Submitted Surnames from Locations

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Hamadate Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 舘 or 館(date or tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace"
Hamado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜戸 or 濱戸 (see Hamato).
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".
Hamano Japanese
From Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hamasho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamashō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 正 (shō) meaning "correct".... [more]
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".
Hamato Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 戸 (to) meaning "door; doorway".... [more]
Hamberg German, Danish, Jewish
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburg.
Hamberger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from any of various places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburger.
Hamburg German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from the great city and port at the mouth of the river Elbe, named with the Germanic elements ham ‘water meadow’ + burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.
Hamburger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Hamburg.
Hamedani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Hamedan (or Hamadan) in Iran, from the Old Persian name Hagmatāna meaning "(place of) gathering".
Hamel German, Jewish
Habitational name from the town of Hamelin, which sits on the Hamel river.
Hamel French
topographic name for someone who lived and worked at an outlying farm dependent on the main village Old French hamel (a diminutive from an ancient Germanic element cognate with Old English ham "homestead"); or a habitational name from (Le) Hamel the name of several places in the northern part of France named with this word.
Hamel English
Variant of Hamill.
Hamer English, German
From the town of Hamer in Lancashire from the old english word Hamor combining "Rock" and "Crag". It is also used in Germany and other places in Europe, possibly meaning a maker of Hammers.
Hamill Scottish
Habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche, France, named from the Germanic personal name Hagano + Old French ville "settlement".
Hamlin English
From an Old English word meaning "home" or "homestead" and a diminutive suffix -lin.
Hammar Swedish
From a common place name element ultimately derived from Old Norse hamarr meaning "hammer, stone, steep cliff".
Hammersley English (Modern)
From southern England. From homersley meaning homestead, that later changed to hamersley
Hamner Welsh
Variant spelling of "Hanmer", parish in Flintshire.
Hampshire English
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]
Hamre Scandinavian
Hamre is a Surname used by people who has family from the places called Hamre
Hàn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Han, from Sino-Vietnamese 韓 (hàn).
Hanabusa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 房 (busa) meaning "room*.
Hanada Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hanafusa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower, blossom" and 房 (fusa) meaning "room, chamber".
Hanai Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Hanák Czech
Derived from the small town Haná.
Hanakawa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Hanaki Japanese
"Flower tree".
Hanami Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and mi means "view".
Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".
Hanamura Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hanao Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and o means "tail".
Hanaoka Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) or 華 (hana) both meaning "flower" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Hanasawa Japanese
Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hanasono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and sono means "garden".
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".
Handa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
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".
Haner German
Altered spelling or variant of Hahner.
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".
Hanford English
Habitational name from any of several places called Hanford, Handforth, or Hannaford, derived from either Old Welsh hen "old" and ford "road, way", or from Old English ford "ford, river crossing" combined with the given name Hanna.
Hang Hmong
From the clan name Ham or Haam associated with the Chinese character 項 (xiàng) (see Xiang).
Hanmer Welsh
A Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.
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.
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).
Hanzawa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Hao Chinese
From Chinese 郝 (hǎo) referring to the ancient fief of Hao, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shanxi province.
Happy English
It comes from an Old English word that means "aspen".
Hara Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Harada Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Harai Japanese
Hara means "field, plain" and i means "pit, mineshaft, well".
Haramoto Japanese
Hara means "plain, wilderness, field" and moto means "origin".
Harano Japanese
Hara means "plain, field" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
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).
Harashima Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Harbach German
Habitational name from any of several places named Harbach.
Harbor English
English: variant spelling of Harbour.
Harcourt French
This name is of locational origin either from the town and ancient chateau of Harcourt near Brionne in Normandy.
Harcus Scottish
Orcadian form of Harcase, a habitational name originating from Berwickshire, Scotland.
Hardacre English
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard "hard, difficult" and aker "cultivated land" (Old English æcer), or a habitational name from Hardacre, a place in Clapham, West Yorkshire, which has this etymology.
Hardley English
The name comes from when a family lived in the village of Hartley which was in several English counties including Berkshire, Devon, Dorset, Kent, Lancashire, York and Northumberland. This place-name was originally derived from the Old English words hart which means a stag and lea which means a wood or clearing.
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]
Hargreaves English
English: variant of Hargrave.
Hari Japanese
From Japanese 播 (hari) meaning "scatter; spread; disseminate", referring to cultivated land.... [more]
Harigae Japanese
From the Japanese 張 (hari) "Extended Net constellation" and 替 (kae or gae) "exchange," "spare," "substitute."
Harimoto Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and moto means "base, origin, source, root".
Haritani Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and tani means "valley".
Harjo Estonian
Harjo is an Estonia surname, a variation of "Harju"; from Harju County.
Harju Finnish
Means "esker", a long ridge formed by a river flowing underneath a glacier.
Harkness Scottish, English (British), Northern Irish
Apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place (perhaps in the area of Annandale, with which the surname is connected in early records), probably so called from the Old English personal name Hereca (a derivative of the various compound names with the first element here ‘army’) + Old English næss ‘headland’, ‘cape’... [more]
Harlacher German
Habitational name for someone from Ober- or Unter-Harlachen, near Überlingen.
Harma Finnish, Estonian
Anglicized form of either Härma or Haarma. The former is a toponymic surname referring to several places in Estonia and Finland, probably derived from the given name Herman... [more]
Harnden English
From an English village Harrowden in Bedfordshire. This place name literally means "hill of the heathen shrines or temples," from the Old English words hearg and dun.
Haro Spanish (Mexican)
Perhaps a shortened version of the name "de Haro"
Harrow English
Means "person from Harrow", the district of northwest Greater London, or various places of the same name in Scotland ("heathen shrine").
Harshaw Irish, Northern Irish
Meaning uncertain, possibly a variant of Hershey or Archer.
Harte English
Variant of Hart.
Hartford English
Habitational name from Hertford, or from either of two places called Hartford, in Cheshire and Cumbria; all are named with Old English heorot ‘hart’ + ford ‘ford’.
Hartnell English
From a location in Marwood, Devon, derived from Old English heort "stag" + cnoll "hill".
Harton English
This surname is a habitational one, denoting someone who lived in a village in County Durham or in North Yorkshire.... [more]
Hartshorn English
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]
Hartsill English
A habitational name from a place in Warwickshire named Hartshill from the Old English personal name Heardrēd + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
Hartwell English
Habitational name from places in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire called Hartwell, from Old English heorot ‘stag’, ‘hart’ + wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’... [more]
Harty English
Habitational name from the Isle of Harty in Kent. From Old English heorot meaning "hart stag" and ēg meaning "island".
Harugai Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".
Harugaya Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".
Harui Japanese
Haru means "spring" "well, pit, mineshaft".
Haruki Japanese
春 (Haru) means "spring" and 木 (ki) means "tree, wood". ... [more]
Harumatsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 春 (haru), from 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine", referring to grassland with pine trees.
Haruno Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) "spring" and 野 (no) "field, plain, wilderness".
Haruta Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Harutami Japanese
It could be from 春 (haru) meaning "spring season" combined with 民 (tami, tamiyo) meaning "people, nationals, citizens, civil".
Harutani Japanese
Haru means "spring" and tani means "valley".
Haruya Japanese
Variant of Harutani, meaning "spring valley".
Haruyama Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Harwood English, Scots
Habitation name found especially along the border areas of England and Scotland, from the Old English elements har meaning "gray" or hara referring to the animals called "hares" plus wudu for "wood"... [more]
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]
Hasanaga Albanian
Albanian surname, Hasani and given "Aga" in Ottoman Empire
Hasawa Japanese
Ha means "feather, plume" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hase Japanese
From the Japanese place name 長谷 (Hase) referring to a place in Sakurai, Japan.
Hasebe Japanese
From the Japanese place name 長谷 (Hase) and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Hashi Japanese
Hashi means "bridge".
Hashi Japanese (Rare, Archaic)
Alternative spelling of Old Japanese "波斯" (Hashi) meaning "Persia", ultimately from Middle Chinese "波斯" (Puɑ siᴇ), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).... [more]
Hashi Japanese (Rare, Archaic)
From Old Japanese "破斯" (Hashi), an alternative spelling of Old Japanese "波斯" (Hashi) meaning "Persia", from Middle Chinese "波斯" (Puɑ siᴇ), ultimately from Old Persian "𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿" (Pārsa).... [more]
Hashikura Japanese
Hashi means "bridge" and kura means "storehouse".
Hashioka Japanese
From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".
Hashira Japanese
Hashira is a Japanese last name that means "Pillar" or "Support". ... [more]
Hashitani Japanese
Hashi means "bridge" and tani means "valley".
Hashitsume Japanese
Hashi means "bridge" and tsume means "edge, end".
Hashiuchi Japanese
Hashi means "bridge" and uchi means "inside".
Hashiyama Japanese
橋 (Hashi) means "Bridge" and 山 (Yama) means "Mountain".
Hashizume Japanese
From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 爪 (zume) meaning "end, edge".
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’.
Hassaku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八朔 (hassaku) meaning "citrus hassaku" or "1st of August".... [more]
Hassall English
Means "person from Hassall", Cheshire ("witch's corner of land").
Hassel Swedish, Norwegian
Means "hazel" in Swedish and Norwegian.
Hasselbach German
Habitational name from any of the places in various parts of Germany called Hasselbach.
Hasselhof German
Derived from a village named "Hasselhof" near Frankfurt.
Hassenfeld Polish, Jewish
Notable beaters of this surname are the Hassenfeld brothers who founded the Hasbro, INC. an abbreviation of their surname and the word brother. Hasbro, INC. is an American multinational conglomerate with you, board game, and media assets, headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.... [more]
Hastings English, Scottish
Habitational name from Hastings, a place in Sussex, England, derived from Old English Hæstingas meaning "people of Hæsta"... [more]
Hasudera Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus, nelumbo nucifera" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".
Hasui Japanese
Possibly from 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".
Hasunuma Japanese
Hasu means "Lotus" and numa means "swamp, marsh".
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.
Haswell English
habitational name from Haswell (Durham) or less probably from Haswell (Somerset) or Haswell in North Huish (Devon). The placenames probably derive from Old English hæsel "hazel" and wille "well spring stream".
Hata Japanese
This is an ancient surname that is another form of Haneda.
Hata Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).
Hataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).
Hatake Japanese
From Japanese 畠 (hatake) meaning "field".
Hatakeyama Japanese
From Japanese 畠 (hatake) meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hatanaka Japanese
From Japanese 畑 (hata) meaning "field" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
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".
Hatayama Japanese
From Japanese 畑 (hata) or 畠 (hata) both meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hatch English
English (mainly Hampshire and Berkshire): topographic name from Middle English hacche ‘gate’, Old English hæcc (see Hatcher). In some cases the surname is habitational, from one of the many places named with this word... [more]
Hatcher English
Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate, from Middle English hacche (Old English hæcc) + the agent suffix -er. This normally denoted a gate marking the entrance to a forest or other enclosed piece of land, sometimes a floodgate or sluice-gate.
Hatchwell English
Combination of the surnames Hatch and Well.
Hatoyama Japanese
Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).
Hatsuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).
Hatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).
Hatta Japanese
From Japanese 八 (hatsu) meaning "eight" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". Hatsuta or Hatta is the name of various places in Japan.
Hattaha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).
Hattawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 羽 (wa) meaning "feather, wing".
Hattendorf German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from places called Hattendorf, near Alsfeld and near Hannover. The element hatt, had means ‘bog’
Hatton English
Habitational name from any of the various places named Hatton.
Haug Norwegian
Ultimately derived from Old Norse haugr "mound".
Haugan Norwegian
Originates from a Farm name. Haugan comes from the Old Norse word haugr which can be translatd to "hill" or "mound".
Hauge Norwegian
From any of the numerous farmsteads named Hauge in Norway, derived from Old Norse haugr "hill, mound".
Haugland Norwegian
From the name of various farmsteads in Norway, from the Old Norse elements haugr meaning "mound" and land meaning "farmstead, land".
Haukebø Norwegian
A combination of Norwegian hauk, derived from Old Norse haukr, "hawk" and bø, derived from Old Norse bœr, "farm". The meaning refers to hawks sitting abode; as on the roof of a barn.
Hausle German (Austrian)
Topographical name for someone who's House was near the Woods, from German "Häus" House "le" Woods
Hautala Finnish
Finnish. Topographical, (haute) meaning, “graves, tomb” combined with (la) meaning “abode, home, or land of….”
Hautamaa Finnish
Finnish. Topographical, (haute) meaning, “graves, tomb” combined with (maa) meaning, “country.”
Hautamäki Finnish
Finnish for "GRAVESHILL;" possibly cemetery or simply a person who lived near graves on a hill. From hauta ("grave") & mäki ("hill")
Hauteville French
From French haute "high" and ville "town, estate".
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.
Haverford Welsh, English
Haverford's name is derived from the name of the town of Haverfordwest in Wales, UK
Haverkamp German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived on an oat field from Middle Low German haver "oats" and kamp "field".
Haverland Dutch
Means "oat field" in Dutch, from Dutch haver "oat" and land.
Havn Danish, Faroese
It means "Harbour" in Danish.
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".
Hay English, Scottish
Variant form of Hayes 1
Hayagawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Hayakawa.
Hayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "early, fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hayama Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
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".
Hayamizu Japanese
Haya means "fast" or "hawk" and mizu means "water".
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".
Hayashibara Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Hayashida Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hayashizaki Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Hayasi Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Khayasi.
Haychuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гай (hay), meaning "grove".
Hayford English
English habitational name from several places called Heyford in Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, or Hayford in Buckfastleigh, Devon, all named with Old English heg ‘hay’ + ford ‘ford’.
Hayhurst English
Topographic name for a dweller ‘(by the) high wood or grove’, from Middle English heigh, high(e) + hirst(e).
Hayling English
Either (i) "person from Hayling", Hampshire ("settlement of Hægel's people"); or (ii) from the Old Welsh personal name Heilyn, literally "cup-bearer" (see also Palin).
Haythornthwaite English (British)
From a place name that was derived from Old English haguthorn meaning "hawthorn (tree)" and Old Norse þveit meaning "clearing, meadow".
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".
Hayworth English
English: habitational name from Haywards Heath in Sussex, which was named in Old English as ‘enclosure with a hedge’, from hege ‘hedge’ + worð ‘enclosure’. The modern form, with its affix, arose much later on (Mills gives an example from 1544).
Hazato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 羽里 (see Hari).
Hazboun Arabic
From the name of the ancient Biblical town of Heshbon located in present-day Jordan.
Hazelden English
Means "person from Hazelden", the name of various places in England ("valley growing with hazel trees").
Hazeltine English
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.
Hazelton English
Hazel is referring to hazel trees, while ton is from old english tun meaning enclosure, so an enclosure of hazel trees, or an orchard of hazel trees.
Hazelwood English
Habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Derbyshire, Suffolk, Surrey, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English hæsel (or Old Norse hesli) ‘hazel (tree)’ + wudu ‘wood’; or a topographic name from this term.
Hazlehurst English
Habitational name for a person from the places in Lancashire, Surrey, or Sussex, or somebody who lives in a hazel grove, all derived from Old English hæsl "hazel" (Archaic form hazle) and hyrst "wood, grove".
Hazlett English (British)
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hazel copse, Old English hæslett (a derivative of hæsel ‘hazel’). habitational name from Hazelhead or Hazlehead in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, derived from Old English hæsel ‘hazel’ + heafod ‘head’, here in the sense of ‘hill’; also a topographic name of similar etymological origin.
Hazra Indian, Bengali
Possibly from the name of a location near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Headlee English (Rare)
The Anglo-Saxon name Headlee comes from when the family resided in one of a variety of similarly-named places. Headley in Hampshire is the oldest. The surname Headlee belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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.
Heartfield German (Anglicized)
Anglicised spelling of Herzfeld.
Heathcote English
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’.
Heather English
Topographic name, a variant of Heath with the addition of the habitational suffix -er. This surname is widespread in southern England, and also well established in Ireland.
Heaton English
Comes from "town (or farmstead) on a hill".... [more]
Hebiyama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇 (hebi) meaning "snake; serpent" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many snakes.
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.
Hecht German
Means "pike (fish)" in German, generally a nickname for a rapacious and greedy person. In some instances it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a fisher, and in others it may be a habitational name from a house distinguished by a sign depicting this fish.
Heckenlaible German (Rare)
Probably derived from Middle High German hecke "hedge" and a diminutive form of loube "arbour, bower".
Hecker German
German form of Hatcher.
Heddle English
From the name of a location in Orkney, derived from Old Norse meaning either "high valley" or "hay valley".
Hedge English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge, Middle English hegg(e). In the early Middle Ages, hedges were not merely dividers between fields, but had an important defensive function when planted around a settlement or enclosure.
Hee Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
A Danish habitational name from any of several places named from a word meaning ‘shining’ or ‘clear’, referencing a river.... [more]
Heeley English, Irish
Variant of English Healey or Irish Healy.
Heemskerk Dutch
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".
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