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Henan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river (referring to the Yellow River)”).

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Hench

Possibly a variant of Hinch.

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Hendy

From Welsh and cognate with hendref (“winter dwelling”).

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Heng

From Mandarin 恆 /恒 (Héng).

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Henle

Borrowed from German Henle, a diminutive of Hans.

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From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich, Dutch Hendrik, Estonian Hendrik, and Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish H

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Heo

From the Korean surname, variant of Hŏ, from 허 (heo).

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Heppe

Borrowed from German Heppe.

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Hepu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 合浦 (Hépǔ).

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Heqet

Borrowed from Egyptian ḥqtH- q:t-I7

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Hequ

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河曲 (Héqū).

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Hera

Borrowed from Latin Hēra, from Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā).

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Herat

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَرَات (harāt), from Arabic هَرَاة (harāh), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hlyb' /⁠harēw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 (h-r-i-v /⁠haraiva⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“t

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Herda

Borrowed from Czech Herda, nickname for a clumsy, noisy or loutish person.

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Herdt

* As a south German surname, from the adjective hart (“hard”), also the noun Herd (“hearth”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from the personal name Herto, itself from the root of hart. * As a Dutch surname, spelli

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Herek

Borrowed from Turkish Herek.

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Herl

Borrowed from German Herl.

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Herm

Perhaps from Old Norse armr (“arm”), because of its shape.

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Herne

Unknown. Suggested by R. Lowe Thompson to derive from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn”), which would mean it is related to English horn. Others have suggested that it comes from Old English Herian (literally “warrior-le

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Hero

From Ancient Greek Ἡρώ (Hērṓ).

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Herod

From Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērōídēs).

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Heron

* As an English and French surname, from heron. * As an English surname, from Harome in Yorkshire, from Old English harum, dative plural of hær (“stone”) * As an Irish surname, from O'Heron, from Ó hUidhrín (literally “d

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Herr

As a title and German and Jewish surname (also found in Hungary and France), from the noun Herr (“gentleman, sir”).

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Herra

Borrowed from Spanish Herra. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.

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Hersh

Borrowed from Yiddish הירש (hirsh, “deer”), from Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Compare hart.

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Hersi

Borrowed from Somali Xirsi.

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Hert

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Herdt. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Herd, from hert (“stag”).

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Hertz

Borrowed from German Hertz.

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Hesch

Borrowed from German Hesch.

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Hesse

Borrowed from German Hesse.

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Heth

Likely of multiple origins, including: *From an anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Áed. *From Middle English heeth.

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Hetz

Borrowed from German Hetz.

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Heuer

From the German surname, from Heu (“hay”).

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Hever

For the place in England: 'The settlement at the high ridge', from Old English Heanyfre, from hēah (“high”), in the oblique case hēan + *ȳfre (“ridge”), or perhaps the Kentish dialectal variant *ēfre (see ōfer for more).

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Hevia

Borrowed from Spanish Hevia. This surname is mostly found in Spain and Chile.

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Hew

Variant of Hugh.

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Hewat

From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.

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Hewes

From Hugh + patronymic suffix -s.

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Hews

From Hugh + patronymic suffix -s.

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Hexi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河西 (Héxī).

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Heyde

Borrowed from German Heyde.

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Heyes

Variant spelling of Hayes.

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Heze

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 菏澤 /菏泽 (Hézé).

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Hh

Initialism of Hedgehog; the gene and the signaling pathway are named after the protein.

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Hi

Clipping of Hiram.

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Hib

Acronym of Haemophilus influenzae b.

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Hibbs

From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Isabel and Hilbert.

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Hible

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Isabel.

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Hibs

Shortening.

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Hick

Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.

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Hicks

Etymology tree English Hick Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Middle English -es English -s English Hicks From Hick + -s.

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Hida

Borrowed from Japanese 飛騨 (Hida).

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Hidam

From Manipuri ꯍꯤꯗꯝ (hidam).

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Hideo

Borrowed from Japanese ひでお (Hideo).

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Hierl

Borrowed from German Hierl.

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Higa

Borrowed from Japanese 比嘉 (Higa).

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Higby

Variant of Higbee.

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Higgs

From Hick + -s. From Hick + the patronymic suffix -s.

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Hight

English topographic surname, from the noun height. Compare Haight.

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Hiisi

From Finnish hiisi.

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Hijam

From Manipuri ꯍꯤꯖꯝ (hijam).

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Hiji

Borrowed from Japanese 日出 (Hiji).

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Hijra

From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “departure, exodus”), used in reference to Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “emigrate, to abandon”). Doublet of Hegira, which went through Latin.

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Hijri

Borrowed from Arabic هِجْرِيّ (hijriyy), nisba adjective of هِجْرَة (hijra, “Hijra”).

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Hiko

From Shoshone [Term?] (“white man”).

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Hilda

Short form of Germanic names beginning or ending in hild (“battle”).

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Hiles

Unexplained.

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Hiley

Probably a variant of Highley.

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Hill

* As an English surname, from the noun hill, shortened from Hilary, and from Old English hild (“battle”). * As a German surname, shortened from Hildebrand, related to the last sense above. * As a Finnish surname, calque

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Hilma

Used in early 19th-century Scandinavian literature, probably as a variant of Wilhelmina.

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Hilo

From Hawaiian Hilo, of uncertain etymology but possibly related to hilo (“to twist”).

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Him

A surname of Khmer origin.

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Hime

Americanized spelling of German Heim.

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Himi

Borrowed from Japanese 冰見 (Himi).

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Himmy

Shortened form with -y.

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Hin

Borrowed from Khmer. Borrowed also from Dutch Hin.

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Hinan

From Japanese 卑南(ひなん) (Hinan).

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Hind

From hind, a nickname for a gentle or timid person.

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Hinde

Originally a nickname from Middle English hinde (“female deer, doe, hind”), from Old English hind.

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Hindi

Borrowed from Hindi हिंदी (hindī), from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī). By surface analysis, Hind + -i. Distant doublet of Sindhi.

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Hindu

Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river,

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Hing

From Teochew 王 (hêng5).

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Hinny

Blend of Harry + Ginny.

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Hinuq

Borrowed from Hinukh гьинузас мец (hinuzas mec).

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Hira

Borrowed from Arabic حِرَاء (ḥirāʔ).

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Hirai

Borrowed from Japanese 平井 (Hirai).

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Hiram

From Biblical Hebrew חִירָם (Ḥirám, “high-born”), possibly from Phoenician, or a shortened form of אֲחִירָם ('aḥirám, “brother of the exalted”).

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Hire

* As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Heier, Heyer. * As an English surname, variant of Heare. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hare.

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Hiren

From the name of a character in George Peele's The Turkish Mahamet and Hyrin the fair Greek; originally a version of the name Irene.

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Hisey

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Heise.

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Hit

From Ottoman Turkish هیت (Hit) and Arabic هيت (Hit).

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Hitch

From a medieval diminutive of the male give name Richard.

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Hiwi

From German Hiwi, short for Hilfswilliger (“voluntary assistant, one willing to help”).

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Hixon

Surname from Hick + -son.

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Hizer

Americanized spelling of German Heiser.

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Hjelm

From the Danish and Swedish surname, from hjälm (“helmet”).

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Hjort

Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Hjort, a nickname from hjort (“hart, stag”).

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Hlai

From Hlai Hlai.

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Hlegu

Borrowed from Burmese လှည်းကူး (hlany:ku:).

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Hmong

From White Hmong Hmoob.

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Hnat

Borrowed from Czech Hnát.

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Ho

From Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”).

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Ho-pi

From Mandarin 鶴壁 /鹤壁 (Hèbì), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-pi⁴.

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HoCo

From the two initial syllables.

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HoYay

From a contraction of "homoeroticism, yay!", after a thread so named on the forum Television Without Pity.

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Hoa

From Vietnamese Hoa, from Chinese 華 /华.

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Hoang

Borrowed from Vietnamese Hoàng. Compare Huang.

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Hoar

* As an English surname, from the adjective hoar (“greyish white”). * Also as an English surname, from Ore in Sussex, or its source Old English ōra (“edge, brink”). Compare Middle English Hore.

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Hoare

Variant of Hoar.

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Hob

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robin, and separately as a French diminutive of Robert.

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Hobb

From Middle English Hobb. From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

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Hobbs

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.

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Hobl

Borrowed from German Hobl.

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Hoda

Variant of Huda.

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Hodge

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Roger. The substitution of H for R is common in English words derived from Norman French.

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Hodod

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Hodod.

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Hoe

From Old English hōh (“heel; spur of a hill”).

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Hoefs

Borrowed from Dutch Hoefs.

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Hoey

A variant of Haughey, a surname of Irish origin.

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Hofer

Borrowed from German Hofer.

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Hoff

Clipping of Hasselhoff.

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Hogan

An anglicised form of Irish Ó hÓgáin or Ó hEochagáin.

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Hogg

From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.

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Hogue

Habitational surname borrowed from French Hogue.

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Hoh

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Höh, from Middle High German hoch (“high”); compare Hoch. * As a Chinese surname, from romanizations of various surnames: ** 何 and 賀 /贺 (hè) (see He) ** 霍 (huò) (see Huo) ** 郝 (

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Hohl

From the German surname, from the adjective hohl (“hollow”).

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Hojo

Borrowed from Japanese 北条 (Hōjō).

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Hokan

From Atsugewi hoqi. While the first proposals by Dixon and Kroeber rested on very limited cognate sets comprising only five words, later assessments by Sapir included hundreds of putative cognate sets and analyses of Hok

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Hokie

A term used in "Old Hokie", the athletic cheer of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, which cheer was composed by Oscar M. Stull of the VPI Class of 1896 as the winning submission of a student body contest held to mark t

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Hoklo

Borrowed from a southern Chinese lect; compare Cantonese 學佬／学佬 (hok6 lou2), Hakka 學佬／学佬 (Ho̍k-ló), Hokkien 福佬 (Ho̍h-ló). The Hailufeng variety sense is influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese 學佬 /学佬 (hok⁶ lou²).

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Holan

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Czech Holan, Holaň, Holáň, all nicknames from holy (“naked, bare”). * Borrowed from Norwegian Holan, habitational surname from several minor places, ultimately from Old Norse hóll (“

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Hole

Various origins: * English topographic surname for someone who lived by a depression, from Old English holh (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulwī, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją. * Borrowed from Norwegian Hole, a habit

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Holec

Borrowed from Czech Holec and Slovak Holec.

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Holes

Various origins: * Variant of English Hole. * Borrowed from Slovak Holeš or Czech Holeš.

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Holi

Borrowed from Hindi होली (holī), from Sanskrit होला (holā).

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Holl

* As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun hohl (“hollow hole”). * Also as a German surname, variant of Hold, from the obsolete noun Middle High German holde (“friend, servant vassal”); also Helle. * As an English su

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Holle

* As a north German surname, from the obsolete noun hol (“bog, cave”), related to the modern adjective hohl (“hollow”) (English hole). * Also as a German surname (Hölle), variant of Hoelle, itself related to the noun Höl

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Holli

A rare spelling variant of Holly.

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Holly

* As an Irish surname, calque of mac cuilinn (“holly”) (see McCullen) and sometimes McQuillan. * As an English surname, variant of Holley. * As a Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Holý, Holy. * Also as a locational En

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Holm

* As an English, Scottish, German (by way of Low German holm), Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) /North Germanic surname (from Old Norse holmr), from holm (“islet”), all from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. * Also as an

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Holod

From Romanian Holod.

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Holt

English, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).

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Holts

Americanized spelling of German Holtz.

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Holum

Borrowed from Norwegian Holum.

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Hom

From Taishanese 譚 /谭 (ham⁴).

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Homam

From Arabic هُمَام (humām).

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Homan

Variant of Homann.

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Home

From home.

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Homen

Respelling of Portuguese Homem.

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Homer

From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

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Homme

Three possible origins: * Borrowed from Norwegian Homme, a habitational surname from several farmsteads so named from Old Norse hvammr (“small valley”). * Borrowed from French Homme, a nickname from Old French homme (“ma

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Homs

From a variant romanization of North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), from Arabic حِمْص (ḥimṣ), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא

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Homsi

From North Levantine Arabic حمصي (ḥomṣi). By surface analysis, Homs + -i.

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Hon

An surname of unexplained English origin, or borrowed from Cantonese 韓 /韩 (hon4) or Hakka 韓 /韩 (Hòn).

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Honam

Borrowed from Korean 호남(湖南) (honam). Doublet of Hunan.

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Honan

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river”).

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Honda

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).

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Hong

Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng) or Taishanese 湯 /汤 (hong¹).

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Honor

Shortened from Honoria and Honora; later also interpreted as a virtue name by Puritans.

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Hoo

From Old English hōh; see hoo.

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Hood

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun hood. * Also as an English surname, from the Middle English name Hode, a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-, see Ott, Oates, and also compare Hodson. * Also as an

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Hook

* As an English surname, from the noun hook. * As a Swedish surname, from hök (“hawk”). * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Hoek; compare Vanhook.

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Hoon

From the Dutch surname de Hoon, from Middle Dutch hoon (“dangerous”), from Old Dutch *honi (“despicable”).

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Hoorn

Borrowed from Dutch Hoorn.

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Hoos

Borrowed from Dutch Hoos.

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Hop

Borrowed from Dutch Hop.

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Hopeh

From the Postal Romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 河北 (Héběi).

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Hopf

From the German surname for a brewer, from Hopfen (“hop”).

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Hopi

From Hopi hopi (“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise or knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like

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Hopp

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Hobbs. * As a Dutch surname, from hop (“Humulus lupulus”). Also a pet form of Hubrecht, Dutch form of Hubert. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Hoppe and Hopf.

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Hoppe

* As a Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Hopp. * Also as a German surname, nickname from hoppen (“to hop”); see hüpfen. * As a Danish surname, from the German surname Hopf, as well as Danish hoppe (“mare, hor

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Hoppo

From Cantonese 合浦 (hap⁶ pou²).

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Hoque

Borrowed from Bengali হক (hok). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.

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Horae

From the Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hôrai, “hours; seasons”).

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Horai

A romanization of Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hôrai, “seasons”).

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Horak

From Czech Horák.

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Horal

From Ukrainian Гораль (Horalʹ) or Czech Horal, from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).

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Horan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUghróin (“descendant of Ughrón”) or Ó hOdhráin (“descendant of Odhrán”).

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Horch

Borrowed from German Horch.

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Horea

From Romanian Horea.

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Horgi

Blend of husky + corgi.

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Horia

From Romanian Horia.

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Horki

From Belarusian Горкі (Hórki).

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Horol

Probably from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).

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Horr

Borrowed from German Hörr.

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Horst

Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.

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Horta

From Portuguese Horta.

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Horus

From Late Latin Hōrus, from Ancient Greek Ὧρος (Hôros), from Egyptian ḥr.

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Hose

* As an English, Scottish, and German surname, from the noun hose (“leggings”). * Also as a German surname, from the Czech personal name Hos, shortened from Johannes, or from host (“guest”), see Hosack. * Also as an Engl

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Hosea

From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”), from the masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”).

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Hosek

Borrowed from Czech Hošek.

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Hosur

From Kannada ಹೊಸೂರು (hosūru).

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Hotak

From Pashto هوتک.

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Hotan

From Uyghur خوتەن (xoten).

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Hotei

From Japanese 布袋 (Hotei), from Middle Chinese 布袋 (MC puH dojH, “cloth sack”) (compare Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài), Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitr

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Hoth

Named after the fictional ice planet of Hoth from the 1980 U.S. science fiction film Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, due to its extremely cold surface temperature.

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Hotot

Ellipsis of Blanc de Hotot, from French Blanc de Hotot (“White of Hotot”), after Hotot-en-Auge (a commune in Normandy, France).

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Hou

Borrowed from Chinese 侯 (Hóu).

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Houbi

From Mandarin 後壁 (Hòubì).

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Houck

From the Dutch surname, variant of Hoek.

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