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

HADAS   m & f   Jewish
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew.

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

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

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

HAPPY   m & f   English
From a modern English nickname meaning "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".

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

HARTLEY   m & f   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hart clearing" in Old English.

HAVEN   f & m   English
Simply means "haven" 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]

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

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

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

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

HENG   m & f   Chinese
Means "permanent, constant" in Chinese.

HENNIE (2)   m & f   Dutch
Dutch pet form and feminine form of HENDRIK

HENNY   m & f   Dutch
Dutch pet form and feminine form of HENDRIK

HEULOG   f & m   Welsh
Means "sunny" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.

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

HILARY   f & m   English
Medieval form of HILARIUS or HILARIA

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

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

HOLLIS   m & f   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name, which was itself derived from Old English holen "holly".

HOSANNA   f & m   Biblical
From a religious expression meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew... [more]

HOSANNAH   f & m   Various
Variant of HOSANNA

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

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

HUNTER   m & f   English
From an occupational surname meaning "hunter" in Old English.

HYACINTH   m & f   English
From the Greek name ‘Υακινθος (Hyakinthos), which was derived from the name of the Hyacinth flower... [more]

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

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

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