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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Haines			Haine, a river in Belgium
Halkett			the lands and barony of Hawkshead, in Renfrewshire
Hallett			Little Hal, or Henry
Halliday			Holy-day
Hallowell			Holy well
Hammond			Ham-mount, the town or house on the elevation
Hanks			son of Hank
Hanson			son of Hans
Hanway			A native of Hainault
Harman			Here, an army, and man, a soldier
Harris			son of Henry
Harrison			son of Henry
Harrower			one who harrows the ground
Hartgill			deer-brook
Hartshorn			horn of the hart or male deer
Haswell			Hase, a river in Westphalia, and veldt, a field, corrupted into well
Havens			Haven, a harbor
Haycock			a foundling in a hayfield
Hayford			Hay, an inclosure, and ford, a way
Haynes			Haine, a river in Belgium
Henderson			son of Hendrik or Henry
Herbert			Here, a soldier, and beorht, bright
Heriot			A provider of furniture for an army
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
Hewit			son of Hugh
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
Higgins			Little Hig or Hugh
Hindman			one who has the care of herds
Hinman			one who has the care of herds
Hoare			White, hoar, gray
Hobart			Hubert
Hobbs			Hob, the nick-name for Robert
Hobkins			Son of Hob, Robert
Hobson			son of Hob,or Robert
Hodge			Roger
Hodgekins			son of Roger
Hodges			son of Roger
Hodson			son of Hod or Hodge
Holbech			Holzbeck, the brook in the wood
Hollenbeck			Hollenbach a town on the Rhine, Germany
Holman			Allemand, a German
Home			Meadow lands near or surrounded by water, grassy plains
Hooper			A cooper
Hopkins			child of Robert
Hore			Hoar, white, gray
Hornblower			one that blows a horn
Hotchkiss			son of Roger
House			A covering, a dwelling place, a mansion
Howard			Hoch-ward, the high keeper
Howe			A high place, a hill
Howlet			A small owl
Howlett			A night-bird, an owl
Huband			Hubaude, from Hugh, and baude, bold
Huckstep			De Hoghstepe, from the high steep
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
Hulse			the town and manor in Great Budworth, Cheshire, England.
Hume			Meadow lands near or surrounded by water, grassy plains; sometimes an island
Hungerford			A market-town in Berkshire, England, on the Kennet
Hunn			A native of Hungary
Hunt			huntsman
Hutchins			child of Hugh
Hutchinson			son of Hitchins or Hutchins

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