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HARDING : Derived from the given name HEARD. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

HARDWICK : From Old English heorde "herd" and wic "farm".

HARDY : From Old French hardi meaning "bold, daring".

HAREL : Means in Hebrew "mountain of God".

HARFORD : Habitational name from places called Harford, in Gloucestershire and Devon, meaning "hart ford".

HARGRAVE : Derived from the Old English elements har meaning "grey" and graefe "thicket".

HARLAN : Variant of HARLAND.

HARLAND : From a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English.

HARLEY : Derived from a place name meaning "hare clearing", from Old English hara "hare" and leah "woodland, clearing".

HARLOW : Habitational name derived from a number of locations named Harlow, from Old English hær "rock" or here "army", combined with hlaw "hill".

HARMAAJÄRVI : Means "grey lake". It is one of the many water-related surnames in Finland.

HARMAN : Variant of HERMANN.

HARMON : From the given name HERMAN.

HAROLDSON : Means "son of HAROLD".

HARPER : Originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps.

HARRELL : From the given name HAROLD.

HARRELSON : Variant of HAROLDSON. A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Woody Harrelson.

HARRIS : Means "son of HARRY".

HARRISON : Means "son of HARRY".

HART : Means "male deer". It was originally acquired by a person who owned harts, lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.

HARTELL : Diminutive of either hardt "hardy, tough" or hart "male deer".

HARTMANN : From the German given name HARTMANN.

HARVEY : From the Breton given name Haerviu (see HARVEY).

HASE : From Middle High German and Middle Low German hase meaning "hare, rabbit". It is a nickname for a timid person.

HASEK : Means "hare" from the German word haase.

HASENKAMP : Means "rabbit field", from Middle German hase "rabbit" and kamp "field". It was documented in the year 1300.

HASHIMOTO : From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

HASS : From the given name Hasso, a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element hadu meaning "combat".

HATHAWAY : Habitational name for someone who lived by a path across a heath, from Middle English hathe "heath" and weye "way".

HATHEWAY : Variant of HATHAWAY.



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