List of Baby Names for Boys Starting with H

Holden

(HOL-dən)

The name Holden is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Holden is: From the hollow in the valley. Both a surname and place name. Famous Bearer: Holden Caulfield, the hero of J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Meaning: Hollow in the valley Origin: English

Holmes

(HOHLMZ)

Holmes Family History. Holmes Name Meaning. English (chiefly central and northern England): variant of Holme. Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir. Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb).

Meaning: River islands Origin: American

Holt

Holt is a surname and placename, of Proto-Germanic origin and meaning a small wood or grove of trees. It derives from the Old English word holt and is a near-synonym of "wold" (from Old Englishwald), originally denoting a forested upland.

Meaning: Forest Origin: Anglo-Saxon

Hommer

The name Homer is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Homer is: Security. Helmet maker. Pool in a hollow. Famous Bearer: Homer, the Greek poet who authored the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Meaning: The name of the epic greek poet

Horrace

The name Horace is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Horace is: Timekeeper. Derived from the Roman family clan name Horatius.

Meaning: An hour in time

Horton

(HAWRT-ən)

Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.

Meaning: Garden estate Origin: American

Hosea

(ho-ZAY-ə)

The name Hosea is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Hosea is: Salvation.

Meaning: To deliver Origin: Hebrew

Howard

(HOW-ərd)

Scandinavian Meaning: The name Howard is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Howard is: Noble watchman. Surname of one of the great houses of English nobility.

Meaning: Which means watchman Origin: English

Howie

Howie is a Scottish locational surname derived from a medieval estate in Scotland's southwest county of Ayrshire. While its ancient name is known as "The lands of How", its exact location is lost to time.

Meaning: A familiar form of howard, howland Origin: American

Hubbert

Means "bright heart", derived from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" 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.

Meaning: Having a shining intellect Origin: German