List of English Baby Names Meanings Starting with H

Hansford

(HANS-fərd)

Hansford is a surname and rare male given name, which originates from the Old English, meaning "'Ford near protected temple'". E.

Meaning: A rocky ford Origin: English

Hanson

(HAN-sən)

Hanson Name Meaning. English (chiefly Midlands and northern England, especially Yorkshire): patronymic from Hann or the byname Hand. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAmhsaigh (see Hampson 2). Irish: variant of McKittrick. Respelling of Scandinavian Hansen or Hansson.

Meaning: Son of John Origin: English, Hebrew

Harald

(HAH-rahlt)

Origin of the name Harold: Derived from the obsolete Old English Hereweald, a compound name composed of the elements here (army) and weald (ruler, power, control). Alternatively, the Scandinavians introduced the cognate Harald, which is composed of the Germanic elements harja (army) and wald (rule).

Meaning: Powerful man in the army Origin: Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish

Harrod

(HAR-əd)

Hebrew Meaning: The name Harrod is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Harrod is: Heroic.

Meaning: Ruled by the army Origin: English, Germanic

Hartman

(HAHRT-mən)

Hartman Name Meaning. Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hard 'hardy', 'strong' + man 'man'. Respelling of German Hartmann. This name is also found in Slovenia and elsewhere in central Europe. Jewish (Ashkenazic): elaborated form of Hart.

Meaning: Fast runner Origin: English, Germanic

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

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

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

Hawke

(HAWK)

Hawke Name Meaning English: variant spelling of Hawk.

Meaning: Hawk Origin: English, Germanic