Submitted Surnames Starting with H

Heydarzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Heydar" in Persian.

Heyder German

Heydlauff German (Americanized, Modern)
people lived in the Black Forest region of Germany. Many migrated to Michigan, USA

Heydon Welsh

Heydrich German

Heyer German, Dutch
Occupational name for a grower or reaper of grass for hay, from Middle High German höu "grass, hay" and the agent suffix -er. Could also be a variant spelling of Heier.

Heyer Dutch
From Middle Dutch heiger "heron", a nickname for someone with long legs. Alternatively, from a Germanic personal name composed of hag "enclosure, hedge" and heri "army".

Heyer English
Variant of Ayer.

Heyerdahl Norwegian
Combination of Heyer from heiðr, "heath, moor" in Old Norse and Dahl from dalr, "valley" in Old Norse... [more]

Heygate English
From a location which is either "hay gate" (hay + Old English geat) or "high gate" (heáh + geat).

Heynckes German
From a diminutive of the given name Heinrich. A famous bearer is retired German soccer player and coach Jupp Heynckes (1945-).

Heyne English

Heyward English
Variant of Hayward.

Heywood English
From a place name derived from Old English heah meaning "high" and wudu meaning "tree, wood".

Hi Khmer

Hi Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka form of Xu 2.

Hiatt English
From the given name Hiatt

Hibbard English
English: variant of Hilbert.

Hibberts English
A variant of Hibbert, ultimately coming from Hilbert to begin with.

Hibbs English
This possibly derived from a medieval diminutive, similar to Hobbs for Robert.

Hibino Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", 比 (bi) meaning "comparison, match, equal" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hibiya Japanese
It consists of the Japanese Kanji meaning day/sun (日), ratio (比), and valley (谷). Chitose Hibiya from the manga and anime Chobits is a notable bearer of this surname.

Hicham Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hicham.

Hichem Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hichem, a variant of Hisham; mainly found in Algeria.

Hick English
From the medieval personal name Hicke, a diminutive of Richard. The substitution of H- as the initial resulted from the inability of the English to cope with the velar Norman R-.

Hick Dutch
From a variant of the Germanic personal name Hilke, such as Icco or Hikke, a pet form of names beginning with the element hild "strife, battle".

Hick German
From a derivative of a Slavic pet form of Heinrich.

Hick German
From Hiko, a pet form of any of the Germanic personal names formed with hild "strife", "battle" as the first element.

Hickel English
Variant of Huck

Hickenlooper German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Heckenlaible.

Hicking English

Hickland English

Hickle English

Hicklin English (American)
The closest surname found is Hickey, an Irish name dirived from descendant from the healer.... [more]

Hickling English

Hickman Welsh
Comes from Hick, a Welsh diminutive of Richard, so it literally means "Richard's men".

Hickory English
Meaning uncertain.

Hickson Irish, English
It means ‘countryman’ similar to Hickman

Hida Japanese
Possibly from 日 (hi) meaning "sun" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Hidad Arabic
In Arabic this means "black smith".

Hidayat Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hidayat.

Hidayətov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Hidayət".

Hidayətova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Hidayətov.

Hiddleston English, Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Huddleston in Yorkshire, England. The place name was derived from the Old English personal name HUDEL.

Hidegkuti Hungarian
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).

Hider English
A name for someone who tans hides.

Hidersha Albanian

Hiebendaal Dutch, German (Dutchified)
Dutch variant of Hübenthal.

Hieda Japanese

Hield English (British)
Olde English pre 7th Century. Topographical name meaning slope.

Hiemstra West Frisian, Dutch
Derived from West Frisian hiem "home" or the related Dutch Low Saxon hiem "farmstead, homestead" combined with the habitational suffix -stra.

Hierbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Yerbabuena.

Hieronymus German
From the Greek given name ‘Ιερωνυμος (Hieronymos) meaning "sacred name" (see Jerome).

Hietala Finnish
Finnish. (hieta) meaning, “fine-sand” combined with (la) meaning, “abode, house, place, or land of….”

Hietamaa Finnish
Finnish. (hieta) meaning, “fine-sand” combined with (maa) meaning, “country.”

Hietamäki Finnish
Derived from hieta ("fine-sand") & mäki ("hill").

Hiew Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Qiu.

Higa Okinawan, Japanese
Japanese borrowing of Okinawan 比嘉 (Fija), which is of uncertain meaning.

Higai Japanese
From Japanese 樋 (Hi) meaning "rain gutter" and 貝 (Gai) meaning "seashell". A bearer of this surname was Japanese politician Senzo Higai (1890-1953).

Higaon'na Okinawan
Variant of Higashion'na.

Higashida Japanese
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Higashigaito Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east", 垣 (gai), sound-changed from 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", and 外 (to) meaning "outside", referring to an outside fence facing the east.

Higashiko Japanese
Higashi means "east" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Higashikokubaru Japanese
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning “east”, 国 (koku) meaning “country”, and 原 (baru) meaning “meadow”.

Higashikuni Japanese

Higashimoto Japanese
Higashi means "east" and moto means "base, source, origin, root".

Higashino Japanese
Higashi means "east" and no means "field, plain".

Higashion'na Okinawan
From the place name 'Higashion'na' in Okinawa, Japan.

Higashiosaka Japanese
Higashi means "east", o means "great, large", and saka means "hill, slope".

Higashita Japanese

Higashiuchi Japanese
Higashi means "east" and uchi means "inside".

Higashiyama Japanese
Higashi means "east" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Higashiyashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".

Higashiyotsuyanagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Yotsuyanagi, added Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east".... [more]

Higawa Japanese
Variant of Hikawa.

Higdon English
From the personal name Hikedun.

Higgin English
From the given name Higgin

Higginbotham English
Habitational name from a place in Lancashire now known as Oakenbottom. The history of the place name is somewhat confused, but it is probably composed of the Old English elements ǣcen or ācen "oaken" and botme "broad valley"... [more]

Higgins English
Patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.

Higgins Irish
Variant of Hagan.

Higginson English
Patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.

High English (Rare)

High English
A name for someone who lives in a high place, like a mountain or hill.

Highbaugh German
The altered spelling of Heibach. A habitational name from a place so named in the Rhineland, near Lindlar.

Highcock Anglo-Norman

Highfield English

Highland English, German
English, Scottish, and Irish: variant spelling of Hyland 1 or Hyland 2.... [more]

Highlander Scottish
Name given to a person who lived in the high lands of Scotland.

Highsmith English (American)

Hight English (Rare)

Highton English

Higley English

Higuaín Spanish (Rare), Basque (Hispanicized)
Derived from the Basque surname Iguain, of uncertain origin.

Higuchi Japanese
From Japanese 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter, trough" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Higuera Spanish
Higuera is a local surname; that is, the name was derived from the village or estate where the original bearer of the name once lived or held land. The Higuera family originally lived in the area of Figueroa.

Hiie Estonian
Hiie is an Estonian surname, derived from Estonian mythology. "Hiiela" was the land of the dead and "Hiis" is a sacred grove.

Hiiekivi Estonian
Hiiekivi is an Estonia surname, derived from the pre-Christian "hiie", a sacred location, and "kivi" meaning "stone".

Hiielaid Estonian
Hiielaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grove islet".

Hiielepp Estonian
Hiielepp is an Estonian surname derived from "hiis" (a sacred grove) alder".

Hiiemaa Estonian
Hiiemaa is an Estonia surname, derived from the pre-Christian "hiie", a sacred location, and "maa" meaning land.

Hiiemets Estonian
Hiiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sacred grove forest".

Hiiend Estonian
Hiiend is an Estonian meaning "grove" and "ledge".

Hiiesalu Estonian
Hiiesalu is an Estonian surname derived from the pre-Christian "hiie" (a sacred location), and "salu" ("grove").

Hiiesoo Estonian
Hiiesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "grove swamp/marsh".

Hiievälja Estonian
Hiievälja is an Estonian surname meaning "sacred location outside/afield".

Hiiop Estonian
Hiiop is an Estonian surname derived from the Biblical name "Hiiob" (also, "Iiob", or "Job" in English).

Hiiragi Japanese
From Japanese 柊 (hiiragi) meaning "holly osmanthus".

Hiis Estonian
Hiis is an Estonian surname meaning "grove".

Hiiva Finnish

Hijazi Arabic
Denotes someone who was originally from the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.

Hijikata Japanese
From 泥 (hiji) meaning "mud, mire," more often written as 土, from tsuchi meaning "earth, soil, dirt, mud," and 方 (kata) meaning "direction, way" or, more rarely, 片 (kata) meaning "one (of a pair); incomplete, fragmentary" (cognate with 方).... [more]

Hijnen Dutch
Either deprived from Heine this short form for Heinrich means "home ruler"... [more]

Hika Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 氷 (hi) meaning "ice" and 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance".

Hikasa Japanese

Hikasa Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" and 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat".

Hikawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (hi) meaning "ice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hike English
To hike or move, to walk, someone who hikes.

Hiki Japanese
From 比 (hi) meaning "ratio, comparison, Philippines" and 企 (ki) meaning "plan, enterprise, scheme".

Hikichi Japanese

Hikita Japanese

Hikita Japanese

Hikmat Arabic
Derived from the given name Hikmat.

Hiko Japanese
Means "prince" in Japanese. It would denote a person who acted like one.

Hikohito Japanese
Hiko means "prince" and hito means "person".

Hikomi Japanese
Hiko means "prince" and mi means "see, viewpoint, outlook".

Hikosaka Japanese
From Japanese 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Hikufuyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nukutō.

Hila Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Hilaga Tagalog
Means "north" in Tagalog.

Hilaire Haitian Creole, French
From the given name Hilaire.

Hilal Arabic
From the given name Hilal.

Hilario Spanish
From the given name Hilarius.

Hilbert German, French, Dutch, English
From the Germanic personal name Hildiberht.

Hilbourn English
Variant of Hilburn.

Hilburn English

Hilby English

Hildebrandt German
Variant of Hildebrand.

Hildebrant German
Variant of Hildebrand

Hildegard Germanic, German
From the given name Hildegard.

Hildenbrand German
Variant of Hildebrand

Hilder English
English (mainly Sussex and Kent): topographic name from the Middle English hilder “dweller on a slope” (from Old English hylde “slope”).

Hildersley English
Meadow of the hilldweller.

Hildreth Norman
English (Durham): of Norman origin, a variant of the male personal name Hildred (ancient Germanic Hild(i)rad, from hild 'battle' and rād 'counsel'). German: from the ancient Germanic personal name composed of hild 'fight, battle' + rāt 'counsel'.

Hile English (American)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Heil.

Hilevich Belarusian
Derived from the Belarusian word гіль (hiĺ) meaning "bullfinch" (a name given to two groups of passerine birds) in Belarusian.

Hilfiker German (Swiss)
Altered spelling of Hilfinger, patronymic derivative of the personal name Hilfo, Helfo, a short form of a Germanic personal name based on helfe 'helper'.

Hilger German, Dutch, French
From the personal name Hilger, composed of the elements hild "strife, battle" and ger "spear".

Hilgersen German
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.

Hilina Ethiopian

Hiljanen Finnish
Hiljanen derives from hilja which means "quiet" in Finnish.

Hillard English
Variant of Hilliard.

Hillard French
From the given name Hilaire.

Hillary English
From the given name Hillary. A famous bearer is explorer Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)

Hilleary English
Variant of Hillary

Hillegas German
German: Variant of Hillegass from a variant of the Germanic personal name Hildegaud, composed of hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + got, of uncertain meaning (perhaps the same word as Goth).

Hillel Hebrew
From the given name Hillel

Hillen Dutch, German
Patronymic of Hille, a pet form of given names containing the element hild "strife, battle".

Hillenberg German (Rare)
Variant of Hillenburg.

Hillenburg English (American), German (Archaic)
Possibly taken from a place named Hallenberg in Germany.

Hillense South African

Hiller m Jewish German English Norse
The name Hiller has both Jewish, German and English origins and may even be related to Norse:... [more]

Hillery English, Irish
Variant of Hillary. This surname has long been established in the county of Clare in Ireland. It was borne by the Irish president Patrick Hillery (1923-2008).

Hilley English

Hilliard English
From the Norman female given name Hildiard, a variant of Germanic Hildegard, derived from hilt "strife, battle" and gart "enclosure, yard".

Hilliard English
Variant of Hillier.

Hillier English
Occupational name for a roof tiler or thatcher from Middle English helier "roofer, slater, tiler", ultimately derived from Old English helan "to hide, conceal, cover".

Hilliker German
The last name of Dance Moms star, Kalani Hilliker.

Hillman English (Rare, ?)

Hillock English
Derived from the English word hillock, referring to a small hill.

Hills English
Variant of Hill.

Hillton English
Variant of Hilton.

Hilman English

Hilmar German
Derived from the German given name Hilmar.

Hilmarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hilmar".

Hilmi Arabic
From the given name Hilmi.

Hilo Filipino

Hilot Filipino, Cebuano
Means "massage" in Cebuano.

Hilpert German
Variant of Hilbert, derived from the given name Hildebert.

Hilson English

Hilston English

Hiltz German
Variant of Hilz.

Hilz German

Him Chinese

Himaki Japanese

Himalaya Indian

Himaya Filipino, Cebuano
Means "glory, praise" or "bliss, joy" in Cebuano.

Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (Hime) meaning "Hime", a former large village in the former district of Muro in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama, Japan and Mie, Japan.... [more]

Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (Hime) meaning "Hime", a former village in the district of Kani in the former Japanese province of Mino in parts of present-day Gifu, Japan.... [more]

Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (hime) meaning "princess".... [more]

Himeda Japanese

Himegawa Japanese
Variant of Himekawa.

Himekawa Japanese

Himeno Japanese

Himesaki Japanese

Himeta Japanese

Himezaki Japanese
Variant of Himesaki.

Himi Japanese
From the Japanese 氷 (hi) "ice" and 見 (mi) "mindset," "outlook."

Himira Japanese
Hi means Fire, hi means sun, Mi means beautiful,ra means Good or ra means Virtuous or ra means respectable

Himlfarb Yiddish
Means "color of the sky".

Himmel German
German word for "sky"

Himmelreich German, Jewish
humorous topographic name from a place so named as being at a high altitude from Middle High German himel "heaven" and riche "empire" meaning "kingdom of heaven, heavenly kingdom".

Himmelstein German, Jewish
topographic name for someone living by a feature so named from Middle High German himel "heaven, sky" and stein "rock, stone" meaning "stone in the sky, sky stone"

Himmler German, History
Derived from German Himmel "heaven, sky". This was a topographic name for someone living at a high altitude. ... [more]

Himoto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Himuro Japanese (Rare)

Hin Khmer
Meaning uncertain.

Hinagpis Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare)
Means "anguish" in Tagalog.

Hinata Japanese
From Japanese 日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place", 陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of 向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible.

Hinatsu Japanese

Hinawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 火縄 (hinawa) meaning "matchlock", referring to the occupation of making matchlocks.

Hinay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "slow, feeble, weak" in Cebuano.

Hinc Polish
From German Hinz, ultimately from the given name Heinrich.

Hinch English, Scottish

Hinchliffe English

Hinck English

Hinckle German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Hinkel.

Hinckley English
From the name of a place in Leicestershire meaning "Hynca's wood", from the Old English byname Hynca, derivative of hún "bear cub", and leah "woodland, clearing".

Hińcz Polish
Variant of Hinc.

Hincz Polish
Variant of Hinc.

Hind English, Scottish
English (central and northern): nickname for a gentle or timid person, from Middle English, Old English hind ‘female deer’.... [more]

Hindang Filipino, Cebuano
From the name of a small tree in the genus Myrica.

Hindbaugh German

Hindenburg German (Rare)

Hinderks Dutch, Frisian
Means "son of Hinderk".

Hindi Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Denotes someone from India.

Hindle English
Habitational name from a place in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire, so called from the same first element + Old English hyll 'hill'.

Hindley English
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Manchester, so named from Old English hind ‘female deer’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

Hindman Irish
Keeper of the king's deer.

Hinds English (American), Caribbean

Hine English
occupational name from Middle English Old English hine "servant member of a household" also "farm laborer" (such as a herdsman or shepherd)... [more]

Hing Chinese

Hingano Tongan

Hingeston English (Rare, Archaic)
Variation of Hingston.

Hingestone English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hingst Low German
From Low German Hingst (stallion).

Hingston English
From any of several towns named Hinxton or Hingston, varyingly meaning "Hengist’s hill" (from hengest "stallion" and dun "hill, mountain") or "hind’s stone" (from hind "female deer" and stan "stone").

Hinkebein German (Americanized)
Variant of Hinkelbein, a nickname for someone with a limp.

Hinkel German
Nickname for a timid, fearful person, from dialect hinkel ‘chicken’

Hinkelbein German
Nickname for someone with a limp, from Middle High German hinken "to limp, hobble" and bein "leg, bone".

Hinkelman German
Elaborated variant of Hinkel, with the addition of Middle High German 'man'.

Hinkle American
Americanized spelling of Dutch and German Hinkel. Variant spelling of English Hinckley.

Hinkleman German
Variant of Hinkelman.

Hinkley English
Variant of Hinckley.

Hinkson English

Hinley English

Hinn English

Hinode Japanese
日 (Hi) means "Sun, Day", ノ (No) is a particle, 出 (De) means "Come Out". This surname means "Sunrise" in Japanese. It is uncommon, as a last name and a first name as well.

Hinomori Japanese (Rare)
From 日 (hi) meaning "day, sun", 野 (no) meaning "field, plain", and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Hinomoto Japanese

Hinomoto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Hinrichsen German

Hinriksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hinrik" in Icelandic.

Hinriksson Icelandic
Means "son of Hinrik" in Icelandic.

Hinsdale English

Hinshelwood Scottish, English
Denoted a person from a lost place called Henshilwood near the village of Carnwath on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is derived from Scots hainchil obscurely meaning "haunch" and Old English wudu meaning "wood"... [more]

Hinskyy Ukrainian

Hinsley English

Hinson German
It means "son of Hinrich"

Hint Estonian
Hint is an Estonian surname, a diminutive of the masculine given name "Hindrek".

Hintgen Luxembourgish
Appeared in Luxembourg in 1698 in an area around Bertrange and Strassen. there are Hentgens there yet today.

Hinton English (Archaic)
Comes from Old English heah meaning "high" and tun meaning "enclosure" or "settlement." A notable person with the surname is female author S.E Hinton.

Hintzell German (Rare)
Variant from name Hintz which was popular in Saxony and Hessen. Name later used in German Prussia. The name Hintz originates as a short form of the personal name Heinrich.

Hinuma Japanese

Hinxstone English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hinz German, Danish (Rare)
Derived from the given name Hinz, a diminutive of Heinrich.

Hioka Japanese

Hioki Japanese

Hiott English (American)
Possibly a variant form of Hyatt.

Hipelius German

Hipkin English
English name meaning relative of Herbert

Hipkins English
Patronymic surname from the nickname "Hib" or "Hibkin" for Hilbert (see Hibbert).

Hipólito Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Hipólito.

Hipolito Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Hipólito.

Hipp German
From the middle high German word hippe meaning "waffle". Perhaps an occupational name for someone who cooks waffles.

Hippe German
Variant of Hipp.

Hippolyte French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Hippolyte 2, Variant of Hyppolite.

Hippy Indonesian (Rare)
This surname was born in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. However as time passes and people move on, this family can now be found on Java Island.

Hira Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil
From the given name Hira.

Hirabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Hirada Japanese
Variant of Hirata.

Hiraga Japanese

Hiraga Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Hiragai Japanese

Hiragaya Japanese

Hiraguchi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Hirahara Japanese

Hirai Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Hiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".

Hiraizumi Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and izumi means "spring, fountain".

Hirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hiraki Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and ki means "tree, wood".

Hirama Japanese

Hiramitsu Japanese
Means "flat light" in Japanese.

Hiramoto Japanese
Hira means "peace" and moto means "origin".

Hiramoto Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Hiranaka Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and naka means "middle".

Hiranchai Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

Hiransi Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ศรี (si) meaning "honour, glory, splendour".

Hiranuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 平 (hira, "flat; ordinary; low-ranking person") and 沼 (numa, "swamp, bog"), thus "flat swamp".

Hiranwong Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty"