Surname Elements H

This list contains surname elements and their meanings used in farm names, nobility names and ornamental names:

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• hag (hag, hagen)
  • Old Norse hagi = 'pasture', 'field for grazing'
• hagen – see hag
• hall (hall, hell, häll)
  • Old Norse hallr = 'slope', 'hill'; 'big stone', 'flat rock'
• hamar (hamar, hammar, hammer)
  • Old Norse hamarr = 'hammer'
• hammar - see hamar
• hammer – see hamar
• handske
  • Old Norse hanzki = 'glove'
• hassel
  • Old Norse hasl = 'hazel'
• haug (haug, hauge, haugen, houg, høeg, hög, høg, høj, høy)
  • Old Norse haugr = 'mound', 'cairn'
• hauge - see haug
• haugen – see haug
• hed (hed, hei)
  • Old Norse heiðr = 'heath', 'moor'
• hei - see hed
• heim (heim, hem, hjem, um)
  • Old Norse heim = 'home'
• hell - see hall
• hem – see heim
• hjell
  • Old Norse hjalli = 'ledge in a mountain side'
• hjelm - see hjälm
• hjem – see heim
• hjort
  • Old Norse hjǫrtr = 'hart', 'stag' (see also HJÖRT)
• hjälm (hjelm, hjälm)
  • Old Norse hjalmr = 'helmet' (see also HJALM)
• holm
  • Old Norse hólmr = 'holm', 'islet'
• holdt – see holt
• holt (holdt, holt)
  • Old Norse holt = 'wood'; 'rough, stony ridge'
• houg – see haug
• hufvud
  • Old Norse hǫfuð = 'head'
• hus (hus, huus)
  • Old Norse hús = 'house'
• huus – see hus
• häll - see hall
• høeg - see haug
• hög - see haug
• høg - see haug
• høj - see haug
• høy - see haug