Boys Names Beginning With H

Helios

Greek

"sun"

The name of the young Greek sun god, brother to the moon goddess Selene and the dawn goddess Eos, Helios is depicted as riding across the sky each day in a chariot pulled by four horses. A…

Hernandez

Hernandez is primarily known as a Spanish surname with roots in the Germanic personal name 'Ferdinand,' meaning 'bold voyager' or 'brave journey.' As a given name, Hernandez represents a modern trend…

Hernando

Spanish

"adventurer, explorer"

A worldly and attractive choice for a child of any background. Two early New World explorers were Hernandos — de Soto and Cortés.

Hero

Greek

"demi-god; admired, courageous"

A bold, brave choice, that some may worry is a little heavy to bestow on a child, Hero wouldn't seem too out of place alongside Chosen, Merritt, or Noble. Though the mythological Hero was female, as…

Heron

Nature name or Greek

"hero"

Heron may feel like a very usable nature name -- the heron is a long-legged wading bird -- but it was also the name of a 1st century Greek inventor and of an Egyptian saint. Highly unusual yet easy…

Hickory

Plant name from Algonquian

"hickory"

Hilton

English

"hill settlement"

Do you really want to name your baby after a hotel? Or a famous-for-being-famous starlet?

Hiroshi

Japanese

"generous"

Several artistic Hiroshis make this one of the more plausible Japanese imports.

Holsten

German or Dutch surname

"dweller in the woods; hollow stone"

Cool new surname option and rarer alternative to Halston, which is skewing more and more feminine. Holsten has origins as a surname in German and Dutch. The German form is a variation of Holstein,…

Homer

Greek

"security, hostage, pledge"

Homer is a name of two halves, associated with the ancient Greek poet of the epic Odyssey and with the (often) doltish patriarch of The Simpsons . So does that make Homer a classic and scholarly…

Honest

English virtue name

Honor and Honesty are on the ascent, and now Honest has been introduced into the name pool. Maybe Honestly will be next.

Honor

English word, virtue name

"honor"

A classic virtue name for girls stretching back to the Pilgrim times, in more recent years, Honor has become one of the unisex baby names with a near-even gender split. Rarely used on boys before the…

Honorius

Ancient Roman name

This early name of emperors and popes survives in modern forms such as Honor, used for both genders.

Horizon

Word name

A name with vision.

Howard

German, English

"high guardian; brave heart"

Howard, once hugely popular in the Top 50 from the 1870s to early 1950s, hitting Number 24 in 1920 -- has been stuck in Dad-Grandad limbo for decades, but is showing some signs of stirring back to…

Huck

Diminutive of Huckleberry, word name

Though forever tied to Huck, short for Huckleberry, Finn, this is an undeniably cute short form that may have some life as part of the hipster taste for names like Duke and Bix.