_Haddock._ _Hacod_, by the inversion of the letters in the last syllable
became _hadoc_, and signifies a pike, mullet.
_Hadley._ _Heáfod-líc_, from _heáfod_, a head, and _líc_, like.
Head-like; capital; chief. Headley, of like kinship.
_Haines._ _Heánes_, from _heáh_, high, and _nes_, a termination of
feminine nouns denoting qualify or state. Highness; height; top; end;
pinnacle; fortress.
_Haley._ _Heálig_, from _heáh_, high, and _ig_, an adjective ending.
High; lofty. Or, from _hál_, healthy, sound, whole, and _ig_, implying an
adjective. Healthy; sound; wholly; holy.
_Hallowell._ _Heálig_, holy; _well_, a well. A holy well. Halliwell, from
the same roots.
_Hambright._ _Hám_, home; _beorht_, bright. A bright home.
_Hambrook._ _Hám_, home; _bróc_, a rivulet. A home rivulet.
_Hancock._ _Hean_, worthless; _cocc_, or _coc_, a cock, a male bird. A
worthless cock. See Hancock, page 72.
_Handley._ _Handle_, that which is used by the hand. A handle; a haft.
Hanley, a kindred term.
_Hane._ _Heán_, high, lofty, sublime, chief, noble, excellent.
_Hanna._ _Heana_, poor, needy, humble, despised.
_Hansbury._ _Heán-burh_, from _heán_, high, lofty, and _burh_, a tower. A
lofty tower.
_Harbeck._ _Hár_, hoar, hoary, gray; _béc_, a book. A hoary book.
_Harbert._ _Hár_, hoary, gray; _beorht_, glistening. Glistening with gray.
_Harding._ _Heard_, hard; _ing_, implying action. Hardening.
_Hardick._ _Heard_, hard; _ig_, an adjective termination. Hardy. Hardie,
Hardy, from the same roots.
_Hare._ _Hara_, a hare. As hares are gray, the name was originally
derived from _hár_, hoar, hoary, gray. _Hare_, an estuary, is a probable
etymology.
_Hargis._ _Heregas_, armies, a host.
_Harmer._ _Hearm_, harm, damage, calamity; _ere_, an agent. One who, or
that which, produces harm. Perhaps, from _harma_, a sling to support a
wounded arm, an arm that has been harmed or damaged.
_Hay._ _Hoeg_, or _hég_, hay.
_Hayes._ _Haye_, Hay; _s_ for sun, _son_. Son of Hay.
_Hazel._ _Hæsel_, or _hæsl_, a nut-tree, hazel. _Hæsel_, also, signifies
a hat. The husk of the hazel-nut resembles a hat, but whether the plant
took its name from the form of the covering of the nut, or the hat
received its name from its resemblance to the covering, is a question. We
incline to the latter belief.
_Heany._ _Heane_, poor, needy, humble, worthless, despised. Heeny, from
the same root.
_Heberton._ _Heber_, a goat; _tún_, a house. A goat-house.
_Heller._ _Helle_, clear, eminent; _ere_, an agent. A man of eminence.
_Heppe._ _Heope_, a hip, fruit of the dog-rose.
_Herman._ _Here-man_, from _here_, an army, and _man_, a man. An
army-man; a soldier.
_Hill._ _Hill_, or _hyll_, a hill.
_Hilles._ _Hilles_, or _hylles_, genitives of _hill_ and _hyll_, a hill.
Belonging to a hill.
_Hocker._ _Hocer_, or _hocor_, mocking, reproach.
_Hood._ _Hód_, a hood.
_Hodge._ _Hog_, prudent, careful, anxious.
_Hodgson._ _Hog_, prudent; _sun_, son. A prudent son.
_Holcombe._ _Hol_, a hole, cavern, den; _comb_ a valley. A cavernous
valley.
_Holden._ _Healden_, past participle of _healdan_, to hold, rescue,
fasten, rule, govern. Held; ruled; governed.
_Holland._ _Hol_, a hole, a cavern; _land_, region. A cavernous land. Or,
_hol_, hollow; land, _land_. A hollow land.
_Hookey._ _Hóc_, or _hooc_, a hook, a stick, or iron bent at the end;
_iht_, an adjective termination. Hooked.
_Hoopes._ _Hópes_, genitive of _hóp_, a hoop, circle, company. Belonging
to a hoop.
_Hough._ _Hoh_, or _hó_, a heel, hough, ham.