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HILDEBRAND : From the given name HILDEBRAND.

HILL : Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.

HILLAM : Originally Hillham, meaning "hamlet on the hill".

HILMARSSON : Means "son of Hilmar".

HILTON : Refers to a settlement (meaning "hill town") where the original bearer of the name lived. Famous bearers of this name include the Hilton family of hot...

HIMURA : From Japanese 緋 (hi) meaning "scarlet, dark red" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

HINES : Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEidhin meaning "descendant of Eidhin", a given name or byname of unknown origin.

HINRICHS : Derived from the given name HINRICH.

HINTZEN : Means "son of Hintz", a diminutive of HENRY.

HIRSCH (1) : Means "deer" in German. This was a nickname for a person who raised, herded, or hunted deer.

HIRSCH (2) : Derived from the given name HIRSH.

HISAKAWA : From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

HJORT : Means "deer" in Danish.

HLAVAČ : Derived from Czech hlava "head".

HLAVAČEK : Derived from a diminutive of Czech hlava "head".

HOBBES : Variant of HOBBS. A famous bearer of this name was British political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, the author of 'Leviathan'.

HOBBS : Derived from the medieval given name HOB.

HOBSON : Means "son of HOB".

HOCH : Means "tall" in German.

HOCHBERG : Means "high hill" in German.

HODGES : Patronymic of Hodge, a medieval form of ROGER.

HODSON : Means "son of Hodge". Hodge was a medieval form of ROGER.

HOEDEMAEKER : Variant of HOEDEMAKER.

HOEDEMAEKERS : Variant of HOEDEMAKER.

HOEDEMAKER : From the old profession of hoedemaker, the person who made hoeden (singular hoed) meaning "hat" in Dutch.

HOEDEMAKERS : Variant of HOEDEMAKER.

HOEFLER : Variant of HOFER.

HOEKSTRA : Frisian surname meaning "from the corner" or "corner farm".

HOFER : Occupational surname meaning "farmer" in German.

HOFFMAN : Variant of HOFMANN.



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