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HATHOWAY : Variant of HATHAWAY.

HAUER : Derived from Middle High German houwen "to chop". The name may refer to a butcher or to a woodchopper.

HAUGEN : Means "hill" in Norwegian, used by families residing on hilltops.

HAUMANN : Means "wood cutter" and is represented in the family crest. It originated in the Riga province of the Netherlands.

HAUPT : German cognate of HEAD (1) or HEAD (2).

HAUSLER : From the German word haus meaning "house", combined with the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. It was a reference to a resident of a house with no la...

HAVEL : Derived from the given name HAVEL.

HAVELKA : Means "son of HAVEL" in Czech.

HAVENER : Variant of HAFNER.

HAVLÍČEK : Diminutive form of HAVEL.

HAWARD : Variant of HOWARD (1) or HAYWARD.

HAWK : Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner.

HAWKING : From a diminutive of HAWK.

HAWKINS : Patronymic surname derived from a diminutive of HAWK.

HAYASHI : From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

HAYDEN (1) : Derived from place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill".

HAYDEN (2) : Anglicized form of Ó HÉIDEÁIN or Ó HÉIDÍN.

HAYES (1) : Denoted a dweller at or near a hedge or hedged enclosure, or the keeper of hedges or fences. A famous bearer was American President Rutherford B. Haye...

HAYES (2) : Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAodha meaning "descendant of AODH".

HAYES (3) : Matronymic surname from the Yiddish name Khaye "life".

HAYLEY : From the name of an English town meaning "hay clearing", from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing".

HAYNES : Patronymic derived from the Norman name HAGANO.

HAYWARD : Occupational name for a person who protected an enclosed forest. It is from Middle English hay "enclosure" and ward "guard".

HAYWOOD : Derived from a place name meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.

HEAD (1) : From Middle English hed, from Old English heafod, akin to Old High German houbit and Latin caput (both meaning "head"). The surname is occupational an...

HEAD (2) : Referred originally to a person who lived at the head of a river or on a hilltop.

HEADLEY : From a place name meaning "heather clearing" in Old English.

HEARN : Anglicized form of Ó HEACHTHIGHEARNA.

HEATH : Originally belonged to a person who was a dweller on the heath or open land.

HEDLEY : Variant of HEADLEY.