Surnames Starting with H: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 3)

Descendant of Aodh, "fire"

Someone who made, repaired or trimmed hedges

Someone who made, repaired or trimmed hedges

Someone who came from Hayne (hedges)

Someone who came from Hayne (hedges)

Dweller by an enclosure

Someone who came from Hanney (island frequented by wild cocks)

"guardian of hedges and fences"

Enclosed wood

Someone living by hazel bushes

Someone who came from Hazleton (homestead with hazel bushes)

Someone from Hazelwood, a hazel wood

A dweller at the hazel copse or wood

Dweller at the top of a hill or valley

A heath and woodland clearing

Descendant of the claimant; ingenious

A grandson of Eanna, an early Irish saint

A dweller at, or near, a heap, i.e., hill

Herdsman

Nook / heron

Dweller on a heath

Cottage on the heath

High farm

Clearing by a plank bridge

"valley of rose hips"

Bright army

Pike

"one who lived by a hedge"

A dweller by a hedge

A dweller by a hedge

A grandson of little Eimhear

Descendant of Éigceartach ("unjust")

Someone who lived near the hedged or fenced enclosure

Someone living on heathland

A dweller near heath or rough grassland, or a countryman

From Heidenreich

From heil, "healthy, whole"

The sound or healthy man

The sound or healthy man

Home

A descendant of Hagiman (enclosed place, man)

From Hein, a short form of Heinrich

From the name Heinrich

Home ruler

From Heinz, a pet form of Heinrich

Someone living near heath or rough land

A day labourer, or someone from a small house

"hero"

From the Heller coin, or from Halle

Someone who came from Haliwell (holy spring), in Middlesex

Man from Helle

A shelter-name; also other origins

A dweller at the road to Heming's estate

A dweller near the border

A dweller near the border

A dweller near the border

Hemp hill

Son of Henry

A descendant of Henry (home ruler)

Little Johannes or Heinrich

High clearing

Descendant of Aonghus

Home ruler

From the personal name Henrique

"son of Henrique"

Son of Enrique

Home ruler

Hēahmund's clearing

High burial mound

"enclosure with rose hips"

"from Heredia"

A descendant of Hering (son of Here, army)

Army man

The son of Herman (army, man)

The son of Herman (army, man)

Son of Hernando (Fernando)

From the name Fernando

"herald"

Heron (the bird)

A lord or master, perhaps a manor servant

Forge, ironworks

Blacksmith

Army ruler

Herring fisherman or seller

Army man, warrior

Descendant of Earán; heron

Deer mountain

A dweller at the sign of the heart

Army fight / Breton Haerveu

Duke

Hazel valley

Horse racecourse

From Hesse

Easter, or young beech

A haymaker, or a tenant who paid rent

The son of Hew, a variant of Hugh (spirit)

Little Hugh

From Heywood, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Descendant of the healer

Son of Hick (Richard)

Nobleman, "son of something"

Wooded valley bottom

"valley of the oak trees"

Descendant of Uigín

High ground / tall

One who lived by a high tower

From the name Hildebrand

Dweller on or by a hill

From Hildegard, 'battle enclosure'

Man on the hill

Hill farm

Someone who came from. Hinckley (Hynca's homestead), in Leicestershire

"hind valley"

Servant / hind

Servant, or descendant of Eidhin

Chicken

Place of fennel

Son of Hinrich

Monastery farm, or high farm

A descendant of Hinz, a short form of Heinrich