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Hontanares f Spanish (European, Rare)From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary
Nuestra Señora de Hontanares meaning "Our Lady of Hontanares." She is venerated at the hermitage in Riaza in the province of Segovia, Spain.
Hoodo f SomaliThis name comes from the Somali word hoodo which means "luck, fortunate." Somalis outside of Somalia may spell the name as Hodo.
Hooman m PersianMeans "good thought" from Avestan
hu meaning "good" and
man meaning "to think".
Hoorain f ArabicMeans "houri" in Arabic, which can be translated as "having eyes with an intense contrast of white and black". In Islamic religious belief, houris are women with beautiful eyes who are described as a reward for the faithful Muslim believers in Paradise... [
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Hoot m American (Rare)Possibly transferred use of Dutch or German surname
Hoot or from a nickname particular to the individual bearing the name. For instance, rodeo cowboy and early western film actor, Hoot Gibson (1892-1962), was originally called Hoot Owl and that nickname became shortened to Hoot... [
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Hợp m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 洽
(hợp) meaning "in accord, harmonious, agree" or 合
(hợp) meaning "suitable, constant".
Hopleus m Greek MythologyEtymology uncertain, perhaps related to
ὁπλή (hoplḗ) meaning "hoof" or
ὅπλον (hóplon) meaning “tool, arms”.
Hopokoekau f Indigenous American, Ho-ChunkMeans "glory of the morning" or "the coming dawn" in the Ho-Chunk language. From the Ho-Chunk
hąp meaning 'day',
ho- 'the time at which',
gu 'to come arriving', the feminine affix
-wį, and the definite article
-ga (used for personal names).
Hopper m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Hopper, originally borne by Hopper Jack Penn, the son of Sean Penn, in homage to Dennis Hopper.
Hǫr m Old NorseDerived from
hǫr,
hár or
hór (all meaning "high").
Hora f Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi"horoscope", "horoscopy", "hour" ,a branch of traditional Indian astrology dealing with finer points of predective methods"
Horabona f Medieval ItalianDerived from Latin
hora meaning "hour; time, season" and Latin
bona meaning "good, kind, right, pleasant; valid, useful, healthy".
Horas m BatakMeans "healthy, safe, prosperous" in Batak.
Horasan f Karachay-BalkarPossibly from the name of the ancient province Khorasan, itself from the Middle Persian
hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān) meaning “sunrise; east”.
Horemhat m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
ḥr-m-ḥꜣt meaning "Horus is foremost", derived from the name of the god
Horus combined with
m "in; in the role of" and
ḥat "front, foremost".
Hori m BiblicalHori of the house of
Simeon was the father of
Shaphat, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:5.
Horizon f & m English (Rare)Late Middle English via Old French from late Latin
horizon, from Greek
horizōn (kuklos) ‘limiting (circle)’.
Horkos m Greek MythologyDerived from Greek
horkos "witness" and related to Greek
horkion "oath". In Greek mythology, Horkos was the god of (false) oaths and a son of the goddess
Eris.
Horme f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek ὁρμή
(horme) meaning "an onrush, an onset, an assault". In Greek mythology Horme is the personification of energetic activity, impulse or effort (to do a thing), eagerness, setting oneself in motion, and starting an action, and particularly onrush in battle... [
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Horomona m MorioriThe meaning of this name is possibly not known. This was the name of a boy who was one of the survivors in 1861 of the Moriori genocide. This name has been used as a surname as well.
Horotychos m Ancient GreekThe second element of this name is Greek τυχη
(tyche) "chance, luck, fortune". The first element may be Greek ὣρα
(hôra) "time", or it may be derived from the name of the Egyptian god
Horos.
Hörður m IcelandicFrom the Old Norse word
hǫrðr, meaning one from Hordaland in Norway.
Horton m English, LiteratureTransferred use of the surname
Horton. Horton the Elephant is a fictional character from Dr. Suess's 'Horton Hatches the Egg' and 'Horton Hears a Who'.
Horudja m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
ḥr-wḏꜣ meaning "the healthy Horus" or "Horus is hale", derived from the name of the god
Horus combined with
wḏꜣ "to be safe, intact, unhurt".
Hosa m Arapaho (Anglicized)From the Arapaho name
Hóuusóó meaning "young crow" or "young raven". Chief Hosa or Little Raven was a 19th-century Southern Arapaho leader who oversaw the resettlement of his people into Oklahoma.
Hosato m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 浦 (ho) meaning "riverbank, shore", 帆 (ho) meaning "sail" or 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" combined with 里 (sato) or 郷 (sato) which both mean "village". Other kanji combinations are possible... [
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Ho-seok m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 昊 "summer time; sky; heaven" and 錫 "bestow, confer".
Hoseong m KoreanFrom 浩 "great, numerous, vast, abundant" and Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning "turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach" or 聖 (seong) meaning "holy, saint, sage, master, priest".
Hoshen f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Hoshen is the priestly breastplate, who was a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest of the Israelites. 12 different precious stones were placed in it against the twelve tribes and it was placed on the chest of the High Priest... [
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Hoshie f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hoshihiko m JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" or 灯 (ho) meaning "lit flame such as a candle or torch", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince"... [
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Hoshihime f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 姫 (hime) meaning "princess". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Hoshihito m JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 人 (hito) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Hoshika f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hoshiki f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 希 (ki) meaning "hope". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hoshimi f JapaneseFrom 星 (
hoshi) meaning "star, dot" and 光 (
mi) meaning "light, radiance" or 美 (
mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Hoshina f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hoshine f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hoshino f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle or 野 (no) meaning "area, field". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Hoshio m JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 郎 (o) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Hoshirou m JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 朗 (rou) meaning "bright, clear" or 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Hoshito m JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Hoshiyo f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 世 (yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hoshizuki f JapaneseFrom Japanese 星 (
hoshi) meaning "star" combined with 月 (
zuki) meaning "moon". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hosiloy f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
hosil meaning "harvest" and
oy meaning "moon".
Höskuldur m IcelandicModern form of
Hǫðskuldr, an Old Norse name with uncertain etymology. It could be a variant of Old Norse names
HagustaldaR "owner of an enclosed area" (compare Icelandic
hagi "pasture"), or of
Hǫskollr "gray head"... [
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Hosseinali m PersianThis name is a combination of Hossein "handsome" and Ali "lofty, "sublime". Most common in the Baluchistan region of Iran.
Hosteen m NavajoA term of respect meaning "man, grown man, elder, mister, husband." Transferred use of the Navajo word
Hastiin of the same meanings. Found as
Áłtsé Hastiin, the first man in the Navajo creation story... [
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Hostilius m Ancient RomanDerived from Latin
hostilis "hostile." This name was borne by Tullus Hostilius, a legendary Roman king from the 7th century BC.
Hostivít m Medieval CzechMeans "to welcome guests", from the Slavonic
hosti, meaning "guests", and
vítat, meaning "to welcome". Hostivít was the last of the seven Bohemian mythical princes between the (also mythical) founder of the Přemyslid dynasty,
Přemysl the Ploughman and the first historical prince
Bořivoj.
Hoşyar f Ottoman TurkishMeaning "pleasant lover", from Ottoman Turkish
hoş - "nice, pleasant, likeable" and
yâr - "beloved, lover". Hoşyar Kadın (died 1859) was the wife of Sultan Mahmud II.
Hotaka m JapaneseFrom Japanese 秀 (ho) meaning "beautiful; elegant; graceful", 保 (ho) meaning "protect" or 穂 (ho) meaning "grain" combined with 貴 (taka) meaning "worthful, precious, expensive" or 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high"... [
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Hotaruko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 火 (ho) meaning "fire", 垂 (taru) meaning "suspend, dangle, hang" or 蛍 (hotaru) meaning "firefly" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hotepsekhemwy m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
ḥtp-sḫm.wi meaning "the two powers are reconciled" or "pleasing in powers", derived from
ḥtp "peace, satisfaction",
sḫm "power, capability", and the suffix
wj "the two of them".
Hotma m & f BatakFrom Toba Batak
hot meaning "firm, steady, steadfast" combined with the suffix
-ma indicating emphasis.
Hotmian f & m BatakFrom Toba Batak
hot meaning "firm, steady, steadfast" and
mian meaning "reside, dwell, stay".
Hotna f BatakFrom Batak
hot meaning "strong, firm, steady".
Hotte m West FrisianThe origin of this Frisian name is uncertain; it is such a shortened and transformed form of certain names that it is very difficult to tell what the original name(s) must have been. Hotte might have been a short form of
Horatius.
Hougetsu f JapaneseFrom Japanese 抱 (Hou) meaning “embrace, hug, to hold in your arms” combined with 月 (Getsu) meaning “moon”
Hougo m JapaneseFrom Japanese 萌 (hou) meaning "bud, sprout" or 蓬 (hou) meaning "sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort" combined with 吾 (go) meaning "I, me" or 伍 (go) meaning "five". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Houmisi m CopticMeans "birthday", or literally "day (of) birth", ultimately derived from ϩⲟⲟⲩ
(hoou) "day" combined with ⲙⲓⲥⲉ
(mise) "to bear, bring forth, give birth".
Houmpheng m LaoFrom Lao ຫຸມ
(houm) meaning "love" and ແພງ
(pheng) meaning "expensive, dear".
Hounan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
后 (hòu) meaning "queen, empress" and
囡 (nān) meaning "daughter".