This is a list of submitted names in which the description contains the keywords god or of or mercy.
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Hon m Korean, HistoryMeaning unknown. This was the personal name of Gwanghae (1575-1641), fifteenth king of Joseon from 1608-1623.
Hondscio m Anglo-Saxon MythologyThe first victim of
Grendel in the Anglo Saxon epic of Beowulf. Means "handshoe", as in "glove", from 'hond' meaning hand, and 'scio', meaning shoe.
Hone m MaoriMaori form of
John. Hone Tūwhare (21 October 1922 – 16 January 2008) was a noted Māori New Zealand poet.
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.
Honeyblossom f Obscure (Modern)This name was perhaps coined by television presenter Paula Yates and musician Bob Geldof for their daughter Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof (1989-2014), from a combination of the names
Honey and
Blossom.
Hong-gyu m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 泓 (
hong) meaning "clear, deep pool of water" and 奎 (
gyu) meaning "stride of man".
Honghwan m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 弘 "enlarge, expand; liberal, great", 洪 "vast, immense; flood, deluge" or 泓 meaning "clear, deep pool of water" (hong) and 焕 "shining, brilliant, lustrous".
Honglei f ChineseFrom the Chinese
泓 (hóng) meaning "clear, deep pool of water" or
虹 (hóng) meaning "rainbow" and
蕾 (lěi) meaning "buds, unopened flowers".
Hongrae m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 弘 "enlarge, expand; liberal, great", 洪 "vast, immense; flood, deluge" or 泓 meaning "clear, deep pool of water" (hong) and 來 "come, coming; return, returning".
Hong-ryeon f LiteratureMeans "red lotus" from Sino-Korean 紅蓮. Hong-ryeon is the name of one of the heroines in the Korean folktale "The Story of Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon".
Hongseung m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 弘 "enlarge, expand; liberal, great", 洪 "vast, immense; flood, deluge" or 泓 meaning "clear, deep pool of water" and 承 meaning "join, connect; respect, revere."
Hongsu f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
泓 (hóng) mean "deep, clear pool of water" and
愫 (sù) meaning "guileless, sincere, honest".
Hong Taiji m & f Manchu, Chinese (?)Possibly deriving from the Mongolian
khong tayiji, a title that was borrowed from the Chinese 皇太子
huang taizi ("crown prince"). This was likely the personal name of the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty (1592-1643 CE).
Hong-wi m Korean, HistoryMeaning unknown. This was the personal name of Danjong (1441-1457), sixth king of Joseon.
Hongyin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
泓 (hóng) meaning "clear, deep pool of water" or
虹 (hóng) meaning "rainbow" and
吟 (yín) meaning "sing, hum, a type of poetry".
Hongzheng f ChineseFrom the Chinese
泓 (hóng) meaning "clear, deep pool of water" and
筝 (zhēng) meaning "zheng zither", "kite".
Honi m JewishJewish name in late antiquity. Honi the Circle-Drawer, a rabbi from the 1st century BC, is detailed in both the Mishnah and Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews.
Honmaru m Japanese (Rare)This name is used as 本丸, which is also used as a word referring to an inner citadel or otherwise a core or a centre, made up of 本 (
hon, moto) meaning "main, origin" and 丸 (gan,
maru, maru.meru, maru.i) meaning "circle, round."... [
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Honoko f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 火 (
ho) meaning "fire", 乃 (
no), a possessive particle and 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Hontanares f Spanish (European, Rare)From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary
Nuestra Señora de Hontanares meaning "Our Lady of Hontanares." She is venerated at the hermitage in Riaza in the province of Segovia, Spain.
Hoodo f SomaliThis name comes from the Somali word hoodo which means "luck, fortunate." Somalis outside of Somalia may spell the name as Hodo.
Hoorain f ArabicMeans "houri" in Arabic, which can be translated as "having eyes with an intense contrast of white and black". In Islamic religious belief, houris are women with beautiful eyes who are described as a reward for the faithful Muslim believers in Paradise... [
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Hoot m American (Rare)Possibly transferred use of Dutch or German surname
Hoot or from a nickname particular to the individual bearing the name. For instance, rodeo cowboy and early western film actor, Hoot Gibson (1892-1962), was originally called Hoot Owl and that nickname became shortened to Hoot... [
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Hopokoekau f Indigenous American, Ho-ChunkMeans "glory of the morning" or "the coming dawn" in the Ho-Chunk language. From the Ho-Chunk
hąp meaning 'day',
ho- 'the time at which',
gu 'to come arriving', the feminine affix
-wį, and the definite article
-ga (used for personal names).
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.
Hora f Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi"horoscope", "horoscopy", "hour" ,a branch of traditional Indian astrology dealing with finer points of predective methods"
Hor-aha m Ancient EgyptianThe name of an ancient egyptian pharaoh. It's meaning is unknown, but due to the naming standard for pharaohs of the time, it's likely the name means some kind of animal.
Horasan f Karachay-BalkarPossibly from the name of the ancient province Khorasan, itself from the Middle Persian
hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān) meaning “sunrise; east”.
Horemhat m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
ḥr-m-ḥꜣt meaning "Horus is foremost", derived from the name of the god
Horus combined with
m "in; in the role of" and
ḥat "front, foremost".
Hori m BiblicalHori of the house of
Simeon was the father of
Shaphat, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:5.
Horkos m Greek MythologyDerived from Greek
horkos "witness" and related to Greek
horkion "oath". In Greek mythology, Horkos was the god of (false) oaths and a son of the goddess
Eris.
Horme f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek ὁρμή
(horme) meaning "an onrush, an onset, an assault". In Greek mythology Horme is the personification of energetic activity, impulse or effort (to do a thing), eagerness, setting oneself in motion, and starting an action, and particularly onrush in battle... [
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Horomona m MorioriThe meaning of this name is possibly not known. This was the name of a boy who was one of the survivors in 1861 of the Moriori genocide. This name has been used as a surname as well.
Horotychos m Ancient GreekThe second element of this name is Greek τυχη
(tyche) "chance, luck, fortune". The first element may be Greek ὣρα
(hôra) "time", or it may be derived from the name of the Egyptian god
Horos.
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'.
Horudja m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
ḥr-wḏꜣ meaning "the healthy Horus" or "Horus is hale", derived from the name of the god
Horus combined with
wḏꜣ "to be safe, intact, unhurt".
Hosa m Arapaho (Anglicized)From the Arapaho name
Hóuusóó meaning "young crow" or "young raven". Chief Hosa or Little Raven was a 19th-century Southern Arapaho leader who oversaw the resettlement of his people into Oklahoma.
Hosato m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 浦 (
ho) meaning "riverbank, shore", 帆 (
ho) meaning "sail" or 穂 (
ho) meaning "grain" combined with 里 (
sato) or 郷 (
sato) which both mean "village"... [
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Hoshen f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Hoshen is the priestly breastplate, who was a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest of the Israelites. 12 different precious stones were placed in it against the twelve tribes and it was placed on the chest of the High Priest... [
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Höskuldur m IcelandicModern form of
Hǫðskuldr, an Old Norse name with uncertain etymology. It could be a variant of Old Norse names
HagustaldaR "owner of an enclosed area" (compare Icelandic
hagi "pasture"), or of
Hǫskollr "gray head"... [
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Hosseinali m PersianThis name is a combination of Hossein "handsome" and Ali "lofty, "sublime". Most common in the Baluchistan region of Iran.
Hostamir m LiteratureA character mentioned in JRR Tolkien's works, another name of the character
Zimrathôn. The name is is a compound of the words
hosta meaning "many" or "gather, collect," and the word
mir meaning "jewel" in the fictional Quenya language, and means either "many jewels" or "collector of jewels".
Hosteen m NavajoA term of respect meaning "man, grown man, elder, mister, husband." Transferred use of the Navajo word
Hastiin of the same meanings. Found as
Áłtsé Hastiin, the first man in the Navajo creation story... [
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Hostivít m Medieval CzechMeans "to welcome guests", from the Slavonic
hosti, meaning "guests", and
vítat, meaning "to welcome". Hostivít was the last of the seven Bohemian mythical princes between the (also mythical) founder of the Přemyslid dynasty,
Přemysl the Ploughman and the first historical prince
Bořivoj.
Hoşyar f Ottoman TurkishMeaning "pleasant lover", from Ottoman Turkish
hoş - "nice, pleasant, likeable" and
yâr - "beloved, lover". Hoşyar Kadın (died 1859) was the wife of Sultan Mahmud II.
Hotaka m JapaneseFrom Japanese 秀 (ho) meaning "beautiful; elegant; graceful", 保 (ho) meaning "protect" or 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" combined with 貴 (taka) meaning "worthful, precious, expensive" or 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high"... [
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Hotepsekhemwy m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
ḥtp-sḫm.wi meaning "the two powers are reconciled" or "pleasing in powers", derived from
ḥtp "peace, satisfaction",
sḫm "power, capability", and the suffix
wj "the two of them".
Hotte m West FrisianThe origin of this Frisian name is uncertain; it is such a shortened and transformed form of certain names that it is very difficult to tell what the original name(s) must have been. Hotte might have been a short form of
Horatius.
Houmisi m CopticMeans "birthday", or literally "day (of) birth", ultimately derived from ϩⲟⲟⲩ
(hoou) "day" combined with ⲙⲓⲥⲉ
(mise) "to bear, bring forth, give birth".
Housei m JapaneseFrom Japanese 芳 (hou) meaning "fragrant" combined with 成 (sei) meaning "to become", 星 (sei) meaning "star", 正 (sei) meaning "first (month of the lunar year)", 清 (sei) meaning "pure" or 生 (sei) meaning "live"... [
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Houshang m Persian Mythology, PersianFrom the Avestan name
Haoshyangha possibly meaning "good choice" or "wise choice", from Proto-Iranian
hu meaning "good, well" or Middle Persian
ōš meaning "intelligence, wisdom" and a second uncertain element
šyah perhaps meaning "selecting, deciding"... [
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Housse f Jèrriais (Modern, Rare)Derived from Jèrriais
housse "holly" (ultimately from Old French
hous). This is a newly coined name, intened as a Jèrriais equivalent of
Holly.
Houtu f Chinese Mythology, Far Eastern MythologyFrom a combination of the characters 后 (hou, meaning “queen”) and 土 (tu, meaning “earth”). Houtu was the Chinese goddess of the earth who regulated all life above ground. In earlier Chinese texts she was also a goddess of the underworld, but later she was absorbed into the Daoist religion and became one of the main deities assisting the rule of
Yudi.
Hou Yi m Chinese MythologyFrom Chinese 后羿
(Hòuyì) meaning "king Yi" or "monarch Yi". In Chinese mythology this is the name of a legendary archer and the husband of the moon goddess
Chang'e.
Hovav m HebrewHebrew form of
Hobab. A famous bearer is Hovi Star whos birth name was Hovav Sekukets