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| Harley | |
| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | hare clearing, hare meadow |
| Info about origin: | from a family name deriving from a place name with the meaning 'hare clearing' or 'hare meadow' |
| Words: | hara=the hare; leah=the wood, the clearing, the meadow |
| Variants: | Harley English (#447 in US popularity) |
| Hayley | |
| Language of origin: | Old English |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | hay clearing, hay meadow |
| Info about origin: | from a family name which derives from a place name, probably 'Hailey' in Oxfordshire in England, with the meaning 'hay clearing' or 'hay meadow' |
| used as a given name only since around 1960 | |
| Words: | heg=the hay; leah=the wood, the clearing, the meadow |
| Variants: | Hayley English (#150 in US popularity) |
| Hailee English (#638 in US popularity) | |
| Hailey English (#119 in US popularity) | |
| Haleigh English (#572 in US popularity) | |
| Haley English (#49 in US popularity) | |
| Hali English (#838 in US popularity) | |
| Halie English (#712 in US popularity) | |
| Halle English (#905 in US popularity) | |
| Hallie English (#559 in US popularity) | |
| Haylee English (#465 in US popularity) | |
| Haylie English (#964 in US popularity) | |
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| Hazel | |
| Language of origin: | English |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | hazel |
| Info about origin: | use of the common English word for the tree as a given name |
| coined in the 19th century, together with other such names connected to plants | |
| Variants: | Hazel English (#854 in US popularity) |
| Heather | |
| Language of origin: | English |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | heather |
| Info about origin: | use of the name of the shrub/flower as a given name |
| coined together with other 'flower names' in the 19th century, but in common use only since around the 1960's | |
| Variants: | Heather English (#38 in US popularity) |
| Heaven | |
| Language of origin: | English |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | heaven |
| Info about origin: | use of the common word (in the sense of 'paradise') as given name |
| Variants: | Heaven English (#615 in US popularity) |
| Helen | |
| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | the bright |
| Info about origin: | in Greek mythology Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda; her kidnapping was the cause of the Trojan war |
| the name of the Greek sun good 'Helios' has the same roots | |
| Words: | helene=the torch, the brightness, the sunray |
| Variants: | Helen English (#315 in US popularity) |
| Helena German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Finnish (#805 in US popularity) | |
| Helene German, Scandinavian | |
| Ilona German, Hungarian, Finnish | |
| Lena German, Scandinavian (#590 in US popularity) | |
| Elaina English (#687 in US popularity) | |
| Elaine English (#454 in US popularity) | |
| Elena Italian, Spanish (#329 in US popularity) | |
| Ellen English (#226 in US popularity) | |
| Hélène French | |
| Élaine French | |
| Ileana Romanian | |
| Ilka Hungarian | |
| Ilke Hungarian | |
| Jelena Russian | |
| Lenka Czech, Polish | |
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| Helga | |
| Language of origin: | Old Norse |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | holy, blessed |
| Info about origin: | (not yet available) |
| Words: | heilagr=holy, blessed |
| Variants: | Helga German, Scandinavian |
| Hella German | |
| Olga Russian (#862 in US popularity) | |
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| Hilaria | |
| Language of origin: | Latin |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | the cheerful |
| Variants: | Hilaria German, Spanish |
| Hilary English (#504 in US popularity) | |
| Hillary English (#290 in US popularity) | |
| Ilaria Italian | |
| Holly | |
| Language of origin: | English |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | holly |
| Info about origin: | use of the name of the tree as given name |
| in use as a given name only since the beginning of the 20th century, more widespread since around 1960 | |
| Variants: | Holly English (#114 in US popularity) |
| Hollie English (#805 in US popularity) | |
| Hope | |
| Language of origin: | English |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | hope |
| Info about origin: | use of the common English word as a given name |
| the Puritans started to use this name in the 17th century | |
| originally male and female, today only female | |
| Variants: | Hope English (#223 in US popularity) |
| Hunter | |
| Language of origin: | English |
| Gender: | female |
| Meaning/translation: | hunter |
| Info about origin: | from a family name which derives from the job title 'hunter' |
| Variants: | Hunter English (#503 in US popularity) |