Baby girl names beginning with H – with origins and meanings
Looking for baby name ideas for a girl that start with the 8th letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some heavenly suggestions, along with their origin and meaning
Are you researching baby girl names for your newborn? Use our list of girl names beginning with H with their origins and meanings to find out whether your daughter could be a Hadley, Hermia or Hyacinth
1. Habara
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: deck out with beauty
2. Habiba
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: lover
3. Habika
- Origin: African
- Meaning: sweetheart, beloved
4. Hadassah
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: myrtle tree
5. Hadley
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: heather meadow
6. Hagos
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: happiness, joy
7. Haibdee
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: embraceable
8. Hana
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: joyfulness
9. Hanuni
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: happy, cheerful
10. Harmony
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: an expressive word is used as a first name
11. Harper
- Origin: Middle English
- Meaning: harp player
12. Harriet
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: power of an army; the feminine Harry or Harold
- Also: Hattie, Hatty
13. Harsha
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: happiness
14. Hasia
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: protected by the lord
15. Hasina
- Origin: Swahili
- Meaning: good
- Also: Hassie, Sisi, Sina
16. Hawa
- Origin: Hebrew/Arabic
- Meaning: breath of life
17. Hayat
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: life
18. Hayden
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: hedged valley
19. Hayley
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: hay field; also used as a boy’s name
- Also: Haley, Haylie
20. Hazel
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: the name of a tree used as a first name
21. Heather
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: the name of a plant used as a first name
22. Heaven
- Origin: English
- Meaning: home of the gods
23. Hebe
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: the goddess of youth in Greek mythology
24. Hedda
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: Warfare
- Also: Heidi (German form)
25. Helen
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: bright one
- Also: Elena, Elaine (French form), Ellen, Lena, Nell, Elin (Welsh form), Eilidh (Gaelic form), Ilona (Hungarian form)
26. Helga
- Origin: Old Norse
- Meaning: Holy
- Also: Olga (Russian form)
27. Hema
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: Golden
28. Henrietta
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: Head of a house, the feminine form of Henry
- Also: Etta, Ettie, Hetty, Netta, Nettie
29. Hephzibah
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: my delight is in her
30. Hermia
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: feminine form of Hermes, the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology
31. Hermione
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: daughter of Hermes, a name from Greek mythology
32. Hermosa
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: lovely
33. Hero
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: the beautiful priestess of Venus
34. Herta
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: from the earth
35. Hesper
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: evening, evening star
36. Hester
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: star
- Also: Esther
37. Hibernia
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: the Latin name of Ireland used as a first name
38. Hibiscus
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: marshmallow plant
39. Hilary
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: merry; also used as a boy’s name
- Also: Hillary
40. Hilda
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: battle
- Also: Hylda
41. Hildebrand
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: sword of battle
42. Hildegarde
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: warfare
43. Hina
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: henna, the dye
44. Holly
- Origin: English
- Meaning: the name of a tree used as a first name
- Also: Hollie
45. Honey
- Origin: American
- Meaning: a substance made from nectar, used as a first name
46. Honoria
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: reputation
- Also: Honora, Nora
47. Honour
- Origin: English
- Meaning: the word for integrity used as a first name
48. Hope
- Origin: Middle English
- Meaning: Christian virtue used as a first name
49. Horatia
- Origin: Italian
- Meaning: the name comes from the Roman family Horatius; the feminine form of Horace
50. Hoshi
- Origin: Japanese
- Meaning: star
51. Hoyam
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: passionate love
52. Hula
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: to make music
53. Hulda
- Origin: Norse
- Meaning: covered
54. Huldah
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: a weasel, the name of a prophetess
55. Hyacinth
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: the flower name used as a first name
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
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