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HakutomJapanese From Japanese 柏 (haku) meaning "oak" or 白 (haku) meaning "white" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation or 杜 (to) meaning "woods; grove". Other kanji combinations are possible.
HalcyoneusmGreek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Ἁλκυονεύς (Halkyoneus), which is the masculine form of Halkyone (see Halcyone). In real life, Halcyoneus (also called Alcyoneus) was a son of Antigonus Gonatas, king of Macedonia (3rd century BC).
HaldetrudefFrankish Haldetrude was a queen of Neustria, the first wife of Chlothar II. She was likely born around 575 - 594 and died around 604 - 629. She was the mother of Merovech, who was captured during a campaign against Burgundy and killed on orders of Brunhilda; Emma, married in 618 to Eadbald (died 640), King of Kent, though recently it has been suggested that she may have instead been the daughter of Erchinoald, mayor of the palace in Neustria; and Dagobert I (c... [more]
HaldirmLiterature A character in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. An Elf of Lothlorien, Haldir is the one who guides the Fellowship through the forest and brings them before Galadriel and Celeborn.
HaldisfNorwegian, Faroese From the Old Norse name Halldís, which was composed of the elements hallr "rock" (compare Haldor) and dís "goddess".
HalewijnmMedieval Dutch Name of the titular character in of the well-known Dutch medieval ballad "Heer Halewijn zong een liedekijn"/"The Song of Lord Halewijn".
HaliafGreek Mythology Means "briny" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was the personification of sea salt, a sea nymph native to the Isle of Rhodes (sometimes believed to be one of the indigenous Rhodian gods) and the favourite of Poseidon... [more]
HaliafHawaiian Directly taken from Hawaiian hali'a meaning "memory of a loved one, cherished or loving memory". It made the top 100 in Hawaii for the first time in 2020, the year of the Covid19 pandemic.
HalinorfPopular Culture Possibly an elaborated form of Elinor. Created for the comic book series 'W.I.T.C.H.'. In the story, Halinor was the original Guardian of Fire.
HaliyafFilipino, Philippine Mythology Haliya is the name of a Bicolano moon deity. There is an ancient ritual named after her performed in Bicol during the full moon, which was believed to frighten away Bakunawa, a serpent-like dragon in Philippine mythology... [more]
HallberafOld Norse, Icelandic, Faroese Derived from Old Norse hallr meaning "flat stone, slab, big stone, boulder" (compare Hallr, Halli) and (the hypothetical reconstructed root) *ber- "bear" (also found in the noun berserkr), making it a feminine equivalent of Hallbjörn.
Hallelujahf & mEnglish (Rare) From the English word hallelujah, uttered in worship or as an expression of rejoicing, ultimately from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halleluyah) meaning "praise ye the Lord."
Halleyf & mEnglish, Portuguese (Brazilian) Transferred use of the surname Halley. It peaked in popularity in 1986, when Halley's Comet was last spotted from Earth. It rose again in the US in the mid 1990's when similar-sounding names (like Haley and Hallie) were increasing in popularity.
HalonafHawaiian Means "peering; place from which to peer, place to peer at, lookout" in Hawaiian.
Halonam & fIroquois Halona is a unisex name that means "Of good fortune"
HalosydnefGreek Mythology Means "sea-fed" or "sea-born" from Greek ἅλς (halos) "sea" and ὑδνέω (hydneo) "to nourish". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Amphitrite.
HalrloprillalarfLiterature Halrloprillalar (Prill for short) is a character from Larry Niven's book RINGWORLD. She is from the species that created the Ringworld, known as the engineers.
Halseym & fEnglish From Old English, meaning "from Hal's island". The name is probably given in honour of the American war hero Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959).
Hàmm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 涵 (hàm) meaning "tolerate, forgive" or "immerse".
HamafJapanese Directly taken from Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, sea coast". It can also be given as a combination of 波 (ha) meaning "waves" with 麻 (ma) meaning "flax, hemp".
HamadryasfGreek Mythology Derived from Greek ἅμα (háma) meaning "together" and δρῦς (drys) meaning "tree; oak". This was the name of the mother of the hamadryads in Greek mythology, a kind of nymph bonded to a specific tree.
HamaefJapanese From 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seacoast" combined with 恵 (e, kei, megu.mu) meaning "blessing, favour, grace, kindness", 絵 (e, kai) meaning "drawing, painting, picture, sketch", or 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, inlet"... [more]
HamakofJapanese From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, sea coast" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
HamalmAstronomy Derived from the Arabic راس الحمل (rās al-ħamal) meaning "head of the ram". The brightest star in the Aries constellation.
HamallmOld Norse From Old Norse hamall meaning "castrated male sheep, wether".
HamandishemShona Meaning “one’s relative or family is God”, this name may be given by and/or to someone who is devoted to God, who is an orphan, has no relatives or was abandoned.
HamathmEnglish (Puritan) The word signifies a defense or citadel, and such designation was very suitable for this chief royal city of the Hittites, situated between their northern and southern capitals, Carchemish and Kadesh, on a gigantic mound beside the Orontes... [more]
HəmayılfAzerbaijani Means "amulet, talisman" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic حمائل (ḥamā'il).
HambalimIndonesian From the name of 9th-century Islamic jurist and theologian Ahmad ibn Hanbal, who founded the Hanbali school (madhhab) of Sunni Islam.
HamengkubuwonomJavanese, Indonesian Means "guardian of the world" in Javanese. It comes from the current ruling royal house of the Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia
Hamid RezamPersian Combination of Hamid 1 and Reza. Though usually transcribed into Latin characters with a dash or a space, it is not written with a space in Persian.
HamlinmAmerican (Rare) Transferred use of the surname Hamlin. A notable bearer is American author Hamlin Garland (1860-1940) who wrote fictional works about life in the Midwest.
HamonifJapanese From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf", 萌 (mo) meaning "bud, sprout" or 奏 (ha) meaning "play music, complete", 波 (ha) meaning "wave" combined with 似 (i) meaning "becoming", 音 (moni) meaning "sound", 萌 (moni) meaning "bud, sprout" or 望 (moni) meaning "to hope"... [more]
HampsicoramHistory Meaning unknown. Could be a Latin form of Ampsaga, the name of a river (today known as Rhummel in Algerian Arabic) bordering with the Numidian Massylii in the vicinity of Cirta.... [more]