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HIAWATHA   m   History, Native American
From the Iroquoian name Haio-went-ha meaning "he who combs"... [more]

HIBA   f   Arabic
Means "gift" in Arabic.

HIBIKI   m   Japanese
Means "echo, sound" in Japanese.

HIDEAKI   m   Japanese
From Japanese 英 (hide) "excellent" and 明 (aki) "bright".

HIDEKI   m   Japanese
From Japanese 秀 (hide) "esteem, excellence" or 英 (hide) "excellent" combined with 樹 (ki) "tree".

HIDEYOSHI   m   Japanese
From Japanese 秀 (hide) "esteem, excellence" combined with 良 (yoshi) "good" or 吉 (yoshi) "good luck"... [more]

HIEREMIAS   m   Biblical Latin
Latin form of JEREMIAH

HIERONYMOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of JEROME

HIERONYMUS   m   German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latin form of JEROME used in Germany and Holland... [more]

HIEU   m   Biblical Latin
Latin form of JEHU

HIEZECIHEL   m   Biblical Latin
Biblical Latin form of EZEKIEL

HIGINI   m   Catalan
Catalan form of HYGINUS

HIKARI   f   Japanese
Means "light" in Japanese... [more]

HIKARU   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese "light" or "radiance".

HIKMAT   m & f   Arabic
Derived from Arabic حكمة (hikmah) meaning "wisdom".

HIKMET   m   Turkish
Turkish form of HIKMAT

HILAIRE   m   French
French form of HILARIUS

HILARGI   f   Basque
Means "moon" in Basque.

HILARIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of HILARIUS

HILARION   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ‘ιλαρος (hilaros) meaning "cheerful"... [more]

HILARIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman name which was derived from Latin hilaris meaning "cheerful"... [more]

HILARY   f & m   English
Medieval English form of HILARIUS or HILARIA... [more]

HILBERT   m   German
Variant of HILDEBERT

HILD   f   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of HILDA

HILDA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle"... [more]

HILDE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of HILDA

HILDEBERT   m   German
Means "bright battle" from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and beraht "bright".

HILDEBRAND   m   German, Ancient Germanic
Means "battle sword", derived from the Germanic element hild "battle" combined with brand "sword"... [more]

HILDEFONS   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ILDEFONSO

HILDEGARD   f   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and gard "enclosure"... [more]

HILDEGARDE   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HILDEGARD

HILDIBERHT   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of HILDEBERT

HILDIGARDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of HILDEGARD

HILDRED   f & m   English
Possibly from the Old English masculine name Hildræd, which was composed of the elements hild "battle" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

HILDUR   f   Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse hildr meaning "battle".

HILJA   f   Finnish
Derived from Finnish hiljaisuus meaning "silence".

HILLAR   m   Estonian
Estonian form of HILARIUS

HILLARY   f   English
Variant of HILARY... [more]

HILLEL   m   Biblical, Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew הלל (halal) meaning "praise"... [more]

HILLEVI   f   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish form of HEILWIG

HILTRAUD   f   German
Means "strength in battle", derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and þruþ "strength".

HILTRUD   f   German
Variant of HILTRAUD

HILTRUDE   f   German
Variant of HILTRAUD

HINA   f   Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (hi) "sun, sunlight" or 日 (hi) "day, sun" combined with 菜 (na) "vegetables, greens".

HINATA   f & m   Japanese
From Japanese 向日葵 "sunflower" or 陽向 "facing the sun"... [more]

HIND   f   Arabic
Possibly means "group of camels" in Arabic... [more]

HINE   f   Maori
Means "daughter" in Maori.

HINRICH   m   German
Low German form of HEINRICH

HINRIK   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of HENRY

HIPOLIT   m   Polish
Polish form of HIPPOLYTOS

HIPÓLITO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HIPPOLYTOS

HIPPOCRATES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Ιπποκρατης (Hippokrates) which meant "horse power", derived from the elements ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse" and κρατος (kratos) "power"... [more]

HIPPOKRATES   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of HIPPOCRATES

HIPPOLYTA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of HIPPOLYTE (1)... [more]

HIPPOLYTE (1)   f   Greek Mythology
Feminine form of HIPPOLYTOS... [more]

HIPPOLYTE (2)   m   French
French form of HIPPOLYTOS

HIPPOLYTOS   m   Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Means "freer of horses" from Greek ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse" and λυω (lyo) "to loosen"... [more]

HIRAH   m   Biblical
Means "splendour" in Hebrew... [more]

HIRAKU   m   Japanese
Means "expand, open, pioneer" in Japanese.

HIRAM   m   Biblical, English
Probably of Phoenician origin, though it could be from Hebrew meaning "exalted brother"... [more]

HIROKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 寛 (hiro) "tolerant, generous", 裕 (hiro) "abundant" or 浩 (hiro) "prosperous" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

HIROSHI   m   Japanese
From Japanese "tolerant, generous" or "prosperous".

HIROTO   m   Japanese
From Japanese 大 (hiro) "large, great" or 博 (hiro) "command, esteem" combined with 翔 (to) "soar, fly" or 斗 (to), which refers to the constellation Ursa Major.

HIRSH   m   Yiddish
Means "deer" in Yiddish.

HIRSHEL   m   Yiddish
Diminutive of HIRSH

HIRUNE   f   Basque
Means "trinity" in Basque, derived from hiru meaning "three".

HISEIN   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of HUSAYN

HISHAM   m   Arabic
Means "generous" in Arabic, ultimately from hashama "to crush"... [more]

HITOMI   f   Japanese
From Japanese "pupil of the eye"... [more]

HIZKIAH   m   Biblical
Alternate form of the Hebrew name Chizqiyahu (see HEZEKIAH).

HJALMAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Hjálmarr meaning "helmeted warrior" from the element hjalmr "helmet" combined with arr "warrior".

HJÖRDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Means "sword goddess", derived from Old Norse hjörr "sword" and dís "goddess".

HJØRDIS   f   Danish, Norwegian
Modern form of HJÖRDÍS

HJÖRTUR   m   Icelandic
Means "deer" in Icelandic.

HLENGIWE   f   Southern African
Means "nursed" in Zulu.

HLUDOWIG   m   Ancient Germanic
Original Germanic form of LUDWIG

HOA   f   Vietnamese
Means "flower" in Vietnamese.

HOB   m   Medieval English
Medieval short form of ROBERT

HODE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HADASSAH

HODEI   m   Basque
Means "cloud" in Basque.

HODEL   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of HODE

HOHEPA   m   Maori
Maori form of JOSEPH

HOKOLESQUA   m   Native American
Means "cornstalk" in Shawnee... [more]

HOKULANI   f   Hawaiian
Means "star of heaven" in Hawaiian.

HOLDEN   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English... [more]

HOLGER   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Hólmgeirr, derived from the elements hólmr "island" and geirr "spear"... [more]

HOLLIE   f   English
Variant of HOLLY

HOLLIS   m & f   English
From an English surname which was derived from Middle English holis "holly trees"... [more]

HOLLY   f   English
From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen.

HOMER   m   English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
From the Greek name ‘Ομηρος (Homeros), derived from ‘ομηρος (homeros) meaning "hostage, pledge"... [more]

HONEY   f   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word honey, ultimately from Old English hunig... [more]

HÒNG   f   Vietnamese
Means "rose" in Vietnamese.

HONG   m   Chinese
From Chinese or 鸿 which both mean "great, vast".

HONOKA   f   Japanese
From Japanese 和 (hono) "harmony" (using an obscure nanori reading) and 花 (ka) "flower"... [more]

HONOR   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HONOUR, using the American spelling.

HONORA   f   Irish, English
Variant of HONORIA... [more]

HONORATA   f   Late Roman, Polish
Feminine form of HONORATUS

HONORATUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "esteemed, distinguished"... [more]

HONORÉ   m   French
French form of HONORATUS... [more]

HONORIA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of HONORIUS

HONORINA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of HONORINUS

HONORINE   f   French
French form of Honorina, a feminine form of the Roman name Honorinus, a derivative of HONORIUS... [more]

HONORINUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which was a derivative of HONORIUS

HONORIUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "honour"... [more]

HONOUR   f   English (Rare)
From the English word honour, which is of Latin origin... [more]

HONZA   m   Czech
Czech form of HANS

HOODA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of HUDA

HOPCYN   m   Welsh
Welsh form of HOPKIN

HOPE   f   English
From the English word hope, ultimately from Old English hopian... [more]

HOPKIN   m   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of HOB

HORACE   m   English, French
English and French form of HORATIUS, and the name by which the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus is commonly known those languages... [more]

HORÁCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of HORATIUS

HORACIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of HORATIUS

HORATIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of HORATIUS

HORATIO   m   English
Variant of HORATIUS... [more]

HORAȚIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of HORATIUS

HORATIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was possibly derived from Latin hora "hour, time, season", though the name may actually be of Etruscan origin... [more]

HOREA   m   Romanian
Meaning unknown, possibly from Romanian hora, a type of circle dance... [more]

HORIA   m   Romanian
Variant of HOREA

HORMAZD   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Persian form of AHURA MAZDA

HORSA   m   Ancient Germanic
Means "horse" in Germanic... [more]

HORST   m   German
Means "wood, thicket" in German... [more]

HORTENSE   f   French, English
French feminine form of Hortensius (see HORTENSIA).

HORTENSIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman family name Hortensius, possibly derived from Latin hortus "garden".

HORUS   m   Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of Egyptian Heru which is of unknown meaning... [more]

HOSANNA   f & m   Biblical
From the Aramaic religious expression הושע נא (Hosha' na') meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew... [more]

HOSANNAH   f & m   Various
Variant of HOSANNA

HOSEA   m   Biblical
Variant transcription of Hoshe'a (see HOSHEA)... [more]

HOSHEA   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshe'a) meaning "salvation"... [more]

HOSHI   f   Japanese
Means "star" in Japanese.

HOSHIKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) "star" and 子 (ko) "child".

HOSNI   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of HUSNI

HOTAKA   m   Japanese
From Japanese 穂 (ho) "grain" and 高 (taka) "tall"... [more]

HOTARU   f   Japanese
Means "firefly" in Japanese.

HOUDA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of HUDA

HOURIG   f   Armenian
Means "small fire" in Armenian.

HOUSSAM   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of HUSAM

HOVHANNES   m   Armenian
Armenian form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

HOVSEP   m   Armenian
Armenian form of JOSEPH

HOWARD   m   English
From an English surname which can derive from several different sources: the Anglo-Norman given name Huard, which was from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and hard "brave, hardy"; the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Haward, from the Old Norse elements "high" and varðr "guardian"; or the Middle English term ewehirde meaning "ewe herder"... [more]

HOWELL   m   Welsh
Anglicized form of HYWEL

HOWIE   m   English
Diminutive of HOWARD

HOYT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Middle English hoit "stick", originally a nickname for a thin person.

HRAFN   m   Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Means "raven" in Old Norse.

HRISTINA   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of CHRISTINA

HRISTO   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of CHRISTOPHER

HRÓARR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse name, derived from the element hróð "fame" combined with either geirr "spear" (making it a relation of HRÓÐGEIRR), harja "army" or warja "defender"... [more]

HRODEBERT   m   Ancient Germanic
Old German form of ROBERT

HRODERICH   m   Ancient Germanic
Old German form of RODERICK

HRODGER   m   Ancient Germanic
Old German form of ROGER

HRODLAND   m   Ancient Germanic
Old German form of ROLAND

HRODOHAIDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and heid "kind, sort, type".

HRODPREHT   m   Ancient Germanic
Variant of HRODEBERT

HRODULF   m   Ancient Germanic
Old German form of RUDOLF

HRŒREKR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse cognate of Hroderich (see RODERICK).

HROLF   m   Ancient Germanic
Contracted form of HRODULF

HRÓLFR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Contracted form of HRÓÐÓLFR

HROÐGAR   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English cognate of Hrodger (see ROGER)... [more]

HROTHGAR   m   History
Modern form of HROÐGAR

HRÓÐGEIRR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse cognate of Hrodger (see ROGER).

HRÓÐÓLFR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse cognate of Hrodulf (see RUDOLF).

HRYHORIY   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of GREGORY

HUA   f & m   Chinese
From Chinese "magnificent, Chinese" or "flower" (which is usually only feminine).

HUAN   f & m   Chinese
Means "happy, joyous" in Chinese.

HUANG   m   Chinese
Means "bright" in Chinese.

HUBERT   m   English, German, Dutch, French, Polish
Means "bright heart", derived from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and beraht "bright"... [more]

HUBRECHT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of HUBERT

HUDA   f   Arabic
Means "right guidance" in Arabic.

HUDDE   m   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of HUGH or possibly RICHARD.

HUDES   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDITH

HUDSON   m   English
From a surname which meant "son of Hudde", Hudde being a medieval diminutive of HUGH or RICHARD... [more]

HUE   f   Vietnamese
Means either "lily" or "intelligence" in Vietnamese.

HUEY   m   English
Variant of HUGHIE

HUGH   m   English
From the Germanic element hug, meaning "heart, mind, spirit"... [more]

HUGHIE   m   English
Diminutive of HUGH

HUGO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of HUGH... [more]

HUGUES   m   French
French form of HUGH

HUGUETTE   f   French
Feminine form of HUGUES

HUGUO   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of HUGH

HUHANA   f   Maori
Maori form of SUSAN

HUI   f   Chinese
Means "intelligent, wise" in Chinese.

HULDA (1)   f   Scandinavian, German
Derived from archaic Swedish huld meaning "sweet, lovable".

HULDA (2)   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of HULDAH

HULDAH   f   Biblical
Means "weasel, mole" in Hebrew... [more]

HULDERIC   m   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements hulþa "merciful, graceful" and ric "power, rule"... [more]

HUMBERT   m   German, French, English (Rare)
Means "famous warrior", derived from the Germanic elements hun "warrior, bear cub" and beraht "famous"... [more]

HUMPHREY   m   English
Means "peaceful warrior" from the Germanic elements hun "warrior, bear cub" and frid "peace"... [more]

HUMPHRY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HUMPHREY

HUNFRID   m   Ancient Germanic
Germanic form of HUMPHREY

HÙNG   m   Vietnamese
Means "brave, heroic" in Vietnamese.

HUNTER   m & f   English
From an occupational English surname which was derived from Middle English huntere meaning "hunter"... [more]

HÙONG   f   Vietnamese
Means "rose" or "pink" in Vietnamese.

HUPPERT   m   German
Low German form of HUBERT

HURI   m   Biblical
Means "linen weaver" in Hebrew... [more]

HUSAIN   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of HUSAYN

HUSAM   m   Arabic
Means "sword" in Arabic.

HUSAYN   m   Arabic
Diminutive of HASAN... [more]

HUSNI   m   Arabic
Derived from Arabic حسن (husn) meaning "beauty, excellence".

HUSSAIN   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of HUSAYN

HUSSEIN   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of HUSAYN

HUW   m   Welsh
Welsh form of HUGH

HWAN   m   Korean
Means "shining, bright" from Sino-Korean .

HYACINTH (1)   m   Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
English form of HYACINTHUS

HYACINTH (2)   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower (or the precious stone which also bears this name), ultimately from Greek ‘υακινθος (hyakinthos).

HYACINTHA   f   History
Latinate feminine form of HYACINTHUS, used to refer to the 17th-century Italian saint Hyacintha Mariscotti (real name Giacinta).

HYACINTHE   m & f   French
French masculine and feminine form of HYACINTHUS

HYACINTHUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Υακινθος (Hyakinthos), which was derived from the name of the hyacinth flower... [more]

HYAKINTHOS   m   Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Greek form of HYACINTHUS

HYAM   m   Hebrew
Variant transcription of CHAYYIM

HYDER   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of HAIDAR

HYE   f   Korean
Means "wisdom, intelligence" from Sino-Korean .

HYGINOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of HYGINUS

HYGINUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of ‘Υγινος (Hyginos), a Greek name derived from ‘υγιεινος (hygieinos) meaning "healthy"... [more]

HYLDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HILDA

HYLEDD   f   Welsh
Variant of HELEDD

HYMAN   m   Yiddish
Alteration of HYAM influenced by Yiddish man "man".

HYMIE   m   Yiddish
Diminutive of HYMAN

HYPATIA   f   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ‘υπατος (hypatos) meaning "highest, supreme"... [more]

HYPERION   m   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ‘υπερ (hyper) "over"... [more]

HYRAM   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HIRAM

HYUN   m & f   Korean
Means "virtuous" from Sino-Korean .

HYWEL   m   Welsh
Means "eminent" in Welsh. This was the name of a 10th-century king of Wales.

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