Names starting with H

From Sino-Vietnamese 河 (hà) meaning "river".

Feminine form of Habib.

Turkish form of Hagar.

Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew.

Modern Hebrew form of Hadassah.

Hebrew form of Hadassah, as well as the standard spelling in Portuguese and German.

From Hebrew הֲדַס (haḏas) meaning "myrtle tree". In the Old Testament, this is the Hebrew name of Queen Esther.

Alternate transcription of Arabic هديل (see Hadil).

Germanic name derived from the elements hadu meaning "battle, combat" and wit meaning "wide".

Old German form of Hedwig.

Dutch variant of Hedwig.

Means "gift" in Arabic, ultimately a derivative of هدى (hadā) meaning "to lead the right way, to guide".

Feminine form of Hadi.

Kyrgyz form of Khadija, as well as an alternate transcription of Uzbek Хадича (see Xadicha).

Swahili form of Khadija.

Indonesian form of Khadija.

Means "cooing (of a pigeon)" in Arabic.

Kazakh form of Khadija.

Alternate transcription of Arabic هديّة (see Hadia 1) or هادية (see Hadia 2).

Turkish feminine form of Hadi.

Alternate transcription of Arabic هديّة (see Hadia 1).

Hausa form of Khadija.

Hausa variant form of Khadija.

Variant of Hadley.

Derived from an English surname originating from a place name that meant "heather field" in Old English.

Feminine form of Hadrianus.

Alternate transcription of Arabic هديّة (see Hadia 1) or هادية (see Hadia 2).

From Sino-Korean 夏 (ha) meaning "summer, great, grand" combined with 恩 (eun) meaning "kindness, mercy, charity". Other hanja character combinations...

Means "summer" in Welsh.

Derived from Old Norse haf "sea, ocean" and dís "goddess".

Means "gathering" in Arabic. This was borne by the daughter of Umar, the second caliph, and a wife of Muhammad. It was also the name of the...

Alternate transcription of Arabic حفصة (see Hafsa).

Hausa form of Hafsa.

Hausa form of Hafsa.

Alternate transcription of Arabic حفصة (see Hafsa).

Possibly means "flight" in Hebrew, though it may also be of unknown Egyptian origin. According to the Old Testament, she was the second wife of Abraha...

Means "festive" in Hebrew, from the root חָגַג (ḥaḡaḡ) meaning "to hold a festival, to celebrate". In the Old Testament, this is the name of one of...

Alternate transcription of Arabic هاجر (see Hajar).

Modern Hebrew form of Haggith.

Original Greek form of Agnes.

Possibly derived from Greek αἰδοῖος (aidoios) meaning "modest, reverent". This name was invented by Lord Byron for a character (spelled Haidée) in his...

Alternate transcription of Arabic هيفاء (see Hayfa).

Variant of Hayley.

A variation of Hayley. It has become the preferred spelling in the United States, overtaking Haley in 2001 and reaching a peak position of 19th in...

Variant of Hayley.

Old German variant of Heilwig.

A modern coinage, likely a blend of Hayley or Hazel with Paisley.

From Chinese 海 (hǎi) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)". Other character combinations can also form this name.

Means "wind" in Basque.

Arabic form of Hagar. In Islamic tradition, she was a daughter of the Egyptian king who became the second wife of Ibrahim and the mother of Ismail.

Shortened form of Hajnal. Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty employed it in his epic poem Zalán Futása (1825).

Means "dawn" in Hungarian.

Means "morning glory (flower)" in Hungarian, derived from hajnal meaning "dawn" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Diminutive of Hajnal or Hajnalka.

Feminine form of Hakim.

Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.

From the name of a genus of kingfisher birds, ultimately derived from Greek ἀλκυών (sharing the same origin as Alcyone).

Latinized form of Greek Ἀλκυόνη (see Alcyone), through the misspelled variant Ἁλκυόνη (Halkyone). The altered spelling arose from a false connection...

Turkish form of Hala.