List of Baby Names for Boys Starting with H

Hartwell

(HAHRT-wel)

Hartwell Name Meaning. English: habitational name from places in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire called Hartwell, from Old English heorot 'stag', 'hart' + wella 'spring', 'stream'. In some cases the surname may have arisen from Hartwell in Hartfield, Sussex or Hartwell in Lamerton, Devon.

Meaning: Water hole for stags Origin: English

Haruki

(HAH-roo-kee)

From Japanese 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" or 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness" or 生 (ki) meaning "living".

Meaning: A wooded spring Origin: Japanese

Harvard

(HAHR-vərd)

English: from the Old English personal name Hereweard, composed of the elements here 'army' + weard 'guard', which was borne by an 11th-century thane of Lincolnshire, leader of resistance to the advancing Normans.

Meaning: A guard in the army Origin: English

Haskell

(HAS-kəl)

Haskell Name Meaning. English: from the Norman personal name Aschetil, from Old Norse Ásketill, Áskell, a compound áss 'god' + ketill 'kettle', 'helmet'. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Khaskl, a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yechezkel (see Ezekiel).

Meaning: The cauldron of God Origin: Hebrew, Old Norse

Hasse

(HAHS-she)

Hasse Name Meaning. German and Dutch: variant of Hass 1. English: topographic name from an unattested Old English word, hasse 'coarse grass', or a habitational name from a minor place, such as The Hasse in Soham, Cambridgeshire, named from this word.

Meaning: God is merciful Origin: Hebrew, Swedish

Hastings

(HAYS-tingz)

English and Scottish: habitational name from Hastings, a place in Sussex, on the south coast of England, near which the English army was defeated by the Normans in 1066. ... English: variant of Hasting.

Meaning: Violent Origin: English

Hatcher

(HACH-ər)

Hatcher Name Meaning. Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate, from Middle English hacche (Old English hæcc) + the agent suffix -er. This normally denoted a gate marking the entrance to a forest or other enclosed piece of land, sometimes a floodgate or sluice-gate.

Meaning: From flood gates of a dam Origin: English

Hauke

(HOW-keh)

Hauke, pronounced [ˈhaukə], is a fairly common Frisian masculine given name. According to onomatologist Rienk de Haan, this name developed from a reduced form of Germanic names starting with either Habuk- (meaning "hawk") or with Hug- (meaning "brain").

Meaning: Hawk Origin: Germanic

Haulani

(how-LAH-nee)

The meaning of the name “Haulani” is: “Royal ruler”. Categories: Hawaiian Names, Pacific Islander Names, Polynesian Names, Unisex Names. Used in: Hawaiian speaking countries.

Meaning: Imperial ruler Origin: Hawaiian

Havardr

(HAH-vahr-dƏr)

Havard Name Meaning. Welsh: of uncertain origin. It is believed by some to be a habitational name from Hereford, while others favor a Norman origin, from the port of Le Havre.

Meaning: The highest guardian Origin: Norwegian, Old Norse