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HABIBA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of HABIB

HADAR   f & m   Hebrew
Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

HADAS   f   Hebrew
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew.

HADASSAH   f   Biblical, Hebrew
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew... [more]

HADEWIG   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of HEDWIG

HADEWYCH   f   Dutch
Dutch form of HEDWIG

HADIA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of HADI

HADIL   f   Arabic
Means "cooing (of a pigeon)" in Arabic.

HADIYA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of HADI

HADIYYA   f   Arabic
Means "gift" in Arabic.

HADJARA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of HAJAR

HADLEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "heather field" in Old English.

HADRIANA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of HADRIANUS

HADYA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of HADIYA

HAF   f   Welsh
Means "summer" in Welsh.

HAFSA   f   Arabic
Means "gathering" in Arabic... [more]

HAFSAH   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of HAFSA

HAFZA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of HAFSA

HAGAR   f   Biblical
Possibly means "flight" in Hebrew, though it could also be of unknown Egyptian origin... [more]

HAGIR   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of HAJAR

HAGNE   f   Ancient Greek
Greek form of AGNES

HAI   m & f   Chinese
Means "sea" in Chinese.

HAIDEE   f   Literature
Perhaps intended to derive from Greek αιδοιος (aidoios) "modest, reverent"... [more]

HAIFA   f   Arabic
Variant of HAYFA

HAILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAILEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAILIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAIZEA   f   Basque
Means "wind" in Basque.

HAJAR   f   Arabic
Arabic form of HAGAR

HAJNA   f   Hungarian
Means "dawn" in Hungarian... [more]

HAJNAL   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of HAJNA

HAJNALKA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of HAJNA

HALA   f   Arabic
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic... [more]

HALCYON   f   Various
From the name of a genus of kingfisher birds, derived from Greek αλκυων or ‘αλκυων (see ALCYONE).

HALCYONE   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek ‘Αλκυονη (Halkyone), a variant of Αλκυονη (Alkyone) (see ALCYONE).

HALEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HALEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HALINA   f   Polish
Polish form of GALINA

HALLDÓRA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of HALDOR

HALLE (2)   f   English (Modern)
In the case of American actress Halle Berry (1966-), it is from the name of a department store in Cleveland where she was born (the store was founded by brothers bearing the German surname Halle, a cognate of HALL).

HALLIE   f   English
Diminutive of HARRIET

HALYNA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian feminine form of Galenus (see GALEN).

HANA (1)   f   Arabic
Means "bliss, happiness" in Arabic.

HANA (2)   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of HANNAH

HANA (3)   f   Japanese
From Japanese or which both mean "flower".

HANAA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of HANA (1)

HANAKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) "flower" and 子 (ko) "child".

HANAN (2)   f   Arabic
Means "mercy, compassion" in Arabic.

HANDE   f   Turkish
Means "to smile" in Turkish.

HANEUL   m & f   Korean
Means "heaven, sky" in Korean.

HANIA   f   Polish
Polish diminutive of HANNA (1)

HANIFA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of HANIF

HANIYYA   f   Arabic
Means "pleasant" in Arabic.

HANNA (1)   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Dutch, Icelandic
Cognate of HANNAH

HANNA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Short form of JOHANNA

HANNAH   f   English, Hebrew, French, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace"... [more]

HANNE (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Danish and Norwegian short form of JOHANNE, or a German short form of JOHANNA.

HANNE (2)   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HANNA (1)

HANNELE   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of JOHANNA or HANNAH

HANNELORE   f   German
Combination of HANNE (1) and ELEONORE

HANNIE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of JOHANNA

HAPPY   f & m   English (Rare)
From the English word happy.

HARLEY   m & f   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare clearing" from Old English hara "hare" and leah "clearing".

HARMONIA   f   Greek Mythology
Means "harmony, agreement" in Greek... [more]

HARMONIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HARMONY

HARMONY   f   English
From the English word harmony, ultimately deriving from Greek ‘αρμονια (harmonia).

HARPER   f & m   English
From an Old English surname which originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps... [more]

HARRIET   f   English
English form of HENRIETTE, and thus a feminine form of HARRY... [more]

HARRIETT   f   English
Variant of HARRIET

HARRIETTA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HARRIET

HARRIETTE   f   English
Variant of HARRIET

HARUKA   f   Japanese
From Japanese "far off, distant"... [more]

HARUKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) "spring" or 陽 (haru) "sun, sunlight" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

HARUNA   f   Japanese
From Japanese 晴 (haru) "clear up", 遥 (haru) "far off, distant" or 春 (haru) "spring" combined with 菜 (na) "vegetables, greens".

HATHOR   f   Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of Egyptian Het-Heru which means "the house of Horus", derived from Egyptian hwt "house" combined with Hr the god Horus... [more]

HATSHEPSUT   f   Ancient Egyptian
Means "foremost of noble women" in Egyptian... [more]

HATTIE   f   English
Diminutive of HARRIET

HATTY   f   English
Diminutive of HARRIET

HAUKEA   f   Hawaiian
Means "white snow" from Hawaiian hau "snow" and kea "white".

HAURVATAT   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "health, perfection, wholeness" in Avestan... [more]

HAVA   f   Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of EVE

HAVEN   f & m   English
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.

HAVILAH   f & m   Biblical
Means "stretch of sand" in Hebrew... [more]

HAVVA   f   Turkish
Turkish form of EVE

HAYDEE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HAIDEE

HAYDEN   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "hay valley", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley".

HAYFA   f   Arabic
Means "slender" in Arabic.

HAYLEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAYLEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAYLEY   f   English (Modern)
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of an English town (meaning "hay clearing" from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing")... [more]

HAYLIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAZAN   f   Turkish
Means "autumn" in Turkish.

HAZE   f   English (Rare)
Short form of HAZEL

HAZEL   f   English
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel... [more]

HE   f & m   Chinese
From Chinese "river" or "lotus" (which is usually only feminine).

HEATHER   f   English
From the English word heather for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers which commonly grow in rocky areas... [more]

HEAVEN   f   English (Modern)
From the English vocabulary word meaning "paradise".

HEBE   f   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ‘ηβη (hebe) meaning "youth"... [more]

HECATE   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek ‘Εκατη (Hekate), possibly derived from ‘εκας (hekas) meaning "far off"... [more]

HED   m & f   Hebrew
Means "echo" in Hebrew.

HEDDA   f   Norwegian, Swedish
Diminutive of HEDVIG... [more]

HEDVIG   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HEDWIG

HEDVIGA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of HEDWIG

HEDVIKA   f   Czech, Slovene
Czech and Slovene form of HEDWIG

HEDWIG   f   German
From the Germanic name Hadewig, derived from the Germanic elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "war"... [more]

HEDY   f   German, Dutch
Diminutive of HEDWIG and other Germanic names beginning with the element hadu meaning "battle, combat".

HEFINA   f   Welsh
Feminine form of HEFIN

HEGE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Diminutive of HELGA

HEIDA   f   German
German diminutive of ADELHEID

HEIDI   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
German diminutive of ADELHEID... [more]

HEIDRUN   f   Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse heiðr meaning "heath" and rún meaning "secret"... [more]

HEIKE   f & m   German, Frisian, Dutch
Frisian diminutive of HEINRIKE or HEINRICH

HEILWIG   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements heil "happy, hearty, healthy" and wig "war".

HEINRIKE   f   German
Feminine form of HEINRICH

HEINTJE   f   Dutch
Feminine diminutive of HENDRIK

HEKATE   f   Greek Mythology
Greek form of HECATE

HEL   f   Norse Mythology
In Norse mythology this was the name of the daughter of Loki... [more]

HELAH   f   Biblical
Means "rust" in Hebrew... [more]

HELEDD   f   Welsh
Meaning unknown... [more]

HELEEN   f   Dutch
Dutch variant of HELEN

HELEENA   f   Finnish
Finnish variant of HELENA

HELEENTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of HELEN

HELEN   f   English, Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
English form of the Greek ‘Ελενη (Helene), probably from Greek ‘ελενη (helene) "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to σεληνη (selene) "moon"... [more]

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinate form of HELEN

HÉLÈNE   f   French
French form of HELEN

HELENE   f   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek form of HELEN, as well as the modern German and Scandinavian form.

HELEWIDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ELOISE

HELGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Ancient Scandinavian
Feminine form of HELGE

HELI (2)   f   Finnish
Diminutive of HELENA

HELKA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of HELGA

HELLA   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of HELGA

HELLÄ   f   Finnish
Means "gentle, tender" in Finnish.

HELLE (1)   f   Danish
Danish variant of HELGA

HELLE (2)   f   Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

HELLEN   f   English
Variant of HELEN

HELMA   f   German
Short form of WILHELMINA

HELMI   f   Finnish, Swedish
Diminutive of VILHELMIINA or VILHELMINA... [more]

HELMINE   f   German
Short form of WILHELMINE

HÉLOÏSE   f   French
French form of ELOISE

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