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Hisaw English
Of uncertain origin and meaning.

Hisayuto Japanese
From 久 (hisa) meaning “long time, long time ago”, combined with 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" and 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 人 (to) meaning "person" or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly".

Hisgen German

Hisku Albanian

Histor English (Rare)

Hitomi Japanese
Hito means "person" and mi means "see, viewpoint, mindset".

Hitotose Japanese (Rare)
This surname consists of the kanji that reads "spring, summer, autumn, and winter" in that order.

Hitsuji Japanese

Hittel English (American)

Hittle German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Hüttl (see Huettl).

Hitz German (Swiss)

Hiwatashi Japanese

Hiwatori Japanese

Hjorth Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Hjort.

Hlimi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Hloušek Czech

Hmelina Croatian

Ho Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Ho Korean
Alternative transcription of Korean Hangul 허 (see Heo).

Ho Chinese (Wu, Rare)
Wu form of Hua 2.

Hoa Chinese (Hokkien, Rare)
Hokkien form of Hua 2.

Hobby English

Hočevar Slovene
Originally indicated a person from Kočevje (Gottschee County), a city and municipality in southern Slovenia.

Hochepied French

Hock German
Topographic name for someone living by a hedge, from a dialect variant of Heck.

Hocog Chamorro (Modern)
Chamorro for "No more, empty, completed".

Hodapp German
1 South German: probably a nickname for a clumsy person, from Middle High German hōh ‘high’, ‘tall’ + the dialect word dapp ‘fool’.... [more]

Hoderas Romansh

Hodgart Scottish

Hodgdon English

Hodsen English
Variant of Hodson.

Hoehn German (Anglicized)
Anglicized spelling of Höhn.

Höek Germanic (?)
Surname of Ren Höek from Ren & Stimpy.

Hoevermann German

Hofbauer German
Means - King farmer

Hoferle German (Austrian)
Means "Yard Clearing" from a Combination of the Austrian word Höfer meaning "yard" or "court" with the ancient suffix "le" meaning woodland or clearing.

Hogsett English (American)

Hohenstaufen German

Hohm German

Hõim Estonian
Hõim is an Estonian surname meaning "tribe".

Hõimre Estonian
Hõimre is an Estonian surname derived from "hõim" meaning "tribe" and "kinfolk".

Høj Danish

Hok Khmer

Hokaatari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 外 (hoka) meaning "other; rest" and 当 (atari), from 当たり (atari) meaning "hit; winning".... [more]

Holbrock Low German
Variation of Holbrook.

Holbrook English, German (Anglicized)
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Derbyshire, Dorset, and Suffolk, so called from Old English hol ‘hollow’, ‘sunken’ + broc ‘stream’. ... [more]

Holcombe English
Variant of Holcomb.

Holiday English
Variation of Holladay.

Holland Irish (Anglicized), Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓileáin, a variant of Ó hAoláin, from a form of Faolán (with loss of the initial F-)... [more]

Holodov Russian
Variant transcription of Kholodov.

Holoubek Czech
Holoubek - white dove Columban

Holy German (Austrian)

Hölzel German
The surname of Austrian singer Johann "Hans" Hölzel (1957-1998), better known by his stage name Falco.

Holzinger German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Holzing or Holzingen.

Homayouni Iranian

Home English, Scottish
English and Scottish variant spelling of Holme.

Homer English

Homero Spanish

Homes English

Homura Japanese
This surname is used as 保村, 甫村 or 穂村 with 保 (ho, hou, tamo.tsu) meaning "guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain", 甫 (fu, ho, haji.mete, suke) meaning "for the first time, not until", 穂 (sui, ho) meaning "crest (of wave), ear, ear (of grain), head" and 村 (son, mura) meaning "town, village."... [more]

Homuta Czech
Unavailable.

Honary English

Hone English

Honegger Swiss
Arthur Honegger (10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer, and a member of Les Six, a group of composers associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. His most famous work is "Pacific 231".

Hong Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 洪 (hóng) meaning "flood" or "vast, wide".

Hongo Japanese

Honikman Yiddish
It literally means "honeyman", possibly denoting a beekeeper.

Honjo Japanese

Honjou Japanese

Honma Japanese
From Japanese 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Honrada Spanish

Honten Japanese

Hooff German

Hooijkaas Dutch
Meaning uncertain, spelling possibly altered by folk etymology.

Hooly Western African

Hoolye Anglo-Norman

Hoop Estonian
Hoop is an Estonian surname meaning "strike" or "blow (hit)".

Hopy Arabic (Egyptian)

Hora Czech
Czech word for hill or mountain

Horace English

Horan Irish
The last name Horan means warlike.It is the last name of one direction member Niall Horan

Horbanenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian equivalent of Gorbachev.

Hordern English (British)

Hore English
Variant of Hoare.

Horenstein Yiddish

Horikita Japanese (Rare)
Hori ("Moat"),this can also be used: Ho ("Protect") + Ri ("Benefit,Profit,Gain") + Kita ("North").

Horino Japanese
Hori means "Moat" and No means "Field, Wilderness."

Horiuchi Japanese

Horning English

Hornseth German
Name of a German farm.

Hornshteyn Yiddish
It literally means "hornstone".

Horný Czech, Slovak

Horobin Polish

Horschwald German
Surname probably of German origin. Most people with this surname live in Poland today.

Horse Arabic (?)

Horseman English

Horvatić Croatian
Derived from Horvat.

Horvejkul Thai

Horvitz English (American)
Surname of Richard Steven Horvitz, a voice actor in Angry Beavers, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and Invader Zim.

Horzuesky Polish

Hosang Romansh

Hosbach German

Hose English (Australian)

Hoshi Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".

Hoshii Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, spot" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, town".

Hoshiro Japanese
保城 or HOSHIRO would translate to "Castle of Protection"

Hoshiyasu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".

Hošić Bosnian

Hosoh Japanese

Hostain French (Quebec), French (Acadian)

Hot Bosnian

Ho-Tan Popular Culture
Invented surname belonging to Alfie Ho-Tan, the scribe of the Council of Elders in the TV series Yonderland.

Hotchkiss English
Patronymic from Hodgkin, a pet form of Hodge.

Hotei Japanese, Japanese Mythology
This surname literally means "cloth bag". It is spelled with 布 (ho, fu, furu) meaning "linen, cloth, rag, fabric" and 袋 (tei, dai, fukuru, bukuru) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".... [more]

Hoti Albanian

Hottle English

Hotz German (Swiss), German, Hungarian
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a habitional name for someone from the Hotzenwald, a derivation from any given name containing the Germanic name element hadu "battle, combat" and a derivation from the verb hotzen "to swing, to sway, to tremble".

Hotzenköcherle Upper German

Hought English

Houle French (Quebec)
Either from Old French hole, houle, "hole, cave", or a deformation of Houde.

Hound English

Houndstooth English

Householter English (American, Rare)
Americanized form of the German surname Haushalter.

Houser English
Variant of House.

Howat Scottish
Variant of Hewitt

Howbert Germanic
Bright heart in German

Hrdina Czech, Slovak
Hrdina is a Czech and Slovak surname meaning "hero". Two notable bearers are Jan Hrdina, and Jiří Hrdina, both are ice hockey players.

Hristoff Bulgarian (Archaic)
Means "son of HRISTO".

Hršak Croatian

Hrustanbegović Bosnian

Hržić Slovene, Croatian

Hsun Chinese

Hu Hui
From the Arabic name Hussein.

Hua Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 化 (huà) meaning "to be; to become", as well as a variant transcription of Chinese (Hokkien) 化 (see Hoa 2).

Huacaya South American

Huan Chinese

Huanca Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized), Aymara (Hispanicized)

Hubault French

Hubbell English

Hube German

Huber Maltese
Not to be confused with the German surname.

Hubley German

Huckleberry English
From the name of the variety of shrubs (genus Vaccinium) or the berries that grow on them. This is also the anglicized form of the German surname Hackelberg.

Huckller American (Rare)

Hucko Slovak
Hucko is from a diminutive of the occupational name Hudec meaning 'fiddler'.

Huczko Polish

Huder Romansh

Hudgens English

Hudley English
Variant of Hundley.

Hudspeth English
English (northeastern counties): unexplained. Compare Hedgepeth.

Hue Chinese (Teochew, Rare)
Teochew form of Hua 2.

Huebner German

Huegin German (Swiss)

Huerto Spanish

Huertos Spanish

Huett French

Huettl Upper German
South German (Hüttl) diminutive of Hütt (see Huett).

Huff English (Rare)
Short form of Humphrey. It is almost exclusively used as short for the surname, not for the first name.

Hug Swiss

Hugenberg German

Hugh English

Hughan English (Australian)

Hughana Eastern African

Hugli German (Swiss)
Meaning: Little Hill

Huh Korean
Variant transcription of Korean Hangul 허 (see Heo).

Hui Chinese
From Chinese 惠 (huì) meaning "favour, benefit".

Huijs Dutch
Variant of Huys.

Huin French

Huis Croatian

Huitzil Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl uitsitsillin meaning "hummingbird".

Hulbert English
1 English and German: from a Germanic personal name, Holbert, Hulbert, composed of the elements hold, huld ‘friendly’, ‘gracious’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.... [more]

Hullinger German

Hulu Nias
Meaning uncertain.

Hum Khmer

Humberson English
Variant of Humbertson.

Humetewa Hopi

Humfree English
Variant of Humphrey.

Humperdinck German (?), Literature
From the German surname Humperdinck. As a surname it was born by the composer Engelbert Humperdinck. As a first name it was used for the villain Prince Humperdinck in William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.

Humphery English, Irish
English and Irish: variant of Humphrey.

Humphree English
Variant of Humphrey.

Hunley English (American)
English: variant of Hundley, which also has English origins (Worcestershire and Herefordshire): possibly a variant of Huntley or a habitational name from a lost Hundley, and Hanley.... [more]

Hunsinger German
Variant of Huntzinger.

Hunyadi Hungarian
A name of a noble family of Hungary. The Regent John Hunyadi had this last name.

Huonder Romansh
Derived from the given name Conrad.

Hupfield English

Huphs English

Huremović Bosnian

Hurl English
English (Suffolk): unexplained.

Hurm Estonian
Hurm is an Estonian surname meaning "charm" and "enchantment".

Hurrell English, Norman
English (of Norman origin) from a derivative of Old French hurer ‘to bristle or ruffle’, ‘to stand on end’ (see Huron).

Hurt English

Hurtić Bosnian

Huruma African