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HOWLAND : Variant of HOLLANDS.

HOWSE : Variant of HOWE.

HOÀNG : Vietnamese form of HUANG, from Sino-Vietnamese 黃 (hoàng).

HRABE : Derived from the Czech word hrabe "count". The name was perhaps used to denote a servant of a count.

HRISTOV : Means "son of HRISTO".

HRUBY : Derived from Czech hruby "crude".

HRUŠKA : Means "pear" in Czech. It was most likely used to denote a person who grew or sold pears.

HSU : Variant transcription of XU.

HU : From Chinese 胡 (hú) meaning "beard, whiskers, recklessly, wildly, barbarian".

HUANG : From Chinese 黄 (huáng) meaning "yellow".

HUBER : From Middle High German huober or huob(e)ner meaning "man who owns a hube" (a hube is a piece of land of 30-60 acres). This name is from southern Germ...

HUDDLESON : Means "son of Huddle" (see HUDSON).

HUDDLESTON : From the name of a town Huddleston in the Yorkshire region of England. It means "Hudel's town".

HUDNALL : From the Old English place name Hudanheale meaning "Huda's heath" or "nook of land belonging to a man called Huda". Its use can be traced back to arou...

HUDSON : Means "son of HUDDE".

HUERTA : Means "garden, small orchard" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin hortus.

HUFF : Means "spur of a hill" in Old English.

HUFFMAN : Variant of HOFMANN.

HUFFMANN : Variant of HOFMANN.

HUGHES (1) : Patronymic of the given name HUGH.

HUGHES (2) : Anglicized form of MAC AODHA.

HULL : Variant of HILL.

HULT : Swedish form of HOLT.

HUME : Variant of HOLME. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).

HUMMEL (1) : Derived from the given name HUMBERT.

HUMMEL (2) : Nickname for a busy person (from the Germanic word hommel meaning "bee").

HUMPHREY : Derived from the given name HUMPHREY.

HUNNISETT : Variant spelling of HONEYSETT.

HUNT : Variant of HUNTER.

HUNTER : Occupational name which referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.



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