This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is American.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Hayleyann f EnglishThe name Hayleyann is a combination of the English names Hayley, meaning “meadow” or “hero” and Ann, meaning “gracious.” When combined, the name can mean “gracious meadow” or “gracious hero.”
Hazley f & m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Hazley or combination of the word
haze with common suffix
-ley.
Hecto m & f EnglishHecto, may be from the SI prefix meaning 100.
Heddrik f & m EnglishThis name is probably came from the jewish word
Hed which means "echo"
Heiress f English (American, Modern, Rare)From the English word
heiress, meaning "a woman who is an heir". Specifically connotes a woman who will inherit or who has inherited a large amount of wealth.
Helicia f EnglishApparently from the name of a plant genus meaning "spiral-shaped" from Greek
helix (genitive
helikos; see
Helice), perhaps via Latin.
Heliotrope f English (Rare)Refers to a flowering plant (Heliotropium) whose tiny flowers range from white to blue or purple, and by extension the color, a pink-purple tint, inspired by the flower. It is derived from the Ancient Greek
Ἥλιος (helios) "sun" and
τροπεῖν (tropein) "to turn", because of the belief that heliotrope flowers turned to face the direction of the sun.
Henna f English (American)From the North African henna plant. The leaves are the source of a reddish-brown dye, also known as henna.
Herva f English (American)The name was derived from the French surname
Hervé as a reference to the French socialist Gustave Hervé. It was borne by the opera singer Herva Nelli.
Hilae f English (American, Rare)Used as early as the mid 19th century in the Appalachian Mountain area of the eastern United States. It may be a form of the Hebrew name Hila.
Hilarie f EnglishThis is an alternative spelling of Hilary, specifically for girls, apparently coined -and occasionally used - in England.
Hildreth f EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Hildreth. It was borne by American muralist, mosaicist and Art Deco artist Hildreth Meière (1892-1961)... [
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Hindi f English (Rare, Archaic)Likely a diminutive of
Hind, a (nick)name derived from an archaic English word for a female deer, or a transferred use of the surname
Hind, which is derived from the same source (and was likely given as a nickname to a shy, timid person)... [
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Honeybelle f EnglishA combination of the names
Honey and
Belle. A type of honeysuckle flower, and a type of small orange. Honeybell Adams is a character in the 1940 movie The Primrose Path.
Honeysuckle f English (Rare)Named after the plant and flower, the honeysuckle, as borne by British actress Honeysuckle Weeks.
Horizon f & m English (Rare)Late Middle English via Old French from late Latin
horizon, from Greek
horizōn (kuklos) ‘limiting (circle)’.
Hunny f & m English (Modern, Rare)Variant of
Honey. This spelling appears in the famous children books 'Winnie the Pooh' by A.A. Milne, not as a name, but a vocabulary word instead written on honey jars.
Icy f English (Rare)Variant of
Icie. The spelling was perhaps influenced by the English word "icy" meaning "pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty; or characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence".
Idalah f American (Rare, Archaic)From an Old Testament place name,
Yidh’alah in the original Hebrew, which means either "memorial of God" or "the hand of slander, cursing" or "snares".
Idonae f English (Archaic)An Old English name that later became Idonea, possibly to feminise it. 19th century author Charlotte Mary Yonge writes that the derivation of Idonae from Iðunn is almost certain, noting that although Idonae may be "the feminine of the Latin idoneus (fit), its absence in the Romance countries may be taken as an indication that it was a mere classicalizing of the northern goddess of the apples of youth.
Iliad f & m English (Rare)Derived from the
Iliad, an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer.