_Haeseler._ _Hæsel_, a hat; _er_, a personal suffix. A hatter.
_Hamill._ _Hám_, home; _il_, a hedgehog. Home of the hedgehog.
_Hamilton._ _Hamill_, Hamill; _tún_, farm. Farm of Hamill.
_Hamlet._ _Hám_, home; _let_, implying diminutiveness. An humble home.
_Hammond._ _Hám_, house; _mund_, hand. A house-hand; a servant.
_Hampshire._ _Hâm_, or _hamp_, home; _scíre_, shire, district, county,
stewardship, charge, business. Home-district. Hampsher, corruption of the
name.
_Hampton._ _Hám_, or _hamp_, home; _tún_, town. Home-town.
_Hampstead._ _Hám-stede_, from _hám_, home, and _stede_, place. Homestead.
_Hamric._ _Hám_, home; _rice_, rule, kingdom. Home-rule. Hamrick, from
the same roots.
_Hancock._ _Hean_, poor, needy, humble, worthless, despised; _cóc_, a
cook. A needy cook.
_Hard._ _Heard_, hard, stubborn, unsubmissive.
_Harding._ _Hard_, Hard; _ing_, son. Descendant of Hard.
_Harold._ _Hár_, hoar, gray with age; _eald_, old. A veteran chief.
_Harper._ _Hearpere_, a harper.
_Hart._ _Heort_, a hart, a stag.
_Hartford._ _Heort_, a hart; _ford_, a ford, a stream, a current. The
hart’s ford, or the place of its crossing the stream.
_Hatfield._ _Heat-feld_, from _heat_, heat; _feld_, a field, a plain. An
open, sun-scorched plain.
_Hebel._ _Hebel_, thread of the shuttle.
_Heber._ _Heber_, a goat.
_Hebener._ _Heben_, heaven; _er_, indicative of a personal suffix. An
inhabitant of heaven.
_Helmbold._ _Helm_, helmet, cover, protector; _báld_, bold, stout. A
stout protector.
_Herbert._ _Here_, a host; _beorht_, bright, shining. An illustrious host.
_Hild._ _Hild_, battle.
_Hildebrand._ _Hild_, battle: _brand_, a brand, a torch. A battle-torch.
_Hildeburn._ _Hild_, battle; _bryne_, a burning, scorching, heat, fire.
Battle-heat.
_Hoar._ _Hár_, hoar, white, or gray with age.
_Holdcraft._ _Hold_, kind, devoted, faithful, friendly; _cræft_, craft,
contrivance, skill, employment, strength, power, talent, ability,
excellence, virtue. Faithful employment; friendly power.
_Holme._ _Holm_, a sea, a billow.
_Holmes._ _Holme_, Holme: _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of Holme
_Holt._ _Holt_, a grove, a forest.
_Hope._ _Hopa_, hope.
_Hopkin._ _Hopa_, hope; _cyn_, kind, kin. A relative of Hope.
_Hopkinson._ _Hopkin_, Hopkin; _sun_, son. Son of Hopkin. Hopkins, an
abbreviation of the name.
_Humphrey._ _Hám_, home; _freá_, lord, protector. Defender of home.
_Humphreys._ _Humphrey_, Humphrey; _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of Humphrey.
Humphries, Humphriss, Humphrys, kindred names.
_Huntting._ _Hunt_, Hunt; _ing_, a descendant. Son of Hunt.
_Hurlock._ _Hár_, hoary; _loc_, lock of hair. A hoary lock of hair.
Harlock, a less common name, but one more closely related to the parent
words.
_Husband._ _Hús_, house; _bond_, bound, tied. House-bound; house-tied:
hence, one that is bound to the house.
_Hustin._ _Hústing_, a place of council.
_Huston._ _Hús_, house; _tún_, a farm. House-farm; kitchen-garden.
_Huxley._ _Huxlic_, from _hucs_, _hucx_, or _husc_, irony, slight,
contempt, reproach, and _lic_, like. Ironical-like; disgraceful;
contemptuous; vile.