Thread: Letter H

Kelly

HALE : Welsh origin meaning 'A Moor'

HADDON: Old English origin meaning 'Heathland'

HEARN: (variants:Hern,Hurn, Hurne) English origin

Originally posted by Petal

Kelly

Harris
Usage: English
Derived from the first name Harry.

Harrison
Usage: English
Derived from the given name Harry and son of.

Hart
Usage: English
Means "a male deer". Originally acquired by a person who owned harts, lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.

Originally posted by starlight

Kelly

HUME: English origin meaning 'Dweller on land enclosed by bend in a stream or dweller near Holly tree.

HOME OR HUME a Border Reiver name

For many centuries the surname Hume, and the alternative pronunciation Home which is also a surname in its own right have been associated with the lowand area of the Scottish borders near Berwick called the Merse. The Merse on the Scottish side of the border has been the scene of many a skirmish between the English and Scots over the years and many of the places in the area like Polwarth, Blackadder and Edrom were strongholds of the Humes. The Humes often sided with the English Kings in order to protect the district, but could support either side, perhaps because their family could trace its origin to William the Conqueror and to Duncan, the King of Scotland who was slain by Macbeth. The Hume family takes its name from a place called Home in Berwickshire, which derives from the Viking word 'holm' meaning an island of land or a holm oak tree. The surname Hume probably arises from the Scottish pronunciation of the word, although a separate branch of Humes are thought to originate from the south of England. Holmes is another similar surname but is not thought to be connected with the Humes or Homes. One branch of the Home family became the Lords of Home and included the fourteenth Lord Home of the Hirsel near Coldstream on the River Tweed. He became a Conservative Prime Minister of England as Sir Alec Douglas Home in 1963. He resigned the title of Lord to pursue his political career, but on retirement regained the title when he took up his post in the House of Lords. Today the Hirsel is regarded as the seat of the Home family, while the place called Home which was once the site of the family seat is now only noted for a sham castle built on the site of the stronghold of the Home family.






HILL: English origin meaning 'One who lives near a Hill or spur of land'

Originally posted by Petal

Kelly

Haggard: Keeper of falcons.

Hacker: Wood cutter; a maker of hoes, picks or bills.

Hall: Someone who worked or lived near a manor house.

Hallam: At the rocks or slopes, a place in west Yorkshire.

Originally posted by Starlight

mollie

petal

Hynes: English Anglo Saxon from the old English word Hinde, meaning 'Keeper of the deer'. First found in Oxfordshire.
Variants Hynde, Hines.