Surnames Starting with H: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

Hare

Rooster

Dweller in a nook or hollow

Worker or dweller at the hall

"holy well"

From Hambleton, "crooked hill"

From the Norman personal name Hamon

From Hampton, "home farm"

Little John

Descendant of Éanna

Descendant of Áinle

Descendant of Anluan ("great champion")

Descendant of Annadh

Hardy, brave

Bold, courageous

"grove of the hares" or "boundary grove"

From Hargreave, "hare grove"

From the personal name Herman or Harman

Harp player

Army ruler

From Harrington in Cumbria

Son of Harry (Henry)

Son of Harry (Henry)

Stag (nickname)

Deer clearing

Strong, brave man

Brave in battle

From the Breton personal name Haerveu ("battle worthy")

Heathland

Son of Hawkin ("little hawk")

From Haworth, in West Yorkshire

Hay hill

Descendant of Aodh, "fire"

Dweller by an enclosure

"guardian of hedges and fences"

Descendant of the claimant; ingenious

Dweller on a heath

"valley of rose hips"

Bright army

Descendant of Éigceartach ("unjust")

From Hein, a short form of Heinrich

Home ruler

From Heinz, a pet form of Heinrich

Son of Henry

Descendant of Aonghus

Home ruler

Hēahmund's clearing

"enclosure with rose hips"

Son of Hernando (Fernando)

Forge, ironworks

Blacksmith

Herring fisherman or seller

Army man, warrior

Duke

From Hesse

Easter, or young beech

From Heywood, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Descendant of the healer

Son of Hick (Richard)

Nobleman, "son of something"

"valley of the oak trees"

Descendant of Uigín

Dweller on or by a hill

"hind valley"

Servant, or descendant of Eidhin

Monastery farm, or high farm

"little Hitch", from Richard

Son of Hob (Robert)

Son of Hodge (Roger)

Manor farmer or court steward

Manor farmer; courtier

Descendant of Ógán ("young")

Deep valley

Tenant, landholder

From Holland in Lincolnshire or Lancashire

Dweller by a sunken road

Dweller in a hollow

Islet, river meadow; holly

"clearing in a hollow"

Dweller by a wood

Hood maker, or one who wore a hood

Hoop maker for barrels

Son of Hopkin, little Robert

Hop grower, or a nickname

Descendant of Arragán

Horn-shaped land; horn blower

From a place near Bolton, Lancashire

From Horton, "muddy farmstead"

Of the house

Hugh's town

Heart-brave; high guardian; hayward

From Haworth or a similar Pennine place

Dweller by a mound

From the personal name Hywel ("eminent")

From the personal name Hubert ("bright mind")

Farm holder

Bright mind

Holder of a Hube (farm holding)

Son of Hudde (Richard or Hugh)

Son of Hugh

Dweller on a hill

Peaceful warrior

Hunter

Huntsman

Descendant of Urthuile

Wooded hill

Son of Hutchin (little Hugh)