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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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Himas m EnglishThis name is a shortened derivation of the biblical name Ahimaaz.
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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Hobart m EnglishApparently derived from the given name Hubert. Also a transferred use of the surname
Hobart.
Hogarth m English (Rare)Transferred from the surname “Hogarth”. This name was borne by a character in the cartoon movie “The Iron Giant”, starring little Hogarth Hughes and a giant iron robot from outer space.
Holmes m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Holmes in infrequent use as a first name in America in the late 1800s and the first decade of the 1900s.
Honest m & f English (Puritan), AfricanFrom the English word meaning "honorable, virtuous". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans around the 17th century.
Honesty f English (Puritan)From the English word "honesty" referring to "fairness and truthfulness". Also the name of a plant with purple flowers,
Lunaria annua, also known as 'money plant'. Ultimately from Latin
honōrāre 'honor, repute'.
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.
Hopper m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Hopper, originally borne by Hopper Jack Penn, the son of Sean Penn, in homage to Dennis Hopper.
Horizon f & m English (Rare)Late Middle English via Old French from late Latin
horizon, from Greek
horizōn (kuklos) ‘limiting (circle)’.
Horton m English, LiteratureTransferred use of the surname
Horton. Horton the Elephant is a fictional character from Dr. Suess's 'Horton Hatches the Egg' and 'Horton Hears a Who'.
Huell m English (American)Form of the Old English
Howell, which derives from the Old Welsh
Hywel. Notable bearers of the name include television host Huell Howser and
Breaking Bad and
Better Call Saul character Huell Babineaux.
Hulk m EnglishBorne by American professional wrestler Hulk Hogan born Terry Bollea (b. 1953) also used by the Marvel Superhero character.
Hume m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Hume. A well-known bearer of this name was the Canadian actor Hume Cronyn (1911-2003), who himself had been named after his father, the Canadian politician Hume Cronyn, Sr... [
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Humiliation m & f English (Puritan)Humiliation comes from the Latin word
humiliare, which means "to humble." Referring to the humility one must have before God.
Huneric m Germanic, English, HistoryThe meaning and origin of the first element in this Germanic name is rather uncertain, and so there are various possibilities to the name's meaning. The most likely possibility is that the first element refers to the Huns, who derive their name from Germanic
hûn "giant." Other possibilities are Old Norse
hûnn "bear cub" and Celtic
kuno "high." It's also possible that the first element is a blend of
hûn with Gothic
kuni "family, kin, race, kind" (see
Kunibert)... [
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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.
Hyde m English (Rare)From the English surname
Hyde. Fictional bearers of the surname include the criminal Edward Hyde from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Steven Hyde, known simply as Hyde, a character played by Danny Masterson on the American television sitcom
That '70s Show (1998-2006).
Ibram m EnglishPossibly a variation of
Abram 1 influenced by
Ibrahim. It is most often associated with Russian-American sculptor Ibram Lassaw.
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".
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.
Increase m & f English (Puritan)Derives from Middle English 'encrease' with the meaning "to turn greater in number". A famous bearer was Increase Mather, the president of Harvard University in 1685, who was a Puritan minister involved with the Salem witch trials... [
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Independence f English (Puritan)Means "freedom from control or influence," partly on the pattern of French
indépendance. Used much more commonly during the times of the pilgrims (Puritans) who settled in New England in America... [
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