Introduced into Britain by the Normans, after the Conquest of 1066 as "Hue" and "Hughe", perhaps surprisingly the true origin is pre 7th century Old German. It is a short form of the various compound names with the first element "hug", meaning heart or spirit.
This ancient English surname recorded as Hobson, Hopson, Hobbes, Hobbs and Hobbiss, and other spellings, is a patronymic form of the medieval male name Hobb, itself a pet form of Robert.
Origin and meaning. The surname authority P. H. Reaney (1958, p. 166) states that Hodgson is derived from "son of Hodge" and that Hodge, in turn, is a "pet-form of Roger".
Holbrook Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Derbyshire, Dorset, and Suffolk, so called from Old English hol 'hollow', 'sunken' + broc 'stream'.
The name Holden is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Holden is: From the hollow in the valley. Both a surname and place name. Famous Bearer: Holden Caulfield, the hero of J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Holmes Family History. Holmes Name Meaning. English (chiefly central and northern England): variant of Holme. Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir. Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb).
Holt is a surname and placename, of Proto-Germanic origin and meaning a small wood or grove of trees. It derives from the Old English word holt and is a near-synonym of "wold" (from Old Englishwald), originally denoting a forested upland.
The name Homer is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Homer is: Security. Helmet maker. Pool in a hollow. Famous Bearer: Homer, the Greek poet who authored the Iliad and the Odyssey.
The name Horace is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Horace is: Timekeeper. Derived from the Roman family clan name Horatius.
Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.
