This is a list of submitted names in which the length is 4 or 5.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Hisa f JapaneseThis name can be used as 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story" or 寿 (shuu, ju, su, kotobuki, kotobu.ku, kotoho.gu, hisa) meaning "congratulations, longevity, one's natural life."... [
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Hisae f JapaneseFrom 陽 (
hi) meaning "sun, Yang" and 冴 (
sae) meaning "skillfulness, clarity, cold, serene". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Hisam m ArabicHisam is of Arabic origin and means “sword.”
Hise m & f NepaliA masculine and feminine name that means "hiss", so from
Hisa. No relation to
Hisé Hisen m & f Japanesejapanese, Hi refering to 'fire' and Sen refuring to 'speritual'
Hisui f Japanese (Modern, Rare)This name is used as 翡翠 which, in the sense of being used as a word, means "jade," from 翡 (hi) meaning "kingfisher" and 翠 (sui, kawasemi, midori) meaning "green."... [
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Hito m JapaneseFrom Japanese 均 (hito) meaning "gentle", 侍 (hito) meaning "warrior; samurai", 人 (hito) meaning "person" or from 陽 (hi) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation... [
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Hiwa f JapaneseFrom Japanese 妃 (hi) meaning "empress" combined with 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hiwa f MaoriShort for Hiwa-i-te-rangi, one of the stars in Te Kāhui o Matariki. Hiwa means "active" in Māori.
Hiyo f JapaneseFrom Japanese 燈 (
hi) meaning "lamp, light" combined with 夜 (
yo) meaning "night". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hiyuu m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 一 (hiyuu) meaning "one", 妃 (hi) meaning "queen, princess", 緋 (hi) meaning "scarlet, cardinal", 飛 (hi) meaning "fly", 姫 (hi) meaning "princess" or 陽 (hi) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 優 (yuu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 夕 (yuu) meaning "evening", 有 (yuu) meaning "exist", 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", 雄 (yuu) meaning "hero, manly", 悠 (yuu) meaning "distant, leisurely", 裕 (yuu) meaning "abundant, rich" or 遊 (yuu) meaning "play"... [
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Hjúki m Norse MythologyIs said to mean "the one returning to health". In Norse Mythology, Hjúki and his sister
Bil follow
Máni, the personification of the moon, across the heavens.
Hlawn f & m ChinMeans "jewelry, ornament" in Hakha Chin.
Hlei f & m ChinMeans "bridge" in Hakha Chin.
Hlín f Old Norse, Norse Mythology, IcelandicMeans "protection" in Old Norse, the root of which is Old Icelandic
hleina "to save, protect, defend" (ultimately relating to Old English
hlæna and modern English
lean; also the related noun
hlein is used of the upright warp-weighted loom, which is leaned against a wall in use)... [
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Hlwan m & f BurmeseMeans "to spread over or widely" in Burmese.
Hnefi m Old NorseOld Norse name and byname, from Old Norse
hnefi meaning "fist, hand". Hnefi is also the name of the king in the Viking board game
hnefatafl.
Hnin f BurmeseMeans "dew, mist" or "snow, frost" in Burmese.
Hoài m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 懷
(hoài) meaning "think of, cherish, miss, long for".
Hoala f & m HawaiianDerived from the Hawaiian word "
hoʻala", which means "to scent" or "to awaken".
Hoàn m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 環
(hoàn) meaning "circle, ring" or 桓
(hoàn) meaning "Chinese soapberry".
Hoàng m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 潢
(hoàng) meaning "expanse of water, lake, pond", 凰
(hoàng) meaning "female phoenix" or 煌
(hoàng) meaning "bright, shining, luminous".
Hoằng m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 弘 (
hoằng) meaning "to expand, grand, magnificent, broad".
Hoành m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 宏 (
hoành) meaning "wide, spacious, great".
Hobab m BiblicalHobab was
Moses' brother-in-law (Numbers 10:29) or father-in-law (Judges 4:11). The relevant part of Numbers 10:29 reads: "And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law"... [
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Hoche m Norman, PicardOf uncertain origin and meaning. The name first appeared in various medieval texts, particularly in present-day Belgium, which leads certain academics to believe that this name might be a variant of
Hugues.
Hodeu m KoreanCombination of Korean Hanja "歩" meaning "Walk" or "Step Forwards", and "大" meaning "Great" or "Large". Other Korean Hanja Combinations possible.
Hodge m Medieval EnglishMedieval diminutive of
Roger. The change in the initial consonant is said to have been caused by the way the velar Norman
R was pronounced by the English.... [
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Högna f IcelandicFeminine form of
Högni. This was borne by the Icelandic architect Högna Sigurðardóttir (1929-2017).
Högne m Old Swedish, Norse MythologySwedish form of
Hagni. This was the name of a legendary king of the Swedish province Östergötland. He appears in the epic works 'Heimskringla' and 'Volsunga saga' written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
Hogun m Popular CultureHogun the Grim is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a charter member of the Warriors Three, a trio of Asgardian adventurers and supporting cast of Thor in the Marvel Universe.
Hoho f JapaneseFrom Japanese 帆 (ho) meaning "sail", 保 (ho) meaning "to protect; to safeguard; to defend", 歩 (ho) meaning "walk" or 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji, 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" or 保 (ho) meaning "to protect; to safeguard; to defend"... [
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Hojin m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 虎 "tiger; brave, fierce" or 皓 "bright, clear" and 進 "advance, make progress, enter" or 振 "raise, excite, arouse action" (jin).
Hojir m Persian MythologyFrom Old Iranian
*Hu-čiθra meaning "of good origins, of good appearance" (later meaning "beautiful, fair" in New Persian). In the 10th-century epic the
Shahnameh, Hojir was a hero who guarded the border between Iran and Turan.
Hoka f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 甫 (
ho) meaning "beginning, for the first time" combined with 花 (
ka) meaning "flower" or 香 (
ka) meaning "fragrance". Additionally, other kanji combinations can form this name.
Hoko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 法 (
ho) meaning "law, model, method, principle" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Hoku f & m HawaiianMeans "night of the full moon" in Hawaiian.
Holde f German (Rare)A rare German name based on names ending in
-hold like
Berthold. The secondary name element
hold is originally derived from
wald "to govern, to rule" but has been reinterpreted as derived from the German archaic adjective
hold "gainly, lovely, comely, dainty, graceful".
Holy f MalagasyDerived from Malagasy
oly "curly; curly hair".
Homa f Persian Mythology, PersianFrom Middle Persian
humāy meaning "bird of good omen, eagle", itself derived from Iranian
*hu- meaning "good" and
*māyā- meaning "blessing, happiness". This is the name of a legendary bird in Persian mythology, said to live its entire life in the sky without ever touching the ground... [
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Homi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" combined with 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Homi f Sanskrit, Hinduism, Hindi, Gujarati, Indian, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, KannadaMEANING - fire, clarified butter, water
Homie f JapaneseFrom Japanese 法 (ho) meaning "method", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "favour". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Homu m & f JapaneseFrom 穂 (ho) meaning “grain”, or 保 (ho) meaning “protect, maintain”, combined with 武 (mu) meaning “military, martial”, or 夢 (mu) meaning “dream, vision”.
Honda m & f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 大海 (honda) meaning "sea, ocean". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [
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Hone m MaoriMaori form of
John. Hone Tūwhare (21 October 1922 – 16 January 2008) was a noted Māori New Zealand poet.
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.
Hono f JapaneseFrom Japanese 炎 (hono) meaning "flame". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hoodo f SomaliThis name comes from the Somali word hoodo which means "luck, fortunate." Somalis outside of Somalia may spell the name as Hodo.
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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Hora f Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi"horoscope", "horoscopy", "hour" ,a branch of traditional Indian astrology dealing with finer points of predective methods"
Horas m BatakMeans "healthy, safe, prosperous" in Batak.
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.
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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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.
Hosai f PashtoMeans "deer, gazelle, antelope" in Pashto.
Hotma m & f BatakFrom Toba Batak
hot meaning "firm, steady, steadfast" combined with the suffix
-ma indicating emphasis.
Hotna f BatakFrom Batak
hot meaning "strong, firm, steady".
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.
Hougo m JapaneseFrom Japanese 萌 (hou) meaning "bud, sprout" or 蓬 (hou) meaning "sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort" combined with 吾 (go) meaning "I, me" or 伍 (go) meaning "five". Other kanji combinations are possible.
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
Howdy m American (Rare)Often associated with the children's television show 'Howdy Doody' (1947-1960) and the puppet of the same name. Howdy is also a diminutive for
Howard and therefore a variant of
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Ho-won m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 號 (
ho) meaning "number, issue, adition" and 原 (
won) meaning "meadow".
Hoyte m Dutch (Rare)Hypochoristic form of names containing the Germanic name element
hugu "mind, thought, heart, spirit".
Hrayr m ArmenianMeans "fiery man", derived from Armenian
hur "fire" combined with Armenian
ayr "man".
Hrere f Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
ḥrr.t meaning "flower". This was the name of an ancient Egyptian noble lady of the late 20th to the early 21st dynasties of Egypt.
Hrist f Norse Mythology, Old NorseMeans "the shaker" from Old Norse
hrista "shake, quake". In Norse poetry the name was frequently used as a kenning for "woman"; in mythology it belonged to a Valkyrie.
Hrói m Icelandic, Old NorseDerived from the reconstructed Proto-Norse name
*HróþiwíhaR composed of the Norse elements
hróðr "praise, fame, honor" and
-vir of uncertain etymology. Hrói höttur is the Icelandic name for the legendary medieval English hero Robin Hood.
Hruai m & f ChinMeans "guide, govern, manage" in Hakha Chin.
Hrund f Norse Mythology, IcelandicMeaning uncertain, perhaps related to the Old Norse verb
hrinda meaning "to push". This was the name of a valkyrie in Norse legend.
Hrútr m Old NorseAncient Scandinavian name and byname. From Old Norse hrútr meaning "ram, male sheep".
Hsan m & f BurmeseMeans "new, strange, extraordinary" in Burmese.
Htar f BurmeseMeans "put, place" or "consider" in Burmese.
Htee f & m KarenMeans "water" in S'gaw Karen.
Htet m & f BurmeseMeans "keen, sharp, intelligent" in Burmese.
Htin m & f BurmeseMeans "to think, to appear to mind" or "to be visible, to be seen" in Burmese.
Htoo m & f BurmeseMeans "extraordinary, special" in Burmese.
Huab f HmongMeans "cloud" or "multicoloured" in Hmong.
Huai f ChineseChinese feminine name derived from the name of the Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum).
Huân m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 勳
(huân) meaning "meritorious deed, rank".
Huayu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
华 (huá) meaning "flashy, prosperous, splendid, flowery, illustrious" and
玉 (yù) meaning "jade".