Surnames Starting with H

Canal cut

Moat crossing

Moat field

Horn maker, or lives near a horn-shaped hill

Horn mountain dweller

Horn fortress

Worker in horn or hornblower

Munda clan meaning mankind

From Horovice

Vegetable garden

Of the garden

Settlement on muddy ground

Of the garden

New fort, from 'hosa' and 'kote'

New monastery, from 'hosa' and 'math'

From the town of Hosanagar in Shimoga

From the town of Hosdurg

Star field

Narrow rice field

Narrow river

Guest or stranger

From the Hampi-adjacent town of Hospet

Sharp or perceptive

Beautiful, from Arabic 'husayn'

Radiance of Hossein

Descendant of Hossein

Son of Hossein

Born of Hossein

One who performs Vedic fire rituals

From the Hotaki Ghilzai tribe

From the hot or warm region

Fire ritual invoker

Devoted to Hotchand (a Sindhi name)

Marquis or nobility

White ram

From Houran

Descendant of Anradháin (warrior champion)

From Houth region

Temple land

High guardian or sheep warden

Eminent or conspicuous

Tax collector or revenue official

Caretaker or leader

Descendant of Uallach (proud)

Descendant of hUallacháin (proud little one)

Hollows or pits in the ground

From the Hoysala dynasty of southern Karnataka

Peace/Harmony