic حاج (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim", referring to the Islamic hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia (chiefly Maghrebi).

Hadjópulos Greek (Hispanicized, Expatriate), Mexican (Rare)
Spanish form of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).

Hadley English
A habitational name from either a place named Hadley, or a place named Hadleigh. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah (means ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’), and the other three are from Old English hǣð (meaning ‘heathland’, ‘heather') + lēah.

Hadlin Arabic

Hado Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "wavelength" and 動 (do, dou, dō) meaning "motion, change, confusion"

Hadžiahmetović Bosnian

Hadžialagić Bosnian

Hadžibegić Bosnian

Hadžiefendić Bosnian

Hadžifejzović Bosnian

Hadžihafizbegović Bosnian

Hadžihalilović Bosnian

Hadžihasanović Bosnian

Hadžijamaković Bosnian

Hadžikić Bosnian

Hadžimuratović Bosnian

Hadžimusić Bosnian

Hadžiomerović Bosnian

Hadžipašić Bosnian

Hadžiselimović Bosnian

Haeli Indonesian

Haelly English

Haener German
Variant of Hähner or Hänner.

Haessly German (Swiss)
Variant of Hässli.

Hafeez Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hafiz.

Hafen English

Hafen German

Hafen German

Hafen German

Hafer German, Jewish
Metonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in oats, from German Hafer "oats". Compare Haber. As a Jewish surname, it is in many cases ornamental.

Hafez Arabic
Derived from the given name Hafiz.

Hafezi Persian
From the given name Hafez.

Hafidi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hafiz.

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

Hafsteinsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hafsteinn" in Icelandic.

Hafsteinsson Icelandic
Means "son of Hafsteinn" in Icelandic.

Haga Japanese
Ha means "Fragrance,Aroma" and Ga means "Congratulations". It's mostly in the northeastern Japan, and most likely comes from the place name in Tochigi Prefecture.

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

Hagan Jewish
Hebrew, shortened from haganah which means soldier

Hagan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁgáin "descendant of Ógán", a personal name from a diminutive of óg "young".

Hagan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin "descendant of Aodhagán", a personal name formed from a double diminutive of Aodh meaning "fire".

Hagelberg German
From German hagel meaning "hail" and berg meaning "mountain".

Hageman Dutch
Combination of Middle Dutch haghe "hedge, enclosure" and #man "man".

Hageman Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Hagman.

Hageman Dutch
Variant of German Hagemann.

Hagemann German, Danish
Combination of Middle Low German hage "enclosure, hedge" and mann "man".

Hager Dutch, North Frisian
From a Germanic personal name composed of hag 'hedge', 'enclosure' + hari, heri 'army'.

Hägg Swedish
From Swedish hägg meaning "prunus padus", but also known as "hackberry, bird cherry". It is a type of small tree native to northern Asia and Europe.

Haggar Northern African

Haggerty Irish

Haggith English

Häggkvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" (a type of tree native to Sweden) and kvist "twig".

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

Häggström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" and ström "stream, small river".

Haghighi Persian
Means “high” or “elevated” in Persian. It is believed to be a nickname or occupational surname for someone who lived or worked in a high or elevated location, such as a mountain or hill. It may also be a surname that refers to a person’s high social status or standing within their community.

Hagibara Japanese

Hagino Japanese
Hagi means "bush clover" and no means "field, plain, wilderness". ... [more]

Hagiu Romanian

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

Hagman Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "encousure, pasture" and man "man", thus making it a cognate of German Hagemann.

Hagman English (Rare)
From a little town in Scotland.

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

Hagstrom English
Anglicized form of Swedish Hagström.

Hagu Estonian
Hagu is an Estonian surname meaning "brush".

Hagymási Hungarian

Hahm German
Metonymic occupational name for a sealer of weights and measures, from Middle High German hāme ‘(standard) measure’.

Hähner German
Pet form of Heinrich.

Hahner German
Occupational name for a poultry farmer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German hane "rooster".

Hahner German
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called Hahn or Hag.

Hai Chinese
Means "ocean" in Chinese.

Hai Hui
From the Arabic name Haydar.

Haid German

Haida Japanese

Haidar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Haidar.

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

Haies English (American)

Haijima Japanese (Rare)
Hai (拝) here means "worship", hai (灰) here means "ash", jima/shima (島) means "island".

Hail English, Arabic

Haile Ethiopian
Meaning "power" or "might".

Hailemariam Amharic, Ethiopian
Combination of Haile and Mariam.

Hailes Scottish, English
Scottish habitational name from Hailes in Lothian, originally in East Lothian, named from the Middle English genitive or plural form of hall ‘hall’. ... [more]

Hails English

Hailstone English

Haïm Jewish (Gallicized)
French form of Haim.

Haim Jewish
From the given name Haim.

Haimawari Japanese
From Japanese 灰 (hai) meaning "ashes, puckery juice, cremate" and 廻 (mawari) meaning "round, revolve, go around, circumference"

Haime Norman

Haimoto Japanese

Haimura Japanese

Hain English

Hainey Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Scottish, English
(Celtic) A lost me devil village in Scotland; or one who came from Hanney island in Berkshire.

Hains English

Hairfield English
Probably a variant of Harefield, a habitational name from a place so named, for example the one Greater London or Harefield in Selling, Kent, which are both apparently named from Old English here ‘army’ + feld ‘open country’.

Hairlahović Bosnian

Hairston English

Haise Japanese

Haish English (?)

Haislet English

Haislett English

Haita Japanese

Haitham Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.

Haixiang English

Haizaki Japanese

Haizlip English (American)
American variant spelling of Scottish Hyslop.

Haj Arabic
Refers to a person who has participated in the حج (hajj), the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that Muslims must undertake at least once in their lifetimes.

Hajdarević Bosnian

Hajdarhodžić Bosnian

Hajdari Albanian

Hajdari Albanian
From the given name Hajdar.

Hajian Persian
From Persian حاجی (haji) meaning "hajji" (of Arabic origin), referring to a person who has participated in the حج (hajj), the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that Muslims must undertake at least once in their lifetimes.

Hajime Japanese (Rare)
From the given name Hajime meaning "beginning". A notable bearer is Japanese singer Chitose Hajime.

Hajizadeh Persian
Means "son of the pilgrim" from Arabic حَاجِيّ‎ (ḥājiyy) meaning "pilgrim" and the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".

Hajj Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حاج (see Haj).

Hajjar Arabic
Means "stonemason" from Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar) "stone, weight".

Hajradinović Bosnian

Hajrović Bosnian

Hajrulahović Bosnian

Hak Korean
From Sino-Korean 鶴 (Hag) meaning "Crane" or 斈 (Hag) meaning "Learn".

Hakamata Japanese

Hakeem Arabic
From the given name Hakim.

Hakes English (American)

Hakes English (American)

Hakes English (American)

Hakes English (American)

Hakes English (American)

Haki Turkish

Hakimi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of" or derived from "Hakim".

Hakizimana Central African
Means "God cures" in Burundian and Rwandan.

Hakk Estonian
Hakk is an Estonian surname meaning "stack".

Häkkinen Finnish
From given name Heikki

Håkonsen Norwegian
Means "son of Håkon".

Hakopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)

Hakopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)

Hakozaki Japanese

Hakuin Japanese

Hakurei Japanese
From haku (博) meaning "wide" or "exposition" and rei (麗) meaning "lovely", "graceful", or "beautiful".... [more]

Hakuryū Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 白 (haku, byaku, shira-, shiro, shiro.i) meaning "white" with 竜 (ryuu, ryou, rou, ise, tatsu) meaning "dragon, imperial" or 柳 (ryuu, yanagi) meaning "willow."... [more]

Halabaku Albanian

Halabi Arabic
Means "Aleppine" in Arabic, referring to someone from the city of Aleppo in Syria.

Halaby Arabic
Variant transcription of Halabi.

Halaholo Tongan

Halam Indian

Halama Polish, Czech
Unflattering nickname meaning ‘big, lumbering fellow’, ‘lout’.

Håland Norwegian
Variant of Haaland.

Halapio Tongan

Halart French
Derived from the Germanic given name Halhard.

Halas English

Halawa Arabic
Means "sweetness" in Arabic.

Halbershtot Yiddish
Yiddish form of Halberstadt. It was first adopted as a surname by Tzvi Hirsh, the rabbi of the eponymous Eastphalian town.

Halberstadt German
Habitational name from any of various places so named, notably the city near Magdeburg and Halberstadt near Königstein in Saxony.

Halbrock Low German
Variation of Holbrook.

Halbrook English

Halcumb English

Haldane English, Scottish
From an old personal name, Old Norse Halfdanr, Old Danish Halfdan, Anglo-Scandinavian Healfdene, meaning ‘half-Dane’.

Haldar Indian, Bengali
Probably from Sanskrit हलधर (haladhara) meaning "one who holds a plough", an epithet of the Hindu god Balarama.

Halder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Haldar.

Haldon English (Rare)
From a place name in Devon, England.

Hale Hawaiian
"House" in Hawaiian.

Haleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Halim.

Hales English

Halevi Hebrew
Means "The Levite" in Hebrew, from the word ha which means "the", and the surname Levi.

Halford English

Halfpenny English
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".

Halibaster English (American)

Haliburton Scottish
Means "town fortified in stone". It comes from a combination of the Old Norse element hallr meaning rock (as in Halle) and of the Old English place name Burton, denoting a fortified town... [more]

Haliche Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Halliche.

Halilhodžić Bosnian

Halili Filipino, Tagalog
Means "successor" in Tagalog.

Halili Albanian
From the given name Halil.

Halilov Crimean Tatar

Halilović Bosnian
Means "son of Halil".

Halimi Albanian

Halimović Bosnian
Means "son of Halim".

Halitović Bosnian

Halivar Kannada (Rare)

Haljand Estonian
Haljand is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) derived from "haljas" meaning "green/verdant".

Haljas Estonian
Haljas is an Estonian surname meaning "verdant".

Haljaspõld Estonian
Haljaspõld is an Estonians surname meaning "verdant field".

Häll Estonian
Häll is an Estonian surname meaning "cradle" and "birthplace".

Hall Estonian
Hall is an Estonian surname meaning both "grey" and "frost".

Halla Danish
Derived from the Old Norse HALLR, which means 'flat stone, rock' or 'sloping, leaning to one side'... [more]

Halladay English
Variant of Holliday

Hallas Greek
Given to one who is exempted

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".

Halldén Swedish
Combination of the dialectal Swedish word hall (Standard Swedish häll, Old Norse hallr), a type of flat rock, and the common surname suffix -én. The first element may be taken from a place named with this element (e.g. Halland, Hallsberg, or Hallstavik).

Halldórsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Halldór" in Icelandic.

Halldórsson Icelandic
Means "son of Halldór" in Icelandic.

Hallén Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall" or häll "rock, stone" and the common surname -én.

Hallensleben German

Hallet English

Hallett English
Derived from the given name Hallet (see Adalhard).

Halley English
Location name combining the elements hall as in "large house" and lee meaning "field or clearing."

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]

Hallgrímsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hallgrímur" in Icelandic.

Hallgrímsson Icelandic
Means "son of Hallgrímur".

Halliche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.

Halliday Scottish

Hallide English

Hallie English
Spelling variant of Halley.

Hallihan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó hÁilleacháin.

Hallik Estonian
Hallik is an Estonian surname derived from "hallikas" meaning "greyish".

Hallikäär Estonian
Hallikäär is an Estonian name meaning "grayish edge".

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

Hallikmäe Estonian
Hallikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish hill/mountain".

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".

Hallingsworth English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Unknown origin and meaning. I found it listed a few times on the 1881 census in the County Durham and in London; it is also supposedly a surname in Australia. Possibly a misspelling of Hollingsworth.

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

Halliwell English
Derived from various place names in England named with Old English halig "holy" and well "spring, well".

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".

Hallow English
English: topographic name from Middle English hal(l)owes ‘nooks’, ‘hollows’, from Old English halh (see Hale). In some cases the name may be genitive, rather than plural, in form, with the sense ‘relative or servant of the dweller in the nook’.

Halloway English