Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Gregori Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Gregorio.

Gregorio Spanish (Philippines), Italian (Rare)
Derived from the given name Gregorio.

Griego Spanish
Means "from Greece" in Spanish

Griffioen Dutch
Dutch cognate of Griffin 2. Could be a habitational name referring to a sign depicting a griffin, or derived from a coat of arms.

Grigorian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Grigoryan.

Grigoriyev Russian
Means "son of Grigoriy".

Grigoryev Russian
Means "son of Grigoriy".

Grimaldo Spanish, Italian
From the given name Grimaldo.

Grinfelder Croatian
Derived from German grün, "green", and feld, "field".

Groeneveld Dutch
Means "green field" in Dutch.

Groeneweg Dutch
Dutch cognate of Greenway. habitational name from any of various minor places called Groeneweg a compound of groen "green" and weg "road path" for instance from the hamlets Groeneweg near Hoog Blokland in the province of South Holland and near Westbroek in the province of Utrecht.

Grotius Dutch (Latinized)
Latinized form of De Groot. This name was used by the Dutch humanist, theologian and jurist Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), born as either Huig de Groot or Hugo de Groot... [more]

Grushevskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Gruszewski.

Gruzinsky Russian, Georgian
Means "Georgian" in Russian.

Grzegorczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Grzegorz.

Grzybała Polish
From grzyb meaning "mushroom" with suffix -ała.

Grzybalski Polish
From Grzybała with suffix -ski based on habitational names.

Grzybiński Polish
Habitational name from Grzybiny or Grzybina.

Grzybowski Polish
Habitational surname from Grzybów, Grzybowa or Grzybowo, all ultimately from grzyb meaning "mushroom".

Gualberto Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Gualberto.

Guàrdia Catalan
Catalan form of Guardia.

Guereña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gereña.

Guetersloh German

Guevarra Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Guevara primarily used in the Philippines.

Guglielmi Italian
Patronymic form of Guglielmo.

Guglielmo Italian
From the given name Guglielmo.

Guilalas Tagalog
From Tagalog gilalas meaning "astonishment, amazement".

Guillermo Spanish
From the given name Guillermo

Guimarães Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Guimarães in northern Portugal.

Guitiérrez Spanish
Variant of Gutiérrez.

Gukaykin m Russian

Gulian Armenian
From Armenian word gul meaning "rose", as well as "laughter", combined with the common suffix of ian meaning "son of".

Guliani Italian
Variant of Giuliani.

Gulliver English
From a medieval nickname for a greedy person (from Old French goulafre "glutton"). Jonathan Swift used it in his satire 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726), about the shipwrecked ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures "offer opportunities for a wide-ranging and often savage lampooning of human stupidity and vice."

Gulyayev m Russian
From Russian word гулять (gulyat'), meaning "to walk".

Gummesson Swedish
Means "son of Gumme".

Günaltay Turkish
From Turkish gun meaning "sun, day" and altun meaning "gold". A famous bearer was the Turkish prime minister Şemsettin Günaltay (1883-1961).

Gunardi Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Wei (魏), Wu 1 (吳) or Wu 2 (武)... [more]

Gunawan Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized version of various Chinese surnames (including 陳 Chen, 郭 Guo, etc.), under the social and political pressure during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia toward Chinese Indonesians.

Gunnison American (Anglicized)
Anglicized version of Gunnarsson.

Gurrola Basque
Originally came from Biscay, Spain.

Gushiken Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".

Gustavo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gustavo.

Gustavson Swedish
Variant of Gustavsson.

Gutierre Spanish
From the given name Gutierre.

Gyllenhaal Swedish
The name Gyllenhaal originated from Nils Gunnarsson Gyllenhaal's father Gunne Olofsson Haal, who was from Hahlegården, a crown homestead in South Härene Parish in the county of Västergötland in West Sweden... [more]

Gyökeres Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "rooted, radical, drastic" in Hungarian. A famous bearer is Viktor Gyökeres (1998-), a Swedish soccer player of Hungarian descent.

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.

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

Hachida Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Hachita Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

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

Haczyński Polish, Kashubian
Meaning unknown.

Haddadi Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Variant of Haddad.

Haddadin Arabic
From a diminutive of Arabic حداد (haddad) meaning "blacksmith, ironsmith".

Hadia Arabic
From the given name Hadia.

Hafezi Persian
From the given name Hafez.

Haghighi Persian
Means "real, actual, true" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic حقيقي (ḥaqīqiyy).

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

Hagiu Romanian

Haida Japanese
From 灰 (hai) meaning "ash, gray, grayish" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Haiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 灰屋 (haiya) meaning "ash store", referring to an ash fertilizer seller or a crematory operator.

Haiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 灰屋 (Haiya), a clipping of 京北灰屋 (Keikokuhaiya) meaning "Keikokuhaiya", an area in the ward of Ukyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.

Hajake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 羽者 (haja), sound- and script-changed from 刃物 (hamono) meaning "blade; edged tool" and 家 (-ke), a suffix representing family, referring to a family who specialized with knives.

Hajdaraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Hajdar" in 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.

Hajipour Persian
Means "born of Haji".

Hajipour Persian
Means "son of Haji".

Hajiri Japanese
From Japanese 羽尻 (Hajiri) meaning "Hajiri", a division in the area of Hidaka in the city of Toyooka in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.... [more]

Hajmási Hungarian

Hakobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Hakopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)

Hakopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)

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]

Halawa Arabic
Means "sweetness" in Arabic.

Halifax English
Habitational name for someone from Halifax in Yorkshire, from Old English halh "corner, nook" and gefeaxe "having hair, haired", literally meaning "grassy corner"... [more]

Halili Tagalog
Means "successor, substitute, replacement" in Tagalog, originally used to denote a vice-chief or a chief's successor.

Halimi Arabic (Maghrebi), Albanian
Derived from the given name Halim.

Halvarsson Swedish
Means "son of Halvar".

Halytskyy m Ukrainian
Means "from Galicia".

Hamabe Japanese
Hama means "beach" and be means "division".

Hamabe Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Hamada Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hamado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜戸 or 濱戸 (see Hamato).

Hamadou Western African
From the given name Hamadou.

Hamaji Japanese

Hamano Japanese
From Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hamarneh Arabic
Jordanian

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).

Hamato Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 戸 (to) meaning "door; doorway".... [more]

Hamedi Persian
From the given name Hamed.

Hamershteyn Yiddish

Hamidou Western African
From the given name Hamidou.

Hamidpour Persian
Means "son of Hamid 1".

Hammadi Arabic
From the given name Hammad.

Hammarberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and berg "mountain".

Hammarlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and lund "grove".

Hamouda Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.

Hanada Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hanai Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Hanami Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and mi means "view".

Hanao Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and o means "tail".

Hanawa Japanese
Either from 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 輪 (wa) meaning "loop, ring, wheel" or 塙 (hanawa) meaning "mountain, projecting tableland". The 花輪 spelling has multiple readings.

Hanaya Japanese
From Japanese 花屋 (hanaya) meaning "florist", which combines 花 (hana) meaning "flower" with 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Handoko Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Fan (范), Han (韓) or Yao (姚). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.

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".

Haneta Japanese
Variant of Haneta.

Hanon Irish, Walloon, French
Variant of Hannon. Borne by French pianist Charles-Louis Hanon.

Hanouna Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Hanoun used by Jews.

Hanratty Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInreachtaigh meaning "descendant of Ionnrachtach", a given name meaning "attacker".

Hansdotter f Swedish
Means "daughter of Hans". This name is only given to females. A notable bearer is Swedish alpine ski racer Frida Hansdotter (b. 1985).

Hanyev m Kyrgyz (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Ganiev.

Hanzawa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Haqovaz Urdu
Meaning unknown.

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".

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).

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]

Harington English
Variant spelling of Harrington. A famous bearer is English actor Kit Harington (1986-).

Hariya Japanese
Variant of Haritani.

Härkönen Finnish
A surname derived from the Finnish word härkä, meaning 'bull', and the common surname suffix -nen.

Harouna Western African
From the given name Harouna.

Harrister English

Harrnacker German

Harsono Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Hu (胡) or Zhuo (卓). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.

Hartikka Finnish
Finnish surname, possibly a Finnish variant of German first name Harteke.

Hartono Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of various Chinese surnames such as Chen (陳), He (何), Huang (黃), Xiang (向)... [more]

Haruda Japanese

Harui Japanese
Haru means "spring" "well, pit, mineshaft".

Haruka Japanese

Haruki Japanese
春 (Haru) means "spring" and 木 (ki) means "tree, wood". ... [more]

Haruna Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 名 (na) meaning "name, fame, renown".

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".

Haruya Japanese
Variant of Harutani, meaning "spring valley".

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]

Hasado Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 挟土 (hasado), a sound-changed clipping from 国之狭土神 (Kuninosadzuchinokami) meaning "Kuninosadzuchinokami" or 天之狭土神 (Amenosadzuchinokami) meaning "Amenosadzuchinokami", both names of gods of soil.... [more]

Hasawa Japanese
Ha means "feather, plume" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Hasebe Japanese

Hasebe Japanese
From the Japanese place name 長谷 (Hase) and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Hasedo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 挾土 (see Hasado).

Haseno Japanese

Hashemian Persian
From the given name Hashem.

Hashempour Persian
Means "son of Hashem".

Hashiba Japanese

Hashida Japanese

Hashimi Arabic
From the given name Hashim, particularly denoting descent from the great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.

Hashita Japanese

Hashiya Japanese
Variant of Hashitani.

Hassaku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八朔 (hassaku) meaning "citrus hassaku" or "1st of August".... [more]

Hassani Persian, Arabic, Swahili
From the given name Hassan.

Hassanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حسن‌پور (see Hassanpour).

Hasui Japanese
Possibly from 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Hasumi Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance".

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.

Hataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Hatake Japanese
From Japanese 畠 (hatake) meaning "field".

Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "wave" and 種 (tane) meaning "seed".

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".

Hatsuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Hatsui Japanese

Hatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).

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".

Hattori Japanese
From Japanese 服 (hatsu) meaning "clothing" and 部 (tori) meaning "part, section".

Hautala Finnish
Finnish. Topographical, (haute) meaning, “graves, tomb” combined with (la) meaning “abode, home, or land of….”

Hayama Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 波山 (see Namiyama).

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".

Hayase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 瀬 (see Se).

Hayasi Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Khayasi.

Hazato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 羽里 (see Hari).

Hazawa Japanese
Variant of Hasawa.

Hazelfield English
Derived from Old English hæsel "hazel" and feld "field".

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".

Hedayat Persian
From the given name Hedayat.

Hegazi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.

Hegazy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.

Heidari Persian
Alternate transcription of Heydari.

Heidelberg German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Habitational name from any of the places called Heidelberg, of which the best-known example is in Bade.

Heisenberg German
Made up of German words heis and berg, ultimately meaning “hot mountain.” This was the name of theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg and the alias of Walter White in Breaking Bad.

Hejazi Persian
Persian form of Hijazi.

Helthon Gothic
"Unique" in Norse Mythology, German variant of Hilton

Hemati Persian
Derived from Persian همت (hemat) meaning "aspiration, ambition, zeal".

Hemingway English
Habitational name probably from an unidentified place in West Yorkshire, derived from the Old English given name Hemma combined with weg "way, road, path"... [more]

Henare Maori
From the English given name Henry.

Hendaia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a commune (Hendaye in French) in southwestern France, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from Basque handi "big, large, great" and ibi "ford" or ibai "river", though this structure would not be grammatically correct... [more]

Hendrawan Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as He (何) or Ye (葉). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.

Henrique Portuguese
From the given name Henrique.

Hentona Japanese

Heredia Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places in Basque Country called Heredia, probably derived from Latin heredium meaning "hereditary estate".

Herenda Bosnian (Modern), Hungarian

Hermosa Spanish (Philippines)
Means "beautiful" in Spanish.

Hermoso Spanish (Philippines)
Means "handsome" in Spanish.

Hernandes Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Hernández.

Herrington English
habitational name from Herrington in County Durham, England

Heydarpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حیدرپور (see Heydarpour).

Heydarpour Persian
Means "son of Heydar".

Hiashi Japanese

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.

Hidayat Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Li 1 (李), Lin (林), Xie (謝), Xu 2 (許) or Zhang (張)... [more]

Hieda Japanese

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.”

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).

Higaki Japanese
From 檜 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence".

Higawa Japanese
Variant of Hikawa.

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

Higuita Spanish
Derives from spanish higuera meaning "fig tree".

Hihashi English

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

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

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".

Hikida Japanese
From 疋 or 匹 (hiki) meaning "counter for small animals" combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

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

Hilaga Tagalog
Means "north" in Tagalog.

Hildebrant German
Variant of Hildebrand

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

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).

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

Himlfarb Yiddish
Means "color of the 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".

Himoto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

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

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

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.

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]

Hirada Japanese
Variant of Hirata.

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

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

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

Hirami Japanese
From 平 (hira) meaning "peace, flat, even" and 見 (mi) meaning "see, view, perspective, outlook".

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".

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

Hirao Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Hiroi Japanese
From the Japanese 廣 or 広 (hiro) "wide" and 井 (i) "well."

Hiromi Japanese (Rare)
From the stem of adjective 広い/廣い (hiroi), meaning "spacious, vast, wide," combined with either 海 (mi), shortened from umi meaning "sea, ocean," or 見 (mi) meaning "looking, viewing."... [more]

Hirono Japanese
From Japanese 広 (hiro) meaning "wide, broad, spacious" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hirose Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Hirota Japanese
From Japanese 廣, 広 or 弘 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hiroto Japanese
From the given name Hiroto.

Hiruma Japanese
From the Japanese 蛭 (hiru) "leech" and 間 (ma) "pause."

Hiruta Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hirvonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish hirvi "elk, moose".

Hisada Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hisaka Japanese
Hi can mean "Japanese cypress" or "scarlet, dark red" and saka means "slope, hill".

Hisano Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago, everlasting" and no means "field, rice paddy".

Hishida Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), water chestnut, caltrop, rhombus" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hiszpański Polish
Meaning "Spanish", denoting a person of Spanish heritage.

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

Hitora Japanese
From 人 (hito) means "person, human, individual" and 羅 (ra) means "thin silk fabric, net, gauze, Romania".

Hiwatig Tagalog
Means "hint, clue, sign" in Tagalog.

Hiyama Japanese
From Japanese 檜, 桧 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Hjalmarsson Swedish
Means "son of Hjalmar".

Hjornevik Norwegian
Named after the town of Hjørnevik, Norway

Hliabovič Belarusian
Means "son of Hlieb".

Hodyna Polish

Hoemo Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of 保栄茂 (see Bin).

Hogaki Japanese
Variant of Hokaki.

Hokino Japanese
Hoki means "paulownia" and no means "field, plain".

Hokita Japanese
From 洞 (hoki) meaning "paulownia" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, plain, field".

Hokkanen Finnish
From the Karelian given name Hokka (a derivative of Russian Foka) combined with the Finnish surname suffix -nen.

Holappa Finnish
The name Holappa has its origin in a Russian word holop which means “slave” or “soul” (see “Dead Souls” by Nikolai Gogol).

Holkeri Finnish
Finnish surname, derived from Scandinavian given name Holger.

Hollandsworth English (British, Rare)
Possibly an alternative spelling of Hollingsworth. Likely named after the town of Holisurde(1000s AD)/Holinewurth(1200s)/Hollingworth(Present) The town's name means "holly enclosure"

Holonyak Rusyn

Holovko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian голова (holova), meaning "head".

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]

Honecker German
Erich Honecker was the leader of the GDR from 1971 to 1989.

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".

Honkura Japanese
From 本 (hon) meaning "origin, root, source" and 藏 or 蔵 (kura) meaning "granary, cellar, warehouse, storehouse, to stock, to put up".

Honoki Japanese
From 朴 (ho) meaning "magnolia", の (no), an invisible possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "wood, tree".

Hoogendijk Dutch
Derived from Dutch hoog meaning "high, elevated" and dijk meaning "dike, ditch, levee", referring to someone who lived near a high dyke or embankment.

Hoogendyk Dutch
Variant of Hoogendijk.

Hoogerdijk Dutch
Variant of Hoogendijk meaning "higher dyke".

Hoogerdyk Dutch
Variant of Hoogerdijk.

Hoogeveen Dutch
From any of several places called Hoogeveen, derived from Dutch hoog "high, elevated" and veen "peat bog, marsh".

Hooshmandi Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هوشمندای (see Houshmandi).

Hopkinson English
Means "son of Hopkin"

Horaczek Polish
From a diminutive of Horacy.

Horiba Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Horie Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, river, inlet".

Horii Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Horio Japanese
Hori means "ditch, canal, moat" and o means "tail".

Horio Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Hornowski Polish
Habitational name from Hornowo, ultimately from Belarusian горны (horny) meaning "upper".