From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant "battle worthy", from haer "battle" and viu "worthy". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton hermit who is the patron saint of the blind. Settlers from Brittany introduced it to England after the Norman conquest.
Vietnamese (H[acircdotu]u): unexplained. Chinese : variant of Hou. Chinese : variant of Hao. French (Gascony): topographic name from a local form of Occitan fau 'beech tree' (from Latin fagus). South German: topographic name from Middle High German hou, a measure of woodland.
The name is variant of the given name Haydn, which is derived from the surname Haydn in honour of composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809). The surname Haydn originated as a respelling of the nickname Heiden, meaning "heathen". The name is derived from the Middle High German heiden, and from the Old High German heidano.
Hazell Name Meaning English (southern): variant spelling of Hazel.
Alexander in Greek means "defender of men." 33) Mark. In Arthurian legend, King Mark is the ruler of Cornwall to whom Isolde is brought as a bride by Tristan; his name was presumably of Celtic origin, perhaps from "horse."
Healani originates in Hawaiian language and means "haze from heavens". It can be used as both feminine and masculine given names and was not used until the 20th century.
Heidi is a feminine given name. It became an internationally popular first name as a direct result of the Swiss children's book, Heidi. It is an affectionate diminutive of the name Adelheid (English: Adelaide), which means "nobility" or, more loosely, "of noble birth".
Origin of the name Helen: Cognate of the Greek Helenē, which is derived from the root ēlē (light, torch, bright). The name is borne in Greek legend by the beautiful wife of the king of Sparta. Her abduction by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War.
Hendrix is a surname stemming from Henry. The name Henry comes from the ancient Germanic personal name Heimirich from the elements “heim†meaning “home†and “rÄ«c†meaning “ruler, powerâ€. By the Middle Ages Heimirich was changed to Heinrich and the French adopted the name as Henri.
Heng is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 橫 in traditional characters or 横 in simplified ones. It does not appear among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.
