Names of Length 6

Hamisi m Swahili
From Swahili Alhamisi meaning "Thursday".

Hamisu m Hausa
From Arabic خامس (khamis) meaning "fifth", sometimes added to a given name to indicate the fifth sibling bearing it.

Hamlet m Literature, Armenian
Anglicized form of the Danish name Amleth. Shakespeare used this name for the main character in his tragedy Hamlet (1600), which he based upon earlier Danish tales. In the play, Hamlet is a prince of Denmark seeking to avenge the death of his father (also named Hamlet) at the hands of his uncle Claudius.

Hamnet m English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Hamo. This was the name of a son of Shakespeare who died in childhood. His death may have provided the inspiration for his father's play Hamlet.

Hampus m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Hans.

Hanako f Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other kanji combinations.

Handan f Turkish
From Persian خندان (khandan) meaning "laughing, smiling".

Haneef m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنيف or Urdu حنیف (see Hanif).

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

Hanieh f Persian
Persian form of Haniyya.

Hanifa f Arabic
Feminine form of Hanif.

Hanife f Turkish, Albanian
Turkish and Albanian feminine form of Hanif.

Haniya f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic هنيّة (see Haniyya).

Hankin m Medieval English
Diminutive of Hann.

Hannah f English, Hebrew, German, Dutch, Arabic, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) meaning "favour, grace", derived from the root חָנַן (chanan). In the Old Testament this is the name of the wife of Elkanah. Her rival was Elkanah's other wife Peninnah, who had children while Hannah remained barren. After a blessing from Eli she finally became pregnant with Samuel.... [more]

Hannas m Biblical Greek
Greek form of Annas.

Hannes m German, Swedish, Dutch, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian
Short form of Johannes.

Hannie f Dutch
Diminutive of Johanna.

Hänsel m German (Archaic)
German diminutive of Hans, best known from the fairytale Hänsel und Gretel.

Hansel m Literature
Anglicized form of Hänsel. This is the name of a boy in a German fairy tale, recorded in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm with the title Hänsel und Gretel. In the tale Hansel and his sister Gretel are abandoned in the woods by their parents, then taken captive by a witch.

Hanzou m Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 半蔵 (see Hanzō).

Harald m Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German
Scandinavian and German cognate of Harold, from the Old Norse elements herr and valdr and the Old German elements heri and walt. This was the name of several kings of Norway and Denmark.

Harish m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Modern form of Harisha.

Harith m Arabic
Means "plowman, cultivator" in Arabic.

Haritz m Basque
Variant of Aritz.

Harlan m English
From a surname that was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English. In America it has sometimes been given in honour of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911).

Harlee f English (Modern)
Variant of Harley.

Harley m & f English
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself from Old English hara "hare" or hær "rock, heap of stones" and leah "woodland, clearing". An American name for boys since the 19th century, it began to be used for girls after a character with the name began appearing on the soap opera Guiding Light in 1987.

Harlow f & m English
From an English surname derived from a place name, itself derived from Old English hær "rock, heap of stones" or here "army", combined with hlaw "hill". As a name for girls, it received some attention in 2008 when the American celebrity Nicole Richie used it for her daughter.

Harmon m English
From a surname that was derived from the given name Herman.

Harold m English
From the Old English name Hereweald, derived from the elements here "army" and weald "powerful, mighty". The Old Norse cognate Haraldr was also common among Scandinavian settlers in England. This was the name of five kings of Norway and three kings of Denmark. It was also borne by two kings of England, both of whom were from mixed Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon backgrounds, including Harold II who lost the Battle of Hastings (and was killed in it), which led to the Norman Conquest. After the conquest the name died out, but it was eventually revived in the 19th century.

Haroon m Urdu
Urdu form of Harun.

Haroun m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic هارون (see Harun).

Harper f & m English
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who played or made harps (Old English hearpe). A notable bearer was the American author Harper Lee (1926-2016), who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. It rapidly gained popularity in the 2000s and 2010s, entering the American top ten for girls in 2015.

Harris m English
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Harry.

Harsha m Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit
Means "happiness" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a 7th-century emperor of northern India. He was also noted as an author.

Haruka f & m Japanese
From Japanese 遥 (haruka) meaning "distant, remote". It can also come from 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Additionally, other kanji combinations can form this name.

Haruki m Japanese
From Japanese 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" or 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness" or 生 (ki) meaning "living". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Haruko f Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other kanji combinations.

Harumi f Japanese
From Japanese 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", as well as other kanji combinations that are read the same way.

Haruna 1 f Japanese
From Japanese 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather", 遥 (haru) meaning "distant, remote" or 春 (haru) meaning "spring" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Haruna 2 m Hausa, Fula
Hausa and Fula form of Harun.

Haruto m Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male", 遥 (haru) meaning "distant, remote" or 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Harvey m English
From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant "battle worthy", from haer "battle" and viu "worthy". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton hermit who is the patron saint of the blind. Settlers from Brittany introduced it to England after the Norman Conquest. During the later Middle Ages it became rare, but it was revived in the 19th century.

Harvie m English
Variant of Harvey.

Haseeb m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic حسيب or Urdu حسیب (see Hasib).

Hashem m Persian
Persian form of Hashim.

Hashim m Arabic, Urdu, Malay
Means "crusher, breaker" in Arabic. This was the nickname of a great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad. He acquired this nickname because of his practice of crumbling bread and giving it to pilgrims.

Haskel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Ezekiel.

Hasmik f Armenian
Means "jasmine" in Armenian.

Hassan m Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Means "beautifier, improver" in Arabic. Hassan ibn Thabit was a 7th-century poet who was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. This name is sometimes transcribed as Hasan, though the two names are spelled distinctly in Arabic.

Hathor f Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of Egyptian ḥwt-ḥrw (reconstructed as Hut-Heru) meaning "the house of Horus", derived from Egyptian ḥwt "house" combined with the god Horus. In Egyptian mythology she was the goddess of love, often depicted with the head of a cow.

Hatice f Turkish
Turkish form of Khadija.

Hatsue f Japanese
From Japanese 初 (hatsu) meaning "first, original, beginning" combined with 絵 (e) meaning "picture". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Hattie f English
Diminutive of Harriet.

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

Haumea f Polynesian Mythology
Means "red ruler", from Hawaiian hau "ruler" and mea "reddish brown". Haumea is the Hawaiian goddess of fertility and childbirth. A dwarf planet in the outer solar system was named for her in 2008.

Hauwa'u f Hausa
Hausa form of Hawa.

Håvard m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Hávarðr.

Hawise f Medieval English
English form of a medieval French name appearing in various spellings such as Haueis or Haouys, which were derived from Hadewidis. The name was borne by a number of Norman and Anglo-Norman noblewomen from the 11th to 13th centuries.

Hayate m Japanese
From Japanese 颯 (hayate) meaning "sudden, sound of the wind". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name.

Hayati m Turkish
Means "vital" in Turkish.

Hayato m Japanese
From Japanese 隼 (haya) meaning "falcon" (using a nanori reading) and 人 (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations can also make up this name.

Haydar m Turkish
Turkish form of Haidar.

Haydée f Spanish, French (Rare)
Spanish and French form of Haidee, from Lord Byron's Don Juan (1819). It was later used by Alexander Dumas for a character in The Count of Monte Cristo (1844).

Hayden m & f English
From an English surname that was derived from place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill". Its popularity at the end of the 20th century was due to the sound it shared with other trendy names of the time, such as Braden and Aidan.

Hayder m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حيدر (see Haidar).

Haylee f English (Modern)
Variant of Hayley.

Hayley f English (Modern)
From an English surname that was originally derived from the name of an English town (meaning "hay clearing" from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing"). It was brought to public attention as a given name, especially in the United Kingdom, by the British child actress Hayley Mills (1946-).... [more]

Haylie f English (Modern)
Variant of Hayley.

Hayyim m Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew חַיִּים (see Chaim).

Hazael m Biblical
Means "God sees" in Hebrew. This is the name of a king of Aram in the Old Testament.

Heaven f English (Modern)
From the English vocabulary word meaning "paradise". It is derived via Middle English hevene from Old English heofon "sky".

Hecate f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekate), possibly derived from ἑκάς (hekas) meaning "far off". In Greek mythology Hecate was a goddess associated with witchcraft, crossroads, tombs, demons and the underworld.

Heckie m Scottish
Scottish diminutive of Hector.

Héctor m Spanish
Spanish form of Hector.

Hèctor m Catalan
Catalan form of Hector.

Hector m English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Arthurian Romance
Latinized form of Greek Ἕκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ἕκτωρ (hektor) meaning "holding fast", ultimately from ἔχω (echo) meaning "to hold, to possess". In Greek legend Hector was one of the Trojan champions who fought against the Greeks. After he killed Achilles' friend Patroclus in battle, he was himself brutally slain by Achilles, who proceeded to tie his dead body to a chariot and drag it about. This name also appears in Arthurian legends where it belongs to King Arthur's foster father.... [more]

Hecuba f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekabe), which is of uncertain meaning. According to Greek mythology this was the name of the primary wife of King Priam of Troy. By him she was the mother of Hector, Paris, Cassandra and many others.

Hediye f Turkish
Turkish form of Hadiyya.

Hedley m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "heather clearing" in Old English.

Hedvig f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian
Scandinavian, Finnish and Hungarian form of Hedwig.

Hedwig f German, Dutch
From the Old German name Hadewig, derived from the Old German elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "war". This was the name of a 13th-century German saint, the wife of the Polish duke Henry the Bearded. It was subsequently borne by a 14th-century Polish queen (usually known by her Polish name Jadwiga) who is now also regarded as a saint.

Hefina f Welsh
Feminine form of Hefin.

Heikki m Finnish
Finnish form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Heilyn m Welsh Mythology
Means "winebearer, dispenser" in Welsh. According to the Second Branch of the Mabinogi he was one of only seven warriors to return from Brân's invasion of Ireland.

Heimir m Norse Mythology, Icelandic
From Old Norse heimr meaning "home" (a cognate of Hama). In the Völsungasaga he is a king of Hlymdalir.

Heiner m German
Diminutive of Heinrich.

Heitor m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Hector.

Hekabe f Greek Mythology
Greek form of Hecuba.

Hekate f Greek Mythology
Greek form of Hecate.

Hektor m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Hector.

Hélder m Portuguese
Meaning uncertain. It was borne by the Brazilian archbishop Dom Hélder Câmara (1909-1999) who was noted for his charity. It could be from the name of the Dutch town of Den Helder (possibly meaning "hell's door" in Dutch).

Helder m Portuguese
Variant of Hélder.

Heledd f Welsh
Meaning unknown. This is the narrator of the medieval poem Canu Heledd, which laments the loss of her family, including her brother Prince Cynddylan, and the destruction of the kingdom of Powys in the 7th century.

Heleen f Dutch
Dutch variant of Helen.

Heléna f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Helen.

Helēna f Latvian
Latvian form of Helen.

Helena f German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Slovene, Croatian, Sorbian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinate form of Helen. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well (1603).

Hélène f French
French form of Helen.

Helene f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek form of Helen, as well as the modern Scandinavian and German form.

Helias m Biblical Latin
Latin form of Elijah used in some versions of the Vulgate.

Hélier m French (Rare)
French form of Helier.

Helier m History (Ecclesiastical)
Meaning uncertain. This is the name of the patron saint of the island of Jersey in the English Channel. He was a 6th-century hermit whose name was recorded in Latin as Helerius.

Helios m Greek Mythology
Means "sun" in Greek. This was the name of the young Greek sun god, a Titan, who rode across the sky each day in a chariot pulled by four horses. His sister was the moon goddess Selene.

Hellen f English
Variant of Helen.

Helmut m German, Germanic
Derived from the Old German element helm "helmet" (or perhaps heil "healthy, whole") combined with muot "mind, spirit".

Helvia f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Helvius.

Hemera f Greek Mythology
Means "day" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess who personified the daytime. According to Hesiod she was the daughter of Nyx, the personification of the night.

Henadz m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Gennadius.

Hendel f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Hannah.

Hendry m Scots
Scots form of Henry.

Hennie m & f Dutch
Dutch diminutive and feminine form of Hendrik.

Henrik m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Low German, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Armenian
Form of Heinrich (see Henry) in several languages. A famous bearer was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).

Henryk m Polish
Polish form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Hepsie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Hephzibah.

Herais f Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek personal name that was probably derived from the name of the Greek goddess Hera. It was borne by a saint and martyr from Alexandria who was killed during the early 4th-century persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian.

Herbie m English
Diminutive of Herbert.

Herkus m Lithuanian
Short form of Henrikas.

Herman m English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Germanic
Means "army man", derived from the Old German elements heri "army" and man "person, man". It was introduced to England by the Normans, died out, and was revived in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. It was borne by an 18th-century Russian missionary to Alaska who is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church, though in his case the name is an alternate transcription of German. Another famous bearer was the American writer Herman Melville (1819-1891), the author of Moby-Dick.

Hermes m Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Spanish
Probably from Greek ἕρμα (herma) meaning "cairn, pile of stones, boundary marker". Hermes was a Greek god associated with speed and good luck, who served as a messenger to Zeus and the other gods. He was also the patron of travellers, writers, athletes, merchants, thieves and orators.... [more]

Hermia f Literature
Feminine form of Hermes. Shakespeare used this name in his comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595).

Hernán m Spanish
Short form of Hernando.

Hertha f German
Form of Nerthus. The spelling change from N to H resulted from a misreading of Tacitus's text.

Hertta f Finnish
Finnish form of Hertha. This is also the Finnish word for the card suit hearts.

Hervey m English
Variant of Harvey.

Hesham m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic هشام (see Hisham).

Heshel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Yehoshua.

Hesiod m Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
From the Greek name Ἡσίοδος (Hesiodos), which probably meant "to throw song" from ἵημι (hiemi) meaning "to throw, to speak" and ᾠδή (ode) meaning "song, ode". This was the name of an 8th-century BC Greek poet.

Hester f English, Dutch, Biblical Latin
Latin form of Esther. Like Esther, it has been used in England since the Protestant Reformation. Nathaniel Hawthorne used it for the heroine of his novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman forced to wear a red letter A on her chest after giving birth to a child out of wedlock.

Hestia f Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ἑστία (hestia) meaning "hearth, fireside". In Greek mythology Hestia was the goddess of the hearth and domestic activity.

Hettie f English
Diminutive of Henrietta or Hester.

Heydar m Persian
Persian form of Haidar.

Hibiki m & f Japanese
From Japanese 響 (hibiki) meaning "sound, echo".

Hicran f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "separation, parting" in Turkish and Azerbaijani (of Arabic origin).

Hideki m Japanese
From Japanese 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" or 英 (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with 樹 (ki) meaning "tree". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Hideko f Japanese
From Japanese 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" or 英 (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.

Hidemi m Japanese
From Japanese 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", as well as other combinations of kanji characters.

Hifumi m & f Japanese
From Japanese 一 (hi) meaning "one", 二 (fu) meaning "two" and 三 (mi) meaning "three".

Higini m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Hyginus.

Higuel m Old Welsh
Old Welsh form of Hywel.

Hiʻiaka f Polynesian Mythology
Means "held essence", derived from Hawaiian hiʻi meaning "hold, carry" and aka meaning "essence, image, embryo". This is the name of a Hawaiian goddess, the youngest sister of the volcano goddess Pele. To help her sister, Hiʻiaka volunteered to retrieve Pele's lover Lohiʻau from a neighbouring island, as long as Pele promised to protect her sacred grove of trees and her lover Hōpoe in her absence. The task took longer than expected and Pele grew impatient, destroying Hiʻiaka's grove and killing her lover.

Hikari f & m Japanese
From Japanese 光 (hikari) meaning "light". Other kanji can also form this name. It is often written with the hiragana writing system.

Hikaru m & f Japanese
From Japanese 光 (hikaru) meaning "light" or 輝 (hikaru) meaning "brightness". Other kanji can also form this name.

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

Hikmet m Turkish
Turkish form of Hikmat.

Hilary f & m English
Medieval English form of Hilarius or Hilaria. During the Middle Ages it was primarily a masculine name. It was revived in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century as a predominantly feminine name. In America, this name and the variant Hillary seemed to drop in popularity after Hillary Clinton (1947-) became the first lady in 1993. Famous bearers include American actresses Hilary Swank (1974-) and Hilary Duff (1987-).

Hildur f Icelandic, Norwegian
Icelandic form of Hildr.

Hillar m Estonian
Estonian form of Hilarius.

Hillel m Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew הָלַל (halal) meaning "praise". This name is mentioned briefly in the Old Testament as the father of the judge Abdon. It was also borne by the 1st-century BC Jewish scholar Hillel the Elder.

Hilmar m German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old German name Hildimar, derived from the elements hilt "battle" and mari "famous".

Hinata f & m Japanese
From Japanese 日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place", 陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of 向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible. Because of the irregular readings, this name is often written using the hiragana writing system.

Hinrik m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Hiraku m Japanese
From Japanese 拓 (hiraku) meaning "expand, open, support". Other kanji can also form this name.

Hiroki m Japanese
From Japanese 大 (hiro) meaning "big, great" and 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness" or 樹 (ki) meaning "tree". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Hiroko f Japanese
From Japanese 寛 (hiro) meaning "tolerant, generous", 裕 (hiro) meaning "abundant" or 浩 (hiro) meaning "prosperous" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Hiroto m Japanese
From Japanese 大 (hiro) meaning "big, great" or 博 (hiro) meaning "command, esteem" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 翔 (to) meaning "soar, glide" or 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation. Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Hirune f Basque
Variant of Irune.

Hisako f Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time, long time ago" or 寿 (hisa) meaning "long life, lifespan" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Hisein m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حسين (see Husayn).

Hisham m Arabic
Means "generous" in Arabic, ultimately from hashama "to crush". The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. This was the name of an 8th-century caliph of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.

Hitomi f Japanese
From Japanese 瞳 (hitomi) meaning "pupil of the eye". It can also come from 史 (hito) meaning "history" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", as well as other kanji combinations. This name is often written with the hiragana writing system.

Hlynur m Icelandic
Means "maple" in Icelandic.

Hodesh f Biblical
Means "new moon, month" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is the wife of Shaharaim.

Hodiah f Biblical
Means "majesty of Yahweh" in Hebrew. This is the name of a wife of Ezra in the Old Testament.

Hoglah f Biblical
Means "partridge" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the daughters of Zelophehad.

Hohepa m Maori
Maori form of Joseph.

Holden m English (Modern)
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Holden Caulfield.

Holger m Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Carolingian Cycle
From the Old Norse name Hólmgeirr, derived from the elements holmr "small island" and geirr "spear". In Scandinavia and Germany this is the usual name for the hero Ogier the Dane from medieval French romance.

Hollie f English
Variant of Holly.

Hollis m & f English
From an English surname that was derived from Middle English holis "holly trees". It was originally given to a person who lived near a group of those trees.

Honoka f Japanese
From Japanese 和 (hono) meaning "harmony" (using an obscure nanori reading) and 花 (ka) meaning "flower", as well as other combinations of kanji that have the same pronunciation. Very often it is written using the hiragana writing system.

Honora f Irish, English
Variant of Honoria. It was brought to England and Ireland by the Normans.

Honoré m French
French form of Honoratus or Honorius. A notable bearer was the French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850).

Honour f & m English (Rare)
From the English word honour, which is of Latin origin. This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century. It can also be viewed as a form of Honoria or Honorata, which are ultimately derived from the same source.

Hopcyn m Medieval Welsh
Medieval Welsh diminutive of Hob.

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. In the modern era it has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, in honour of the poet.

Hordad f & m Persian Mythology
Middle Persian form of Haurvatat.

Hormoz m Persian Mythology, Persian
Modern Persian form of Ahura Mazda.

Hoshea m Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
From the Hebrew name הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshe'a) meaning "salvation", from the root יָשַׁע (yasha'). In the Old Testament at Numbers 13:16, Moses gives the spy Hoshea the new name Yehoshu'a (see Joshua), which has a related origin. This name was also borne by an 8th-century BC king of Israel, who was the last ruler of that state before it was conquered by Assyria.

Hossam m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حسام (see Husam).

Hotaru f Japanese
From Japanese 蛍 (hotaru) meaning "firefly".

Hourig f Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հուրիկ (see Hurik).

Hovsep m Armenian
Armenian form of Joseph.

Howard m English
From an English surname that can derive from several different sources: the Anglo-Norman given name Huard, which was from the Germanic name Hughard; the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Haward, from the Old Norse name Hávarðr; or the Middle English term ewehirde meaning "ewe herder". This is the surname of a British noble family, members of which have held the title Duke of Norfolk from the 15th century to the present. A famous bearer of the given name was the American industrialist Howard Hughes (1905-1976).

Howell m Welsh
Anglicized form of Hywel.

Hraban m Germanic
From an Old German byname derived from hraban meaning "raven".

Hrefna f Icelandic, Old Norse
Feminine form of Hrafn.

Hristo m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian short form of Christopher or Christian.

Hróarr m Old Norse
Old Norse name, derived from the element hróðr "praise, fame" combined with either geirr "spear" (making it a relation of Hróðgeirr), herr "army, warrior" or varr "aware, cautious". This is the name of a legendary Danish king, the same one who is featured in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf with the name Hroðgar.

Hrólfr m Old Norse
Contracted form of Hróðulfr.

Hrvoje m Croatian
Derived from Croatian Hrvat meaning "Croat".

Hubert m English, German, Dutch, French, Polish, Czech, Germanic
Means "bright heart", derived from the Old German elements hugu "mind, thought, spirit" and beraht "bright". Saint Hubert was an 8th-century bishop of Maastricht who is considered the patron saint of hunters. The Normans brought the name to England, where it replaced an Old English cognate Hygebeorht. It died out during the Middle Ages but was revived in the 19th century.

Hudson m English
From an English surname meaning "son of Hudde". A famous bearer of the surname was the English explorer Henry Hudson (1570-1611).

Hughie m English
Diminutive of Hugh.

Hugues m French
French form of Hugh.

Huhana f Maori
Maori form of Susan.

Huldah f Biblical
Means "weasel, mole" in Hebrew. This name appears in the Old Testament belonging to a prophetess.

Hunter m & f English
From an English occupational surname for a hunter, derived from Old English hunta. A famous bearer was the eccentric American journalist Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005).

Hürrem f Ottoman Turkish
Derived from Persian خرّم (khorram) meaning "happy, pleasant". This was a name given to Süleyman the Magnificent's concubine and eventual wife Hürrem Sultan (1504-1558), also known as Roxelana.

Hurşit m Turkish
Turkish form of Khurshid.

Husain m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حسين (see Husayn).

Husayn m Arabic
Diminutive of Hasan. Husayn ibn Ali (also commonly transliterated Hussein) was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. His older brother was named Hasan. The massacre of Husayn and his family was a major event in the split between Shia and Sunni Muslims, which continues to this day. In more recent times this was the name of a king of Jordan (1935-1999).

Husein m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Husayn.

Hüseyn m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Husayn.

Huxley m English (Modern)
From an English surname that was derived from the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer of the surname was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).

Hye-Jin f Korean
From Sino-Korean 慧 (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent" or 惠 (hye) meaning "favour, benefit" combined with 珍 (jin) meaning "precious, rare". This name can be formed by a variety of other hanja character combinations as well.

Hyeon-U m Korean
From Sino-Korean 賢 (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, able" or 顯 (hyeon) meaning "manifest, clear" combined with 祐 (u) meaning "divine intervention, protection" or 雨 (u) meaning "rain". This name can be formed by other hanja character combinations as well.

Hypnos m Greek Mythology
Means "sleep" in Greek. In Greek myth this was the name of the personification of sleep, twin brother of Thanatos.

Iachin m Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Jachin used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

Iacopo m Italian
Italian form of Iacobus (see James).

Iafeth m Biblical Latin
Form of Japheth used in the Latin Old Testament.

Iairos m Biblical Greek
New Testament Greek form of Jairus.

Iairus m Biblical Latin
Latin form of Jairus.

Iakopa m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Jacob.

Iakovŭ m Old Church Slavic
Old Church Slavic form of Jacob (or James).

Iantha f Various (Rare)
Variant of Ianthe.

Ianthe f Greek Mythology
Means "violet flower", derived from Greek ἴον (ion) meaning "violet" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This was the name of an ocean nymph in Greek mythology.

Iasmim f Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern)
Portuguese (mainly Brazilian) variant of Yasmin.

Ibolya f Hungarian
Means "violet" in Hungarian, ultimately from Latin viola.

Icarus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ἴκαρος (Ikaros), of unknown meaning. In Greek myth Icarus was the son of Daedalus, locked with his father inside the Labyrinth by Minos. They escaped from the maze using wings devised from wax, but Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, plunging him to his death.

Ichiro m Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 一郎 (see Ichirō).

Ichirō m Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". This was traditionally a name given to the first son. Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

Idalia f Germanic (Latinized), Greek Mythology, Polish (Rare)
Probably from a Germanic name derived from the element idal, an extended form of id possibly meaning "work, labour". Unrelated, this was also an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, given because the city of Idalion on Cyprus was a center of her cult.... [more]

Idella f English
Elaboration of Ida.

Idelle f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Ida.

Idonea f English (Archaic)
Medieval English name, probably a Latinized form of Iðunn. The spelling may have been influenced by Latin idonea "suitable". It was common in England from the 12th century.

Iedida f Biblical Greek
Form of Jedidah used in the Greek Old Testament.

Iekika f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Jessica.

Iesous m Biblical Greek
Greek form of Joshua and Jesus.

Iessai m Biblical Greek
Biblical Greek form of Jesse.

Iestyn m Welsh
Welsh form of Justin. This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint.

Ifeoma f Igbo
Means "good thing" in Igbo, derived from ífé meaning "thing" and ọ́má meaning "good, beautiful".

Igerna f Arthurian Romance
Latin form of Igraine.

Ignaas m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Ignatius.

Ignace m French
French form of Ignatius.

Ignacy m Polish
Polish form of Ignatius.

Ignasi m Catalan
Catalan form of Ignatius.

Ignatz m German (Rare)
German form of Ignatius.

Iivari m Finnish (Archaic)
Finnish form of Ivor.

Ijeoma f Igbo
Means "good journey" in Igbo.

Ikaika m Hawaiian
Means "strong" in Hawaiian.

Ikaros m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Icarus.

Ikenna m Igbo
Means "power of the father" in Igbo.

Ikraam f & m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic إكرام (see Ikram).

Ilanit f Hebrew
Feminine form of Ilan.

Ilargi f Basque
Means "moon" in Basque, a compound of hil "month" and argi "light".

Ilaria f Italian
Italian feminine form of Hilarius.

Ilario m Italian
Italian form of Hilarius.

Ilariy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Hilarius.

İlayda f Turkish
Possibly derived from the name of a Turkish water sprite.

Ilbert m Medieval English
Norman French form of Hildebert.

Ildikó f Hungarian
Possibly a form of Hilda. This name was borne by the last wife of Attila the Hun.

Ileana f Romanian, Spanish, Italian
Possibly a Romanian variant of Elena. In Romanian folklore this is the name of a princess kidnapped by monsters and rescued by a heroic knight.

Ilenia f Italian
Meaning unknown, possibly an elaborated variant of Elena.

İlhami m Turkish
Turkish form of Ilham.

Iliana f Greek, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Ilias (Greek) or Iliya (Bulgarian).

Ilinca f Romanian
Romanian diminutive of Elena.

Ilinka f Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Ilija.

İlknur f Turkish
Means "first light" in Turkish.

Illiam m Manx
Manx form of William.

Illtyd m Welsh
From Old Welsh Eltut, derived from the intensive prefix el- combined with tut "people, country". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded the abbey of Llanilltud in Glamorgan.

Ilmari m Finnish
Short form of Ilmarinen.

Ilmārs m Latvian
Latvian form of Ilmarinen.

Ilonka f Hungarian, Czech
Hungarian and Czech diminutive of Ilona.

İlshat m Tatar
Tatar form of Elşad.

Ilshat m Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir form of Elşad, as well as an alternate transcription of Tatar Илшат (see İlshat).

Imanol m Basque
Basque form of Emmanuel.

Imants m Latvian
Possibly from Livonian (a Finnic language that was spoken in Latvia) im "miracle" and and "to give".

Imelda f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Irmhild. The Blessed Imelda Lambertini was a young 14th-century nun from Bologna.

Imogen f English (British)
The name of the daughter of King Cymbeline in the play Cymbeline (1609) by William Shakespeare. He based her on a legendary character named Innogen, but it was printed incorrectly and never emended. Innogen is probably derived from Gaelic inghean meaning "maiden". As a given name it is chiefly British and Australian.

Imrich m Slovak
Slovak form of Emmerich.

Imtiaz m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic إمتياز or Urdu امتیاز (see Imtiyaz).

Inaaya f Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu عنایا (see Inaya).

Inácio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ignatius.

Inanna f Sumerian Mythology
Possibly derived from Sumerian nin-an-a(k) meaning "lady of the heavens", from 𒎏 (nin) meaning "lady" and the genitive form of 𒀭 (an) meaning "heaven, sky". Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility and war. She descended into the underworld where the ruler of that place, her sister Ereshkigal, had her killed. The god Enki interceded, and Inanna was allowed to leave the underworld as long as her husband Dumuzi took her place.... [more]

Inayat m & f Urdu
From Arabic عناية (inayah) meaning "care, concern".

Indigo f & m English (Modern)
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".

Indika m Sinhalese
Means "Indian, person from India" in Sinhala.

Indira f Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu. A notable bearer was India's first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).

Indrek m Estonian
Estonian form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Inessa f Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Inés.

Ingela f Swedish
Old variant of Ingegerd. It can also be considered a diminutive of other names beginning with Ing.

Ingkar f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Іңкәр (see Inkar).

Ingmar m Swedish
Variant of Ingemar. This name was borne by the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).

Ingolf m Norwegian, Danish, German
From the Old Norse name Ingólfr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with ulfr meaning "wolf".

Ingram m Germanic, English (Rare)
Germanic name composed of either the element angil, from the name of the Germanic tribe of the Angles, or engil meaning "angel" combined with hram meaning "raven". This name was brought to England by the Normans, though it died out after the medieval era. These days it is usually inspired by the surname that was derived from the medieval name.

Íngrid f Spanish, Catalan
Spanish and Catalan form of Ingrid.

Ingrid f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with fríðr "beautiful, beloved". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

Ingulf m Germanic
Old German cognate of Ingólfr.

Ingūna f Latvian
Latvian form of Ingunn.

Ingunn f Norwegian, Icelandic, Old Norse
From the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with Old Norse unna meaning "to love".

Ingvar m Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Yngvarr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god Yngvi combined with herr meaning "army, warrior".

Inkeri f Finnish
Finnish form of Ingrid or Inger.

Intira f Thai
Thai form of Indira.

Inyene m & f Ibibio
Means "wealth" in Ibibio.

Ioanna f Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of Joanna.

Ioannŭ m Old Church Slavic
Old Church Slavic form of Ioannes (see John).

Iolana f Hawaiian
Means "to soar" in Hawaiian.