General Population Submitted Names

Helvidis f Medieval French
Variant of Elvidis.

Helvig f Old Danish
Danish form of Heilwig. It has sometimes been conflated with Hedvig.

Helvijs m Latvian
Latvian form of Helvius.

Helvira f Medieval Spanish
Medieval form of Elvira.

Helviz f Medieval French
Medieval French form of Eloise.

Helvydis f Medieval French
Variant of Elvidis.

Helvyz f Medieval French
Variant of Helviz.

Helwisa f Medieval English
Variant of Helwys.

Helwise f Medieval English

Helwisia f Medieval English
Variant of Helwisa.

Helwys f Medieval English
Medieval English form of Eloise.

Helwysia f Medieval English
Variant of Helwisia.

Hely f Finnish
Derived from Helena. The word hely also means "trinket" in Finnish.

Helya f Persian
Means "sunshine" in Persian.

Helya f Chuukese
Chuukese form of Helia.

Helya f Ukrainian (Rare)
Diminutive of Anhelina, from Russian Gelya.

Helye m Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Judeo-French
Variant of Elie (compare Elye).

Helyenors f Medieval French
Medieval Latin form of Eleanor, recorded in France.

Hélyette f French (Rare)
Variant of Héliette.

Hélyi m Jèrriais
Jèrriais form of Helier.

Helyn f English (American)
Variant of Helen.

Helyoudis f Medieval French
Medieval French form of Eloise.

Helyuz f Medieval French
Variant of Helviz.

Helza f Hungarian

Helzbieta f Medieval Polish
Medieval variant of Elżbieta.

Helżka f Polish (Archaic)
Older form of Halszka.

Hem m Indian
Means "gold" in Sanskrit.

Hema f Slovene
Slovene form of Hemma.

Hemakshi f Hindi, Gujarati
Means "golden-eyed" from Sanskrit हेम (hema) meaning "golden" and अक्षि (akṣi) meaning "eye".

Hemalatha f Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
South Indian form of Hemlata.

Hemamalini f Indian, Tamil
Combination of Hema and Malini; means "golden creeper, golden creeping plant" from Sanskrit.

Hémaneóhtsé'e f Cheyenne
Means "Fetching Water Woman, Going to Get Water Woman" in Cheyenne.

Hemang m Indian
Which has a golden body part.

Hemangi f Indian

Hemant m Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali
From Sanskrit हेमन्त (hemanta) meaning "winter", referring to the Indian ecological season from November to January.

Hemanta m Indian, Bengali, Odia, Assamese, Nepali
Eastern Indian and Nepali form of Hemant.

Hemanth m Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
Southern Indian form of Hemant.

Hemantha m Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Hemant.

Hemanthi f Sinhalese
Variant of Hemanti.

Hemanti f Sinhalese
Meaning "Joyful".

Hemara f & m Polynesian
Polynesian name, meaning "the garden" or "the splendor".

Hemard m Medieval French
Derived from Old High German heim, Old Frankish *haim "home" and Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart meaning "strong, hard".

Hemat m Persian
Means "determination, will" or "endeavour" in Persian.

Hemaýat m Turkmen
From Arabic حماية (ḥimāya) meaning "help".

Hemda f Hebrew (Rare)
From the Hebrew חֶמְדָּה (Khemdah) meaning "Desire, passion, will". It was borne by Hemda Ben-Yehuda (1873–1951), the second wife of the Jewish linguist Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. The name Hemda was mostly used pre-establishment of the Israeli state and is rarely given to girls nowadays.

Hemef m Arabic (Rare)

Hemei f Chinese
From the Chinese 和 (hé) meaning "harmony, peace" and 玫 (méi) meaning "rose".

Hemel m English

Hemele f English

Hemelian m German (Bessarabian)

Hemengildo m Spanish
This name was used by a male on the 1930 Censo México (Mexico Census).

Hemer f Romani (Archaic)

Hemerinda f Spanish (Latin American)

Hemetério m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese form of Emeterius.

Hemilly f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Emily.

Hemilton m English
Variant of Hamilton.

Hemily f English
Adaption of the given name Emily.

Hêmin m Kurdish
Means "tranquil" in Kurdish.

Hemin m Arabic, English

Heming m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Hemming.

Hemingur m Faroese
Faroese modern form of Hæmingr.

Hemingway m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Hemingway.

Hemiunu m Ancient Egyptian

Hemkil m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Hæimkæll.

Hemlal m Bhutanese

Hemlata f Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Possibly derived from Sanskrit हेमलता (hemalatā) referring to a type of unspecified plant, possibly the golden creeper (Ernodea littoralis).

Hemlock m English (Rare), Romani (Archaic), Theatre
Transferred use of the surname Hemlock. Hemlock Marreau is a fictional Francophone detective created by Robert Farrow who appeared in eleven plays (1991-2014).

Hemma f German (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Emma or Helma.... [more]

Hemmingur m Faroese
Faroese form of Hemming.

Hemmingus m Old Swedish
Latinized form of Hemming.

Hemminki m Finnish
Finnish form of Hemming.

Hemmo m Finnish
Diminutive of Hemminki, Henrik, Herman and Heimo... [more]

H'emmuc m Berber
Berber diminutive form of Hamid 1.

Hemon m Ancient Greek
Possibly derived from the Ancient Greek name Haemon (Αἵμων), meaning “bloody” or “blooded.”

Hémont m French (Archaic)
Local name of uncertain origin and meaning recorded in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region up until the late 1700s.

Hemra m Turkmen
Means "friend" in Turkmen.

Hemraj m Nepali

Hemu f Tamil
Means "Dinesh's life" in Tamil.

Hen f & m Hebrew (Modern), Biblical Hebrew
Variant of Chen 2.

Hëna f Albanian
Derived from Albanian hënë "moon".

Hena f Indian

Hena f Chinese
Combination of He and Na.

Hena f Latvian

Henach m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Enoch.

Henacy f Obscure
Variant of Hennessy

Henadź m Belarusian
Łacinka transcription of Henadz.

Henadzi m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Gennadius.

Hena'é'héhe f Cheyenne
Means "Goose Woman" in Cheyenne.

Henako f Japanese
From Japanese 平 (he) meaning "level; even; flat", 成 (na) meaning "to become" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Henan m Romani (Archaic)

Henar f Spanish
Means "hayfield" in Spanish. It is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de El Henar, meaning "Our Lady of the Hayfield".

Henar m & f Kurdish (Rare)
Derived from Kurdish hinar meaning "pomegranate".

Hēnare m Maori
Maori form of Henry.

Hence m American
Transferred use of the surname Hence or a spelling variant and subsequent transferred use of Hentz.

Henchy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Hannah.

Hendá f Sami
Sami form of Hentta.

Henddo m Sami
Sami variant of Hentto.

Hender m Scots
Diminutive of Hendry.

Henderik m Dutch
Variant of Hendrik.

Henderika f Dutch
Feminine form of Henderik.

Henderina f Dutch
Feminine form of Henderik.

Henders m Scots
Diminutive of Hender.

Hendina f Medieval English
Meaning uncertain. According to heraldry.sca.org, the name was derived from the Old English word (ge)hende meaning "courteous, handsome". But in Wiktionary, it is said that the word gehende means "close, near, nearby".

Hendla f Yiddish
Variant of Hendel.

Hendo m English (British)
Short form and nickname for Henderson.

Hendra m Indonesian
Indonesian form of Indra.

Hendral m English
Masculine form of "Hendra".

Hendrawan m Indonesian
Combination of the name Hendra and the masculine suffix -wan.

Hendretta f Scots
Scots feminine form of Hendry and cognate of Henrietta.

Hendri m Romansh
Romansh form of Henry.

Hendri m Dutch
Dutch short form of Hendrik, influenced in its spelling and pronunciation by French Henri.

Hendrica f Dutch
Feminine form of Hendricus.

Hendrich m Sorbian
Sorbian borrowing of Heinrich.

Hendrie m Scots (Archaic), Medieval Scottish
Medieval Scots variant of Hendry.

Hendrietta f Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Henrietta, used in Sweden as early as 1675 (predating Sweden's earliest documented usage of Henriette in 1729).

Hendrike f German (Modern)
Hendrike is a female form of Hendrik.

Hendrikka f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Hendrika.

Hendrikur m Faroese
Faroese form of Hendrik.

Hendrine f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Hendrina.

Hendrizal m Indonesian
Combination of the name Hendri and the masculine suffix -zal.

Hendro m Afrikaans

Hendro m Javanese
Javanese form of Hendra.

Hendry m & f Malagasy
Means "wise" in Malagasy.

Hendryk m Dutch, German, Estonian
A variant of Hendrik.

Hendy m Indonesian

Hene f Estonian (Archaic)
Pre-18th century form of Ene.

Heneage m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Heneage.

Henecota f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Diminutive of Henna.

Hened m Yiddish

Heneguash f Circassian, Caucasian Mythology
The goddess of Sea.

Henek m Polish
Diminutive form of Henryk.

Henele m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Henry.

Heneli m Tongan
Tongan form of Henry.

Heneliaka f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Henrietta.

Henerick m English
English variant of Henrik.

Henericus m Various
Variant of Henricus.

Henerietta f English (Rare, Archaic), Literature
Variant of Henrietta, used in Somebody's Luggage by Charles Dickens.

Henery m English
Variant of Henry.

Henessis f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Variant of Génesis.

Heneto m Guanche

Henfrid m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Heimfrid.

Heng m Khmer
Means "lucky" in Khmer.

Heng m Luxembourgish
Vernacular form of Henri.

Hengame f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هنگامه (see Hengameh).

Hengameh f Persian
Possibly derived from Persian هنگام (hengam) meaning "time; occasion; season".

Hengan f & m Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Heng and An 1.

Hengeletta f Romani (Archaic)
Corruption of Elepheletta.

Hengest m Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon cognate of Hengist.

Hengheng f Chinese

Hengistus m Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Latinized form of Hengist, used by Geoffrey of Monmouth and Nennius

Hēni f Maori
Maori form of Jane.

Heni f Hungarian
Diminutive of Henrietta.

Henia f Polish, Kashubian
Polish diminutive of Henryka and Kashubian diminutive of Henrika.

Henieczka f Polish
Diminutive form of Henryka.

Heniek m Polish
Diminutive of Henryk.

Henika m & f Malagasy
Means "full" or "having all" in Malagasy.

Henikaja m & f Malagasy
Means "full of glory" in Malagasy.

Henínge m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Henning.

Henintsoa m & f Malagasy
Means "full of good" in Malagasy.

Henio m Polish
Diminutive of Henryk.

Heniuś m Polish
Diminutive of Henryk.

Heniuta f Polish
Diminutive form of Henryka.

Henja f Jewish

Henjene m Afro-American (Slavery-era)

Héńk m Kashubian
Short form of Henrik.

Henka f Slovak
Diminutive of Henrieta, not used as a given name in its own right.

Henke m Swedish, East Frisian
Swedish diminutive of Henrik and East Frisian diminutive of Hendrik.

Henkel m Medieval German
Diminutive of Johann.

Henkil m Old Danish, Old Swedish
Old Danish and Old Swedish form of Hæimkæll.

Henk-Jan m Dutch
Combination of Henk and Jan 1.

Henkka m Finnish
Finnish diminutive of Heikki or Henri.

Henko m East Frisian
Diminutive of Hendrik.

Henlee f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Henley.

Henleigh f English
Variant of Henley

Henley m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Henley.

Henlie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Henley.

Henn m Estonian
Variant of Enn.

Henna f Afghan, Pashto
Afghan form of Hannah.

Henna f Medieval English
Feminization of Henn, a medieval diminutive of Henry.

Henna f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Variant of Hanna 1 as well as a short form of Jehanna.

Henna m Arabic
Diminutive of Yuhanna.

Henna f English (American)
From the North African henna plant. The leaves are the source of a reddish-brown dye, also known as henna.

Henna f Cornish
Cornish form of Henrietta

Henná f Sami
Sami form of Henna.

Hennadij m Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Hennadiy.

Hennah f Dutch (Surinamese)

Henne m & f German (Rare, Archaic), Medieval German
A short form of Heinrich or Johannes. The name is occasionally also used on females.

Henner m German
Short form of the given name Heinrich. ... [more]

Hennes m German
Western and Northern German short form of Johannes.

Hennessey f & m Various (Rare)
Variant of Hennessy.

Hennessy f & m English (Modern, Rare), American (Hispanic, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Hennessy. It is the name of a brand of cognac (which is a type of brandy) that is frequently referenced in rap music lyrics.... [more]

Henni f Finnish
Variant of Henna.

Henni f German
Diminutive of Henriette.

Hennika f & m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Henny (compare Jannika, Annika and Ellika).

Henninge f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Henning.

Henno m Estonian
Variant of Henn.

Henno m East Frisian
Diminutive of Hendrik.

Henný f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Henny.

Henoc m Catalan, Spanish
Catalan and Spanish form of Enoch.

Henohea f Hawaiian
Hawaiian name, meaning "beautiful", "gorgeous".

Henos m Ge'ez
Variant of Enos.

Henretta f American
Variant of Henrietta.

Ĥenri m Norman
Norman form of Henri.

Henri m & f Japanese
From Japanese 遍 (hen) meaning "everywhere, all over, throughout" combined with 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Henria f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Henri.

Henric m Gascon, Swedish (Rare), Romanian, Medieval Dutch
Gascon and Romanian form of Henry, Swedish variant of Henrik and medieval Dutch variant of Hendrick.

Henrica f Dutch, Flemish, Romansh
Dutch feminine form of Henricus and Romansh feminine form of Henric.

Henrick m Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Medieval Baltic
Swedish and Dutch variant of Henrik as well as a medieval Latvian variant of Hinrick.

Henrico m Dutch (Modern), Afrikaans
Variant of Hendrik influenced by Enrico.

Henrico m Interlingua
Interlingua form of Henry.

Henrie m Dutch, English (African, Rare)
Dutch form of Henry and English variant of Henry.

Henrie f French (Rare)
Variant of Henria.

Henriella f English
Derived from the male name Henry.

Henrielle f English, French
derived from the male name Henry.

Henriet m Medieval French
Diminutive of Henri.

Henrieta f Czech, Slovak, Kashubian, Romanian
Czech, Slovak, Kashubian and Romanian form of Henrietta.

Henriete f Latvian (Rare)
Latvian borrowing of Henriette.

Henríetta f Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Henrietta.

Henriëtta f Dutch
Dutch form of Henrietta.

Henrig m Armenian (Rare)
Variant of Henrik.

Henrihs m Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Heinrich.

Henriika f Finnish
Variant of Henriikka.

Henrijette f Danish
Variant of Henriette.

Henrijs m Latvian
Latvian borrowing of Henry.

Henriketa f Basque (Archaic)
Basque form of French Henriette.

Henrikh m Armenian (Rare), Georgian (Rare)
Armenian and Georgian form of Henry.

Henrikka f Faroese, Danish (Rare)
Variant of Henrikke.

Henrikke f Old Danish, Norwegian
Variant of Henrike.

Henriko m Esperanto
Esperanto form of Henry.

Henrikos m Germanic (Hellenized)
Ancient Greek form of Henricus (see Henry). (See its modern transliteration Errikos).

Henriks m Latvian
Latvian form of Henrik.

Henrikus m Dutch
Variant spelling of Henricus.

Henrina f Dutch

Henrine f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Henry.

Henrion f French (Swiss, Archaic)
Local feminine form of Henri by way of combining the name with the diminutive ending -on (compare names like Marion 1 and Alison) found in Montreux up until the early 1700s.

Henriqueta f Portuguese (Rare), Galician
Portuguese and Galician feminine form of Henrique.

Henritta f East Frisian (Archaic)
East Frisian contraction of Henrietta, predominantly used in the 1800s.

Henrrique m Portuguese (Brazilian), Medieval Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese variant of Henrique and medieval Spanish variant of Enrique.

Henrry m American (Hispanic, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Henry.

Henrý m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Henry.

Henryetta f American (Rare)
Variant of Henrietta.

Henryke f German, Dutch, Brazilian
Variant of Henrike

Henrykh m Ukrainian
Ukrainian for Henry.

Henryś m Polish
Diminutive of Henryk.

Henrysia f Polish
Diminutive of Henryka.

Hensar m Faroese
Diminutive of Hans and Henrik.

Hensen m Medieval Dutch
Variant of Hansen 1.

Henson m English
Transferred use of the surname Henson.

Hente m Finnish
Short form of Henterikki and its variant forms.

Henterikki m Finnish
Finnish variant form of Hentrikki

Ḫenti f Hittite
Meaning uncertain, name borne by a Hittite queen who was the first wife of King Suppiluliuma I.

Henti m Finnish
Variant of Hente.

Hentie m Afrikaans

Hentje m & f East Frisian (Archaic)
Short version of Henrik or Henrike.

Hentriika f Finnish
Finnish form of Hendrika.

Hentriikka f Finnish
Variant of Hentriika.

Hentrik m Finnish
Finnish form of Hendrik.

Hentrikki m Finnish
Variant of Hentrik.

Hentshe f Jewish, Yiddish
Diminutive of Henda.

Hentta f Finnish
Diminutive of Hentriika.

Hentto m Sami
Sami form of Henttu.

Henttu m & f Finnish
Variant of Hente and Hentta.

Heńü f Vilamovian
Vilamovian form of Henryka.

Henutmehyt f Ancient Egyptian
Possibly derived from Egyptian ḥnwt meaning "mistress, lady" and mḥyt meaning "north wind", as well as referring to the goddess Mehyt... [more]

Henutmire f Ancient Egyptian
Means "the lady is like Re" in Egyptian.

Henutsekhemu f Ancient Egyptian
Means "mistress of powers", from Egyptian ḥnwt "mistress, lady" and sḫm "power, capability".

Henutsen f Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian ḥnw.t-sn meaning "our mistress", derived from ḥnwt "lady, mistress". Henutsen is the name of an Ancient Egyptian queen consort who lived and ruled during the 4th dynasty of the Old Kingdom Period... [more]

Henuttadesh f Ancient Egyptian
Possibly derived from Egyptian ḥnwt "mistress, lady" and tꜣ "land, country" combined with an uncertain third element.

Henuttamehu f Ancient Egyptian
Means "lady of lower Egypt" in Coptic.

Henuttaneb f Ancient Egyptian
Means "mistress of all lands" in Coptic.

Henuttawy f Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian ḥnwt-tꜣwj meaning "mistress of Egypt", or more literally "lady of the two lands", derived from ḥnwt "lady, mistress" combined with the dual form of tꜣ "land, realm, country", referring to the single entity of Upper and Lower Egypt... [more]

Henwen f Old Welsh

Henya f Spanish (Latin American), Filipino

Henzo m Galician (Rare)
Short form of Henrique via German Heinz.

Henzo m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Enzo.

Heodez f Breton
Variant of Eodez.

Hē'ȯhma'aestse f Cheyenne
Means "Red Woman" in Cheyenne.

Hé'ȯhnéménėstse f Cheyenne
Means "Singing Woman" in Cheyenne.

Heol m Breton
Derived from Breton heol "sun".

Heonae f Korean
The name of a 1st century Korean queen, derived from the sino-korean 獻 (heon) meaning "to show, display, offer, present" and 哀 (ae) meaning "sad, grief, sorrow".

Heonmohk f Korean

Heorhij m Belarusian
Belarusian form of George.

Heorugar m Anglo-Saxon
From Old English heoru "sword" (from heruz) and gar "spear".

Heóvá'é'e f Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Hair Woman" in Cheyenne.

Heóva'éhe m Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Hair" in Cheyenne.

Heóvȧhéso f Cheyenne
Means "Little Yellow" in Cheyenne.

Heóveaénohe m Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Hawk" in Cheyenne.

Heóve'haméhe m Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Horse" in Cheyenne.

Heóvema'ėhóóhe m Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Fox" in Cheyenne.

Heóvenáhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Bear" in Cheyenne.

Hepburn m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Hepburn.

Hephaestion m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Hephaistion. This name was borne by a Macedonian nobleman, who was a general in the army of Alexander the Great (4th century BC).

Hephaistion m Ancient Greek
Diminutive form of Hephaistos, as this name contains the Greek diminutive suffix -ιων (-ion).

Heping m & f Chinese
From Chinese 和 (hé) meaning "harmony, peace" combined with 平 (píng) meaning "level, even, peaceful"... [more]

Heppy f English (Rare, Archaic)
Diminutive of Hepzibah

Hepsabel f English (American), African American (Archaic)
Variant of Hepzibel

Hepsabeth f English (American), African American (Archaic)
Variant of Hepzibeth

Hepsibeth f American (Rare, Archaic)

Hepsu m Finnish
Pet form of Henri (and most likely Heikki too). Would be used for a baby or toddler.

Hepsy f English
Diminutive of Hepzibah.