This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is rare.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Hewez m & f Kurdish (Rare)Means: Joy, Fun, Happy, Lucky, Funny, Playful, Joke, Joker, Pleasant (Kurdish-Kurmanji)
Hibari f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 雲 meaning "cloud" and 雀 meaning "sparrow". As a word. 雲雀 (
hibari) means "lark, skylark". Other spellings are possible.... [
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Hibiku f Japanese (Rare)From the word 響く (
hibiku) meaning "echo, noise, reverberation, sound". Other spellings are possible.
Hibiya m Japanese (Modern, Rare), Popular CultureThis name is used as 響也 with 響 (kyou, hibi.ku) meaning "echo, resound, ring, sound, vibrate" and 也 (e, ya, ka, nari, mata) meaning "to be (classical form)."... [
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Hideitsu m Japanese (Rare)From 秀 (
hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" combined with 伍 (
itsu) meaning "five" or 一 (
itsu) meaning "one". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hidetada m Japanese (Rare)From 英 (
hide) meaning "excellent, fine" and 忠 (
tada) meaning "loyalty". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Hideyori m Japanese (Rare)From 英 (
hide) meaning "wisdom, brilliance" and 頼 (
yori) meaning "rely". Other kanji combinations can be added.
Hieronyma f Dutch (Rare)Feminine form of
Hieronymus. This name is quite old-fashioned in the Netherlands these days (it was more common in late medieval times), but it's still in use, although it's quite rare now... [
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Hiie f Estonian (Rare)Allegedly derived from Estonian
hiie, the genitive singular / attributive form of
hiis “sacred grove”.
Hiʻilei f Hawaiian (Modern, Rare)Means "child carried in the arms" from Hawaiian
hiʻi "carry in the arms" and
lei "wreath" (by extension "child", carried on the shoulders like a lei).
Hikako f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 陽 (
hi) meaning "light, sun", 佳 (
ka) meaning "good, beautiful" and 子 (
ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji.
Hiker m English (Rare)From the English word
hiker, meaning a person who hikes, from the English dialectal
hyke “to walk vigorously”. Hiker Chiu is a Taiwanese intersex human rights activist who founded Oii-Chinese in 2008 and cofounded Intersex Asia in 2018.
Hilae f English (American, Rare)Used as early as the mid 19th century in the Appalachian Mountain area of the eastern United States. It may be a form of the Hebrew name Hila.
Hime f Japanese (Rare)From 姫
(hime) meaning "princess" (also used for this name as 妃), derived from a combination of 日
(hi) meaning "sun" (used as a prefix or appellation in reference to the imperial family) and 女
(me) meaning "woman."... [
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Himeyuri f Japanese (Modern, Rare)From 姫百合
(himeyuri), referring to the type of lily known as
Lilium concolor (also morning star lily). It is derived from 姫
(hime) meaning "princess" combined with 百合
(yuri) (see
Yuri 2).... [
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Himoto m Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 日本 (himoto) meaning "Japan". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well. ... [
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Hindi f English (Rare, Archaic)Likely a diminutive of
Hind, a (nick)name derived from an archaic English word for a female deer, or a transferred use of the surname
Hind, which is derived from the same source (and was likely given as a nickname to a shy, timid person)... [
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Hinode f & m Japanese (Rare)From 日の出
(hinode) meaning "sunrise," also written with kanji relating to the image of a sunrise, such as 旦 meaning "daybreak, dawn" or 旺 meaning "vigorous, prosperous."... [
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Hisbunnisa f Arabic (Rare)hisbunnisa means "a girl who worships the Almighty".Another meaning is the starting word
Hisbu meaning "to keep hisb" in arabic or "to remember things" in english,the last word
Nisa means "a woman or aurat'... [
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Hisui f Japanese (Modern, Rare)This name is used as 翡翠 which, in the sense of being used as a word, means "jade," from 翡 (hi) meaning "kingfisher" and 翠 (sui, kawasemi, midori) meaning "green."... [
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Hitlerike f German (Rare, Archaic)A name coined before the onset of the third Reich using Adolf Hitler's surname as a first name. The name was already banned on 3 Juli 1933 because it was unwanted by the Reichskanzler (i.e., Hitler himself) and extant namesakes were required to change their names.
Hiurma f Spanish (Canarian, Rare)This name was listed in a baptismal register from Seville dating to the 15th century. It is said to derive from Guanche
yurma meaning "white pupil (leukocoria)", literally "moon of the pupil" from *
hăyyūr "moon" and *
əmma "pupil".
Hiyuka f Japanese (Rare)From 陽 (
hiyu) meaning "sun, positive, yang, plus" and 香 (
ka) meaning "fragrance, aroma, pleasant scent".
Hizashi m Japanese (Rare)From 陽 (
hi, yo) meaning "sun, male, heaven, sunshine, yang principle, positive, daytime" and 射 (
zashi) meaning "shoot, shine into, onto, archery". 陽射 (
Hizashi) means sunlight or sun rays.
Hjálmey f Icelandic (Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
hjalmr "helmet; protection" and
ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element
auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Hogarth m English (Rare)Transferred from the surname “Hogarth”. This name was borne by a character in the cartoon movie “The Iron Giant”, starring little Hogarth Hughes and a giant iron robot from outer space.
Hohoemi f Japanese (Modern, Rare)From 微笑み
(hohoemi) meaning "smile," derived from
頬 (hoho) meaning "cheek" (normally
hō when used in isolation) and
笑み (emi), the continuative form of the verb
笑む (emu) meaning "to smile."... [
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Hoka f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 甫 (
ho) meaning "beginning, for the first time" combined with 花 (
ka) meaning "flower" or 香 (
ka) meaning "fragrance". Additionally, other kanji combinations can form this name.
Holde f German (Rare)A rare German name based on names ending in
-hold like
Berthold. The secondary name element
hold is originally derived from
wald "to govern, to rule" but has been reinterpreted as derived from the German archaic adjective
hold "gainly, lovely, comely, dainty, graceful".
Hollandine f Dutch (Rare, Archaic)Derived from the place name
Holland 1, part of the Netherlands. In the case of Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate, the name was given to her because she was born in Dutch exile and the States General took over the sponsorship.
Homura f Japanese (Modern, Rare)This name can used as 炎 (en, honoo) meaning "blaze, flame" or 秀邑 with 秀 (shuu, hii.deru, ho) meaning "beauty, excel(lence), surpass" and 邑 (yuu, ure.eru, kuni, mura) meaning "village, hamlet."... [
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Honda m & f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 大海 (honda) meaning "sea, ocean". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [
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Honeysuckle f English (Rare)Named after the plant and flower, the honeysuckle, as borne by British actress Honeysuckle Weeks.
Honmaru m Japanese (Rare)This name is used as 本丸, which is also used as a word referring to an inner citadel or otherwise a core or a centre, made up of 本 (
hon, moto) meaning "main, origin" and 丸 (gan,
maru, maru.meru, maru.i) meaning "circle, round."... [
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Honoko f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 火 (
ho) meaning "fire", 乃 (
no), a possessive particle and 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
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.
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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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.
Horizon f & m English (Rare)Late Middle English via Old French from late Latin
horizon, from Greek
horizōn (kuklos) ‘limiting (circle)’.
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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Hoshito m Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 星 (
hoshi) meaning "star, dot" combined with 人 (
to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Hoshiyo f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 星 (
hoshi) meaning "star, dot" combined with 世 (
yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Housse f Jèrriais (Modern, Rare)Derived from Jèrriais
housse "holly" (ultimately from Old French
hous). This is a newly coined name, intened as a Jèrriais equivalent of
Holly.