Hap

The old-school cool nickname Hap is a (mostly) bygone short form of classic H names for boys like Henry, Harold, and Harrison. Several notable Haps — including former New Jersey senator Hap Farley — were first nicknamed Happy, later shortened to Hap.

Fictional Haps include Happy "Hap" Loman in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, Hap Eckhart in Christopher Nolan's film Insomnia, and most recently Harlan "Hap" Briggs in the television series Blood & Oil.

Today, Hap is a distinctive choice of nickname to set your Henry apart from the crowd.

Pronounced HAP.

As of October 2026, Hap ranked #11381 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #9133 in 2017.