Surname |
Origin |
Meaning |
Hacker
|
Dutch
|
From Gwyn, white
|
Hadley
|
Locality
|
A town of Suffolk, and also of Essex, England
|
Haff
|
German
|
A sea, bay, or gulf
|
Hagadorn
|
Dutch
|
Hawthorn
|
Hagar
|
Hebrew
|
stranger
|
Hahn
|
German
|
Rooster
|
Haineau
|
Locality
|
Haineau, a city of Hesse Cassel, Germany
|
Haines
|
|
Haine, a river in Belgium
|
Hainsworth
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
haine, German and Saxon, a wood, and worth, a place inclosed, cultivated
|
Hal
|
Welsh
|
moor
|
Halden
|
Saxon
|
halig, holy, and dun, a hill
|
Hale
|
Welsh
|
moor
|
Hales
|
Cornish-British
|
moor
|
Halifax
|
Saxon
|
Halig, holy, and faex, hair
|
Halkett
|
|
the lands and barony of Hawkshead, in Renfrewshire
|
Hall
|
Locality
|
someone who lived in or worked in a hall or manor house
|
Hallam
|
Welsh
|
Hall, salt, and ham, a house or village
|
Haller
|
German
|
belonging to a salt-work
|
Hallett
|
|
Little Hal, or Henry
|
Halliday
|
|
Holy-day
|
Hallowell
|
|
Holy well
|
Halpen
|
Welsh
|
The head of the moor or salt river
|
Halse
|
Dutch
|
Hals, the neck, a narrow tract of land, projecting from the main body
|
Halsey
|
Saxon
|
Hals, the neck, a narrow tract of land, and ey or ig, an island, water, the sea
|
Halstead
|
Locality
|
Hals, the neck, a narrow tract of land, and sted, a place
|
Ham
|
Locality
|
A house, borough, or village
|
Hamilton
|
Scottish
|
Hamell, a mansion, the seat of a freeholder, and dun, an enclosure, a fortified place, a town
|
Hamlin
|
Locality
|
Ham, a house or village, and lin, a waterfall, a small lake or pond
|
Hammel
|
Armoric
|
A house, a close, a place of rest, a home
|
Hammond
|
|
Ham-mount, the town or house on the elevation
|
Hamon
|
Hebrew
|
Faithful
|
Hampton
|
Locality
|
The town on the hill
|
Handel
|
Danish
|
Trade, commerce
|
Handsel
|
Danish
|
To deliver into the hand
|
Hanford
|
Welsh
|
hen, old, and ford, a way
|
Hanham
|
Welsh
|
Hen, old, and Saxon, ham, a town
|
Hanks
|
|
son of Hank
|
Hanley
|
Locality
|
Hen or Han, old, and ley, a place, a common
|
Hanna
|
Saxon
|
a cock
|
Hansel
|
Saxon
|
A free market or hall, from haunse or hanse, a society, hansa, Gothic, a multitude, and sel, a hall
|
Hanson
|
|
son of Hans
|
Hanway
|
|
A native of Hainault
|
Harcourt
|
Saxon
|
Here, an army, and court
|
Harding
|
Locality
|
Har, from here, an army, and ing, a meadow or common
|
Hardy
|
French
|
Bold, free, noble
|
Hargill
|
Locality
|
deer-brook
|
Hargrave
|
Saxon
|
Here or Har, an army, and grave, a steward or dispose
|
Harleigh
|
Saxon
|
Here, an army, and ley, a place, a field
|
Harley
|
Saxon
|
Here, an army, and ley, a place, a field
|
Harlow
|
Saxon
|
Here, an army, and ley, a place, a field
|
Harman
|
|
Here, an army, and man, a soldier
|
Harold
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
Har, an army, and hold, love
|
Harrington
|
Locality
|
Haver, Dutch, Haber, Teutonic, oats, ing, a field, and ton
|
Harris
|
|
son of Henry
|
Harrison
|
|
son of Henry
|
Harrower
|
|
one who harrows the ground
|
Hartfield
|
Locality
|
deer field
|
Hartgill
|
|
deer-brook
|
Hartman
|
German
|
hardy and strong man
|
Hartshorn
|
|
horn of the hart or male deer
|
Hartwell
|
Locality
|
The well or spring frequented by deer
|
Harvey
|
Saxon
|
here, an army, and wic, a fort
|
Hasbrouck
|
Locality
|
the town of Hazebrouck, in the province of Artois, France
|
Hascall
|
Welsh
|
hasg, a place of rushes, or sedgy place, and hall or hayle, a moor
|
Hasen
|
Danish
|
A hare
|
Haskell
|
Welsh
|
hasg, a place of rushes, or sedgy place, and hall or hayle, a moor
|
Hastings
|
Locality
|
The borough in Sussex, England
|
Haswell
|
|
Hase, a river in Westphalia, and veldt, a field, corrupted into well
|
Hatch
|
Locality
|
A kind of door or floodgate
|
Hatfield
|
Locality
|
Hat, hot, Saxon, and field
|
Hathaway
|
Locality
|
Port Haethwy, in Wales
|
Hathorn
|
Locality
|
A dwelling near hawthorns
|
Hatton
|
Locality
|
A town in Warwickshire, England
|
Haugh
|
Locality
|
A little meadow lying in a valley
|
Havemeyer
|
Danish-Dutch
|
garden-master
|
Havens
|
|
Haven, a harbor
|
Haverill
|
Teutonic
|
Haber, oats, and hill
|
Haw
|
Saxon
|
Haeg, a small inclosure near a house, a haugh, a close
|
Hawes
|
Saxon
|
Haeg, a small inclosure near a house, a haugh, a close
|
Hawley
|
Saxon
|
Haw, a hedge, haeg, a small piece of ground near a house, a close, a place where hawthorns grow, and leg, a field or meadow
|
Hay
|
Scottish
|
A hedge, an inclosure, to inclose, fence in, a protection, a place of safety
|
Haycock
|
|
a foundling in a hayfield
|
Hayden
|
Locality
|
Heyden, a town of Denmark
|
Haydyn
|
Locality
|
Heyden, a town of Denmark
|
Hayes
|
Anglo-Scottish
|
A man who lived near an enclosure (haeg) or (heye), an area of forest fenced off for hunting
|
Hayford
|
|
Hay, an inclosure, and ford, a way
|
Hayle
|
Welsh
|
moor
|
Hayman
|
Saxon
|
hieg, hay, and ward, a keeper
|
Hayne
|
German
|
Hech or Hohe, high, and narr, a fool, a jester, a merry fellow, king's fool
|
Hayner
|
German
|
Hech or Hohe, high, and narr, a fool, a jester, a merry fellow, king's fool
|
Haynes
|
|
Haine, a river in Belgium
|
Haynesworth
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
The farm or place in the forest or grove, from haine, German and Saxon, a wood, and worth, a place inclosed, cultivated
|
Haynsworth
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
The farm or place in the forest or grove, from haine, German and Saxon, a wood, and worth, a place inclosed, cultivated
|
Hayward
|
Saxon
|
hieg, hay, and ward, a keeper
|
Hazard
|
British
|
ard, nature, and has, high
|
Hazelrigg
|
Locality
|
hazel-ridge
|
Hazelwood
|
Locality
|
A wood where hazel-nuts grow
|
Hazen
|
Danish
|
A hare
|
Head
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
Hithe, a harbor, a shelter for boats
|
Heaton
|
Saxon
|
Hea, high, and ton
|
Heber
|
Hebrew
|
foreigner
|
Hecker
|
Danish
|
Hekker, a hedger
|
Hedd
|
Welsh
|
Hekker, a hedger
|
Hedges
|
Locality
|
A fence of thorn-bushes
|
Hedon
|
Locality
|
high town
|
Hellier
|
Dorsetshire-England
|
thatcher or tiler
|
Helling
|
Welsh
|
Hellan, elms
|
Helmer
|
Welsh
|
Hellan, elms
|
Henderson
|
|
son of Hendrik or Henry
|
Henley
|
Locality
|
Hen, old, and ley, a field or common
|
Henry
|
Saxon
|
Einrick, ever rich
|
Herbert
|
|
Here, a soldier, and beorht, bright
|
Heriot
|
|
A provider of furniture for an army
|
Herisson
|
Locality
|
a town by the name in France
|
Hermance
|
German
|
Heer, a master, lord, or ruler, and mensch, a man
|
Hermann
|
German
|
Army Man
|
Hernandez
|
Spanish
|
son of Hernanado
|
Herndon
|
Locality
|
Herne, a cottage, and den, a valley
|
Herne
|
Saxon
|
Herne, a cottage, and den, a valley
|
Hernshaw
|
Locality
|
hern, a kind of fowl, a hern, and shaw, a shady inclosure, a place where herns breed
|
Heron
|
Welsh
|
hero
|
Herr
|
German
|
Sire, lord, master
|
Herrera
|
Spanish
|
iron smithy
|
Herrick
|
|
Erick is derived from Ehr, German, honor, and rick, rich
|
Herries
|
|
son of Henry
|
Herring
|
|
Hirring, a town in the Diocese of Alburg, Denmark
|
Hersey
|
Locality
|
Herseaux, in the Netherlands
|
Hewer
|
Saxon
|
A person stationed on the sea-shore, to watch and notify the fishermen of the shoals of fish
|
Hewit
|
|
son of Hugh
|
Heyden
|
Locality
|
a town in Westphalia
|
Heyman
|
Saxon
|
high man
|
Hibbard
|
|
Hubbard
|
Hiccock
|
|
son of Hig or Hugh
|
Hickey
|
|
Huicci, Gwychi, a word signifying valiant men
|
Hicks
|
|
Hig(s) or Hick(s). The son of Hugh
|
Hierne
|
Danish
|
An angle, a corner
|
Higginbottom
|
German
|
Ickenbaum, oak-tree
|
Higgins
|
|
Little Hig or Hugh
|
Hildyard
|
Saxon
|
Hild, a hero, and heard, a pastor or keeper
|
Hill
|
Anglo-Scottish
|
One who lives on or near a hill
|
Hillier
|
Dorsetshire-England
|
thatcher or tiler
|
Hilyard
|
Saxon
|
Hild, a hero, and heard, a pastor or keeper
|
Hinckley
|
Locality
|
Hinckley, a town in Leicestershire, England
|
Hindman
|
|
one who has the care of herds
|
Hindon
|
Locality
|
Hen, old and town
|
Hinman
|
|
one who has the care of herds
|
Hinton
|
Locality
|
Hen, old and town
|
Hippisley
|
Saxon
|
Hiope, a hip-berry, or wood-rose, and ley, a field
|
Hipwood
|
Locality
|
The wood where sweet-briars or roses grow
|
Hitchens
|
Locality
|
A town in Hertfordshire, England
|
Hoag
|
Welsh
|
Low in stature, small
|
Hoare
|
|
White, hoar, gray
|
Hobart
|
|
Hubert
|
Hobbs
|
|
Hob, the nick-name for Robert
|
Hobby
|
Danish
|
hob, a herd, and by, a town
|
Hobkins
|
|
Son of Hob, Robert
|
Hobson
|
|
son of Hob,or Robert
|
Hodd
|
Dutch
|
Houdt, a wood
|
Hodge
|
|
Roger
|
Hodgekins
|
|
son of Roger
|
Hodges
|
|
son of Roger
|
Hodson
|
|
son of Hod or Hodge
|
Hoe
|
Welsh
|
A state of rest, a stay
|
Hoff
|
Danish-Dutch
|
A court, residence, palace
|
Hoffman
|
Dutch
|
Hoofdman, a captain, a director, head or chief man
|
Hoffmeyer
|
German
|
a court farmer
|
Hogan
|
Gaelic
|
Og, young
|
Hogarth
|
Dutch
|
hoogh, high, and aerd, nature or disposition
|
Hogg
|
Welsh
|
Low in stature, small
|
Hoggel
|
Normandy
|
Hugel, a hill
|
Holbech
|
|
Holzbeck, the brook in the wood
|
Holcombe
|
Saxon
|
Holt or Hultz, a wood, and combe, a valley
|
Holden
|
Danish
|
Safe, entire, wealthy
|
Holland
|
Locality
|
a native of that country
|
Hollenbeck
|
|
Hollenbach a town on the Rhine, Germany
|
Holman
|
|
Allemand, a German
|
Holme
|
Locality
|
Meadow lands near or surrounded by water, grassy plains
|
Holmes
|
Locality
|
Meadow lands near or surrounded by water, grassy plains
|
Holsapple
|
German
|
Holz, a wood, an apple, or apfel, an orchard
|
Holt
|
Dutch
|
Hultz, a wood
|
Holtcombe
|
Saxon
|
Holt or Hultz, a wood, and combe, a valley
|
Holywell
|
Locality
|
A place of Flintshire, Wales
|
Holzapfel
|
German
|
From Holz, a wood, an apple, or apfel, an orchard
|
Home
|
|
Meadow lands near or surrounded by water, grassy plains
|
Homer
|
Greek
|
Ounpoc, a hostage, a pledge or security
|
Homfray
|
French
|
Homme-vrai, a true man
|
Hone
|
Welsh
|
Hoen, joy
|
Hong
|
Chinese
|
water
|
Hood
|
Saxon
|
houdt, the wood
|
Hoogaboom
|
Dutch
|
Hoog, high, and boom, tree
|
Hoogstraten
|
Dutch
|
High-street
|
Hooper
|
|
A cooper
|
Hope
|
Locality
|
The side of a hill, or low ground between hills
|
Hopkins
|
|
child of Robert
|
Hopper
|
Saxon
|
Hoppere, a dancer
|
Hore
|
|
Hoar, white, gray
|
Hornblower
|
|
one that blows a horn
|
Horton
|
Locality
|
Horr, a ravine and town
|
Hosford
|
Locality
|
Ouseford, in England
|
Hoskins
|
Cornish-British
|
Heschen or Hoskyn, the place of rushes
|
Hotchkiss
|
|
son of Roger
|
Hotham
|
Saxon
|
Hod, a hood or covering, and ham, a house, farm, or village
|
Hough
|
Dutch
|
Hoch, Hoog, and How, high
|
Houghtailing
|
Dutch
|
Hoofd, head or chief, and telling, counting
|
Houghton
|
Saxon
|
hoog, or hoch, high, and ton, a hill, castle, or town
|
House
|
|
A covering, a dwelling place, a mansion
|
Houston
|
Locality
|
Parish in Renfrewshire, Scotland
|
Howard
|
|
Hoch-ward, the high keeper
|
Howe
|
|
A high place, a hill
|
Howell
|
Cornish-British
|
Houl, the sun
|
Howlet
|
|
A small owl
|
Howlett
|
|
A night-bird, an owl
|
Huband
|
|
Hubaude, from Hugh, and baude, bold
|
Hubbard
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
Hubert, bright form, fair hope
|
Hubbell
|
Locality
|
Hubba, a Danish chief, and hill
|
Huber
|
German
|
a small farmer or leading man of the village
|
Hubert
|
Saxon
|
hiewe, color, form, beauty, and beort, bright
|
Huckstep
|
|
De Hoghstepe, from the high steep
|
Huddleston
|
Locality
|
a small parish by that name in the West Riding of Yorkshire
|
Hudson
|
|
son of Hod or Roger
|
Huer
|
|
A person stationed on the sea-shore, to watch and notify the fishermen of the shoals of fish
|
Huget
|
|
son of Hugh
|
Huggins
|
|
son of Hugh
|
Hughes
|
|
son of Hugh
|
Hulet
|
|
A small owl
|
Hull
|
Teutonic-Saxon
|
Hulen or Heulen, to howl, from the noise the river Hull makes when it meets there with the sea
|
Hulse
|
|
the town and manor in Great Budworth, Cheshire, England.
|
Hume
|
|
Meadow lands near or surrounded by water, grassy plains; sometimes an island
|
Humphrey
|
Anglo-Saxon
|
Humfred, that is, house-peace
|
Hungerford
|
|
A market-town in Berkshire, England, on the Kennet
|
Hunn
|
|
A native of Hungary
|
Hunt
|
|
huntsman
|
Hunter
|
Anglo-Scottish
|
a hunter
|
Huntington
|
Saxon
|
the mount of hunters
|
Huntley
|
Locality
|
the hunting field
|
Hurd
|
Welsh
|
Hurdh, a ram
|
Hurst
|
Saxon
|
A wood, a grove
|
Husted
|
Saxon
|
Hus, a house, and sted, a fixed place
|
Hutchins
|
|
child of Hugh
|
Hutchinson
|
|
son of Hitchins or Hutchins
|
Hutton
|
Locality
|
high town
|
Hyde
|
Locality
|
as much land as can be cultivated with one plow
|
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