HuismanDutch Literally "houseman", an occupational name for a farmer, specifically one who owned his own farm.
HuizingaWest Frisian, Dutch Habitational name from Huizinge, a town in Groningen, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Frisian hūs "house" and dinge "newly cultivated lands"... [more]
HullerEnglish Topographical name for a 'dweller by a hill', deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century 'hyll' a hill, or in this instance 'atte hulle', at the hill.
HungateEnglish Habitational name from any of several places in England called Hungate, derived from Old English hund "hound, dog" and Old Norse gata "street, road".
HungerfordEnglish From the name of a settlement in Berkshire, England, derived from Old English hungor "hunger, famine" and ford "ford, river crossing".
HunnamEnglish Variant form of Hannam. A famous bearer is the English actor and screenwriter Charlie Hunnam (1980-).
HunsbergerGerman Habitational name for someone from a place called Hunsberg or Huntsberg.
HuntingtonEnglish English: habitational name from any of several places so called, named with the genitive plural huntena of Old English hunta ‘hunter’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’ or dun ‘hill’ (the forms in -ton and -don having become inextricably confused)... [more]
HuntleyEnglish, Scottish Habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire, so named from Old English hunta 'hunter' (perhaps a byname (see Hunt) + leah 'wood', 'clearing'). Scottish: habitational name from a lost place called Huntlie in Berwickshire (Borders), with the same etymology as in 1.
HuntzingerGerman Habitational name for someone from Hintschingen, earlier Huntzingen.
HuoChinese From Chinese 霍 (huò) referring to the ancient state of Huo, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the city of Huozhou in Shanxi province.
HusseyEnglish, Irish As an English surname, it comes from two distinct sources. It is either of Norman origin, derived from Houssaye, the name of an area in Seine-Maritime which ultimately derives from Old French hous "holly"; or it is from a Middle English nickname given to a woman who was the mistress of a household, from an alteration of husewif "housewife"... [more]
HussieEnglish, Irish Variant of Hussey. A notable bearer is American webcomic author/artist Andrew Hussie (1979-).
HustedGerman The name was originally spelled "Hustedt" and means "homestead." The family name originated in northern Germany. One branch of the family migrated to England, and a branch of that family to the United States.
HustopečeCzech This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Moravian towns.
HutabalianBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and balian meaning "rice field, farm, outside".
HutabaratBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and barat meaning "west".
HutagalungBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and galung meaning "embankment, dike, cleared field".
HutagaolBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and gaol meaning "banana".
HutajuluBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and julu meaning "upstream".
HutapeaBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and pea meaning "marsh, swamp, reservoir, lowland".
HutasuhutBatak From huta meaning “village” and suhut meaning “host”.
HutaurukBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and uruk meaning "upper, above" or "bone leaves (a type of plant)".
HuttonEnglish, Scottish Scottish and northern English habitational name from any of the numerous places so called from Old English hoh ‘ridge’, ‘spur’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
HuxGerman Probably from a topographic name Huck or Hucks, of uncertain origin. It occurs in many place and field names.
HuxfordEnglish Habitational name from a place in Devon called Huxford (preserved in the name of Huxford Farm), from the Old English personal name Hōcc or the Old English word hōc ‘hook or angle of land’ + ford ‘ford’.
HyattEnglish Topographic name derived from Middle English heih "high" and yate "gate".
HyslopScottish Habitational name from an unidentified place in northern England, perhaps so called from Old English hæsel (or the Old Norse equivalent hesli) ‘hazel’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’.
IadanzaItalian Habitational name from a place in the province of Benevento, Italy. ... [more]
IbarguenBasque From the name of a neighborhood in Biscay, Spain, derived from Basque ibar "valley, riverbank" and guren "limit, edge, bank".
IbarrolaBasque From the name of a village in Basque Country, derived from ibar "valley, riverbank" and ola "factory, forge, ironworks", or possibly -ola "location, place of".
IchibangaseJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 一番ヶ瀬 (Ichibangase), a clipping of 一番ヶ瀬上 (Ichibangasekami) or 一番ヶ瀬下 (Ichibangaseshimo), both divisions in the division of Haramaki in the area of Sefuri in the city of Kanzaki in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.... [more]
IchinoJapanese Ichi can mean "market", or "one", and no means "wilderness, rice paddy, field". ... [more]
IchinoeJapanese From 一 (ichi, kazu) meaning "one", 之 (no) meaning "of", and 江 (e) meaning "river, bay, inlet". This is not spelled the same as the town named Ichinohe.
IchinoheJapanese This is the name of a town in Iwate prefecture. It is spelled with 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 戸 (he) meaning "door". It is not spelled the same as Ichinoe, the name of a district in Edogawa.
IchinoseJapanese From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market, city" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one", combined with an unwritten possessive marker, or the written possessive markers ノ (no) or 之 (no), that is then combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current"... [more]
IchinoshimeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 一住連 (Ichinoshime), from 一住連門 (Ichinoshimemon) a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
IchiokaJapanese From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill".
IchiyasuJapanese Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".
IdaJapanese From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
IdänpirttiFinnish Origins remain unknown. Idänpirtti translates as 'The Cabin of The East'
IddendenEnglish (Rare) Iden as a village name is to be found in both the counties of Kent and Sussex, and describes a pasture, or strictly speaking an area within a marsh suitable for pasture. The origination is the pre 6th century phrase ig-denn with ig meaning an island... [more]
IdeJapanese From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".
IdeJapanese From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 手 (te) meaning "hand".
IdenEnglish Habitational name from a place called Iden Green in Benenden, Kent, or Iden Manor in Staplehurst, Kent, or from Iden in East Sussex. All these places are named in Old English as meaning "pasture by the yew trees", from ig meaning "yew" + denn meaning "pasture".
IdezukiJapanese From 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", 出 (de) meaning "exit", and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".
IdoJapanese From Japanese 井門 (Ido) meaning "Ido", a former township in the former district of Ukena in the former Japanese province of Iyo in present-day Ehime, Japan.
IkariJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 五十里 (Ikari) meaning "Ikari", a division in the town of Nyūzen in the district of Shimoniikawa in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan or an area in the city of Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.
IkeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 生 (Ike), a clipping of 生勝 (Ikegachi) meaning "Ikegachi", an area in the village of Uken in the district of Ōshima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
IlesEnglish (British), French English (mainly Somerset and Gloucestershire): topographic name from Anglo-Norman French isle ‘island’ (Latin insula) or a habitational name from a place in England or northern France named with this element.
IllangasekaraSinhalese From Sinhala ලංකා (lanka) referring to Sri Lanka combined with Sanskrit शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
IllescasSpanish This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
IllingworthEnglish It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
IlloinenFinnish Ancient Finnish surname derived from the name of an estate located in Rusko, Finland. Today used as a surname, also part of the city of Turku, Finland. Original meaning: a vigorous well.
IlometsEstonian Ilomets is an Estonian surname meaning "merry forest".
ImadaJapanese From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 田 (ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta) "many."
ImpeyEnglish From Impey, the name of various places in England, derived from Old English *imphaga, *imphæg "sapling enclosure". Alternatively it could have indicated a person who lived near an enclosure of young trees.
ImuraJapanese From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
ImuroJapanese I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and muro means "room".
InagakiJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
InamoriJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
InamuraJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
IñárrituBasque Means "between the valleys" or "in the valley", derived from Basque iñar meaning "valley" and ritu meaning "between". The Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963-) is a famous bearer of this name.
InataJapanese Ina means "rice plant" and Da comes from Ta, meaning "rice field, paddy".
IndayCebuano Inday means ''darling'' in Visayan language after the Spanish colonized the Philippines the name Inday became derogatory often associated with ''slaves'' and in present days ''domestic helpers''
İnegöllüTurkish Originally denoted someone from the İnegöl District in the Bursa province of Turkey.
IngEnglish From the name of a former district in Essex, possibly derived from Old English ing "meadow, water meadow", or from ge "district, region" combined with the suffix -ing. Alternatively, it could derive from the given name Inge.
IngersollEnglish Habitational name derived from Inkersall in Derbyshire, probably composed of a given name such as Ingvarr or the byname Hynkere (meaning "limper") combined with Old English hyll "hill" or Old Norse salr "hall, room"... [more]
InglebyEnglish From the names of either of two hamlets in England, derived from Old Norse Englar "Englishman" and býr "farmstead, village".
InglestonEnglish (British) Ingleston is an exceptionally rare surname and seems to be posessed by a single family who much grew larger in the 19th century. ... [more]
InglisEnglish (British), Scottish Originates from the Scots word for English as in a person of English origin. Around 1395 after a dual, the family name became connected to the Scottish clan Douglas as a sept, or a follower, of the clan... [more]
IngoldsbyEnglish Habitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".
IngsEnglish This surname of Norse origin referring to water meadows and marshes, including those that were part of the Humber flood plain.
IniestaSpanish Habitational name from places called Iniesta in the province of Cuenca, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The Spanish former soccer player Andrés Iniesta (1984-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.
İnönüTurkish From the name of a town and district in northwestern Turkey. This was the surname of the Turkish army commander, president and prime minister İsmet İnönü (1884-1973). The surname was bestowed upon him by the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in honour of his services during the First and Second Battles of İnönü near the town in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 (part of the Turkish War of Independence).
InuzukaJapanese From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound".
InverarityScottish Means "person from Inverarity", Angus ("mouth of the Arity", perhaps a Celtic river-name meaning literally "slow").
InvernizziItalian Probably denoted someone from Inverno e Monteleone, a municipality in Lombardy. Inverno itself is Italian for "winter".
InzaghiItalian Probably from the town of Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).
IparragirreBasque Derived from Basque ipar "north; north wind" and ageri "open, clear, prominent" (see Aguirre).
IpateRomanian Origin not certain, possibly derived from "Ipatele", a commune in Romania.
IppongiJapanese From 一 (i) meaning "one", 本 (pon) meaning "origin" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".
IraetaBasque From the name of a settlement in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and the toponymic suffix -eta.
IragorriBasque From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Zaratamo, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and gorri "red" or "bare, peeled".