List of English Baby Names Meanings Starting with H

Haynes

(HAYNZ)

Haynes Name Meaning. English (Shropshire): from the Welsh personal name Einws, a diminutive of Einion (of uncertain origin, popularly associated with einion 'anvil'). English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Hain 2. English: habitational name from Haynes in Bedfordshire.

Meaning: Hawthorne Origin: English, Germanic

Hayward

(HAY-wərd)

Hayward Name Meaning. English: occupational name for an official who was responsible for protecting land or enclosed forest from damage by animals, poachers, or vandals, from Middle English hay 'enclosure' (see Hay 1) + ward 'guardian'.

Meaning: Protector of a fence Origin: English

Haywood

(HAY-wud)

Haywood Name Meaning. English (Midlands): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Herefordshire. Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire, so called from Old English (ge)hæg 'enclosure' + wudu 'wood'.

Meaning: Enclosed woods Origin: English

Heard

(HURD)

This interesting surname of early medieval English origin, found chiefly in the West country, is an occupational name for a tender of animals, usually a cowherd or shepherd. It is derived from the Middle English "he(a)rde" which is a development of the Old English pre 7th Century "hi(e)rde" meaning herd or flock.

Meaning: Shepherd or cowherd Origin: English

Hearn

(HURN)

This name is most common in southwestern Ireland. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUidhrín (see Herron). English: variant of Heron 1. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a bend in a river or in a recess in a hill, both of which are meanings of Middle English herne (Old English hyrne).

Meaning: Heron Origin: English

Heathcliff

(HEETH-klif)

Meaning "from the heath cliff," or "from the cliff with heath". It was created by Emily Bronte for her novel, Wuthering Heights. Composed literally of the words heath and cliff. Heath is a shrubland consisting of open, low growing, woody plant life and is found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Home » Submitted Names.

Meaning: Sloping wasteland Origin: English

Hebron

(hev-ROHN)

Hebron certainly is “the Hebrew place”, since Hebron is where Abraham the “ Hebrew” settles for years after splitting with his nephew Lot. Genesis 14: 13 is the first place in the Bible where the word “Hebrew” is used, as Abraham is explicitly said to be a “Hebrew”.

Meaning: Association or community Origin: English, Hebrew

Heller

(HEL-ər)

Heller Family History. Heller Name Meaning. German: nickname from the small medieval coin known as the häller or heller because it was first minted (in 1208) at the Swabian town of (Schwäbisch) Hall. Compare Hall. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Schwäbisch Hall.

Meaning: From a hill Origin: English, Germanic

Hellerson

(HEL-ər-sən)

Hellerson is a baby boy name its meaning is . Mostly popular in christian religion. The poeple have viewed this name 1117 times.

Meaning: Son of Heller Origin: English, Germanic

Henderson

(HEN-dər-sən)

Henderson is a common Scottish surname. The name is derived from patronymic form of the name Hendry, which is a Scottish form of Henry. Some Hendersons also derive their name from Henryson. The surname Henderson is borne by numerous unrelated families in Scotland.

Meaning: Henry's son Origin: English, Germanic