This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is rare.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Heraklit m Armenian (Rare), Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Slovene, UkrainianArmenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Slovene and Ukrainian form of
Herakleitos via its latinized form
Heraclitus.
Herculine f French (Rare)Feminine form of
Hercule and the French form of
Herculina. Herculine Adélaïde Barbin, later known as Abel Barbin (1838-1868) was a French intersex person who was assigned female at birth and raised in a convent, but was later reclassified as male by a court of law, after an affair and physical examination.
Herfried m German (Rare)Formed from the Germanic name elements
heri "army" and
fridu "peace". A notable bearer of the name is the German political scientist Herfried Münkler.
Herje m Swedish (Rare)Short form of names beginning with Old Norse name elements
Här- or
Her- meaning "army".
Hervor f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Medieval ScandinavianSwedish and Norwegian form of
Hervǫr. This was the name of two heroines in the 'Hervarar saga', written in the 13th century. It also appears in 'Landnámabók' (in chapter 10, belonging to Hervor, daughter of Þórgerðr Eylaugsdóttir).
Herzl m Hebrew (Rare), Yiddish (Rare)Herzl is originally a Yiddish given name. Currently it is both given and surname for both Hebrew-speaking and Yiddish-speaking Jews. The most famous Herzl is Benyamin Ze'ev "Theodor" Herzl, a Hungarian journalist who founded Modern Zionism.
Herzlinde f German (Rare)New coinage from the German word
Herz "heart" and the name element
linta "linden tree, lime; shield (made of lime wood); gentle, soft".
Hewez m & f Kurdish (Rare)Means: Joy, Fun, Happy, Lucky, Funny, Playful, Joke, Joker, Pleasant (Kurdish-Kurmanji)
Hibari f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 雲 meaning "cloud" and 雀 meaning "sparrow". As a word. 雲雀 (
hibari) means "lark, skylark". Other spellings are possible.... [
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Hibiku f Japanese (Rare)From the word 響く (
hibiku) meaning "echo, noise, reverberation, sound". Other spellings are possible.
Hibiya m Japanese (Modern, Rare), Popular CultureThis name is used as 響也 with 響 (kyou, hibi.ku) meaning "echo, resound, ring, sound, vibrate" and 也 (e, ya, ka, nari, mata) meaning "to be (classical form)."... [
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Hideitsu m Japanese (Rare)From 秀 (
hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" combined with 伍 (
itsu) meaning "five" or 一 (
itsu) meaning "one". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hidetada m Japanese (Rare)From 英 (
hide) meaning "excellent, fine" and 忠 (
tada) meaning "loyalty". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Hideyori m Japanese (Rare)From 英 (
hide) meaning "wisdom, brilliance" and 頼 (
yori) meaning "rely". Other kanji combinations can be added.
Hieronyma f Dutch (Rare)Feminine form of
Hieronymus. This name is quite old-fashioned in the Netherlands these days (it was more common in late medieval times), but it's still in use, although it's quite rare now... [
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Hiie f Estonian (Rare)Allegedly derived from Estonian
hiie, the genitive singular / attributive form of
hiis “sacred grove”.
Hiʻilei f Hawaiian (Modern, Rare)Means "child carried in the arms" from Hawaiian
hiʻi "carry in the arms" and
lei "wreath" (by extension "child", carried on the shoulders like a lei).
Hikako f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 陽 (
hi) meaning "light, sun", 佳 (
ka) meaning "good, beautiful" and 子 (
ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji.
Hiker m English (Rare)From the English word
hiker, meaning a person who hikes, from the English dialectal
hyke “to walk vigorously”. Hiker Chiu is a Taiwanese intersex human rights activist who founded Oii-Chinese in 2008 and cofounded Intersex Asia in 2018.
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.
Hime f Japanese (Rare)From 姫
(hime) meaning "princess" (also used for this name as 妃), derived from a combination of 日
(hi) meaning "sun" (used as a prefix or appellation in reference to the imperial family) and 女
(me) meaning "woman."... [
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Himeyuri f Japanese (Modern, Rare)From 姫百合
(himeyuri), referring to the type of lily known as
Lilium concolor (also morning star lily). It is derived from 姫
(hime) meaning "princess" combined with 百合
(yuri) (see
Yuri 2).... [
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Himoto m Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 日本 (himoto) meaning "Japan". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well. ... [
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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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Hinewai f Maori (Rare)Combining "
Hine" meaning "girl" or "maiden", and "
wai" meaning water. Thus, Hinewai translates to "maiden of the water" or "water maiden".
Hinode f & m Japanese (Rare)From 日の出
(hinode) meaning "sunrise," also written with kanji relating to the image of a sunrise, such as 旦 meaning "daybreak, dawn" or 旺 meaning "vigorous, prosperous."... [
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Hisbunnisa f Arabic (Rare)hisbunnisa means "a girl who worships the Almighty".Another meaning is the starting word
Hisbu meaning "to keep hisb" in arabic or "to remember things" in english,the last word
Nisa means "a woman or aurat'... [
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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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Hitlerike f German (Rare, Archaic)A name coined before the onset of the third Reich using Adolf Hitler's surname as a first name. The name was already banned on 3 Juli 1933 because it was unwanted by the Reichskanzler (i.e., Hitler himself) and extant namesakes were required to change their names.
Hiurma f Spanish (Canarian, Rare)This name was listed in a baptismal register from Seville dating to the 15th century. It is said to derive from Guanche
yurma meaning "white pupil (leukocoria)", literally "moon of the pupil" from *
hăyyūr "moon" and *
əmma "pupil".
Hiyuka f Japanese (Rare)From 陽 (
hiyu) meaning "sun, positive, yang, plus" and 香 (
ka) meaning "fragrance, aroma, pleasant scent".
Hizashi m Japanese (Rare)From 陽 (
hi, yo) meaning "sun, male, heaven, sunshine, yang principle, positive, daytime" and 射 (
zashi) meaning "shoot, shine into, onto, archery". 陽射 (
Hizashi) means sunlight or sun rays.
Hjálmey f Icelandic (Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
hjalmr "helmet; protection" and
ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element
auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
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.