50+ *Beautiful* Girl Names That Start with H

Searching for pretty baby girl names that start with H? I’m a professional baby names writer, and these are my top picks for 2026.

Country Girl Names That Start with H

Step into the heart of the countryside with our list of country girl names that start with H. You’ll love the homespun charm and a touch of elegance.

Hadley

• Origin: English (surname/place name, Old English)
• Pronunciation: HAD-lee · ˈhædli
• Meaning: heather clearing/meadow
• Popularity: #114 and rising (#119 → #114, 2024)

Hattie

• Origin: English (pet form of Harriet)
• Pronunciation: HAT-ee · ˈhæti
• Meaning: home ruler (via Harriet/Henry)
• Popularity: #382 and rising (#384 → #382, 2024)

Helena

• Origin: Greek (Latinized form of Helen)
• Pronunciation: HEL-uh-nah · ˈhɛlənə
• Meaning: shining light
• Popularity: #414 and rising (#457 → #414, 2024)

Hensley

Hallie

Hope

• Origin: English (Middle English hope, from Old English hopian)
• Pronunciation: HOHP · ˈhoʊp
• Meaning: positive expectation, trust in a desired outcome (a Puritan virtue name)
• Popularity: #317 and falling (#303 → #317, 2024)

Earthy Girl Names That Start with H

Connect with the elements with our earthy girl names that start with H, inspired by mother nature.

Hydra

• Origin: Greek (via Latin)
• Pronunciation: HY-druh · ˈhaɪdrə
• Meaning: water serpent
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hayden

• Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
• Pronunciation: HAY-din · ˈheɪdən
• Meaning: hay valley — a secondary theory instead derives it from a Middle Dutch word for ‘heathen’
• Popularity: #401 and falling (#368 → #401, 2024)

Hailey

• Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
• Pronunciation: HAY-lee · ˈheɪli
• Meaning: a cleared meadow where hay was grown
• Popularity: #100 and falling (#90 → #100, 2024)

Hippie Girl Names That Start with H

These girl names that start with H scream peace, love, free spirit, and all things hippie.

Hyacinth

• Origin: Greek (via a saint’s name, from the mythological figure Hyacinthus)
• Pronunciation: HY-uh-sinth · ˈhaɪəsɪnθ
• Meaning: the hyacinth flower (also linked to the color purple)
• Popularity: #4,801 and rising (#6,761 → #4,801, 2024)

Honey

• Origin: English (Old English ‘hunig’)
• Pronunciation: HUN-ee · ˈhʌni
• Meaning: honey, used as a term of endearment
• Popularity: #935 and rising (#1,171 → #935, 2024)

Haven

• Origin: English (modern word name)
• Pronunciation: HAY-ven · ˈheɪvən
• Meaning: a safe harbor or place of refuge, taken directly from the vocabulary word
• Popularity: #201 and rising (#218 → #201, 2024)

Harbour

Heather

• Origin: English (from Middle English hather)
• Pronunciation: HETH-er · ˈhɛðər
• Meaning: the heather plant (a flowering heath shrub)
• Popularity: #1,352 and falling (#1,326 → #1,352, 2024)

Heidi

• Origin: German (Swiss pet form)
• Pronunciation: HY-dee · ˈhaɪdi
• Meaning: noble one (pet form of Adelheid)
• Popularity: #345 and rising (#352 → #345, 2024)

Havenly

Modern Girl Names That Start with H

These girl names that start with H are perfect for parents looking for a name that’s both contemporary and chic.

Hemsley

• Origin: English (habitational surname, likely from Helmsley, North Yorkshire)
• Pronunciation: HEMZ-lee · ˈhɛmzli
• Meaning: surname from Helmsley, a place in North Yorkshire
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Huntley

• Origin: English (place name/surname)
• Pronunciation: HUNT-lee · ˈhʌntli
• Meaning: meadow of the hunter
• Popularity: #1,944 and rising (#2,565 → #1,944, 2024)

Hollis

• Origin: English (topographic surname)
• Pronunciation: HOL-is · ˈhɑːlɪs
• Meaning: one who lived near holly trees
• Popularity: #1,237 and rising (#1,395 → #1,237, 2024)

Hudson

Haisley

• Origin: English (modern coinage, surname/place-name)
• Pronunciation: HAYZ-lee · ˈheɪzli
• Meaning: uncertain — from a surname/place-name (Hazley/Hazeleigh/Hazeley), variously glossed as ‘hill enclosure’, ‘wet hay-meadow’, or ‘woodland clearing’
• Popularity: #444 and rising (#499 → #444, 2024)

Hartley

• Origin: Old English
• Pronunciation: HART-lee · ˈhɑːrtli
• Meaning: stag/deer meadow or clearing
• Popularity: #1,482 and rising (#1,606 → #1,482, 2024)

Holland

• Origin: Dutch (place name)
• Pronunciation: HAH-lund · ˈhɑːlənd
• Meaning: wooded land
• Popularity: #602 and falling (#571 → #602, 2024)

Harlow

• Origin: Old English (place name/surname)
• Pronunciation: HAR-loh · ˈhɑːrloʊ
• Meaning: a hill fortified or used by an army — though the first element is disputed and may instead mean ‘rock’
• Popularity: #293 and falling (#237 → #293, 2024)

Harlowe

• Origin: English (variant of Harlow, place name)
• Pronunciation: HAR-loh · ˈhɑːrloʊ
• Meaning: commonly glossed as ‘rock hill’ (a variant of the English place name/surname Harlow, an alternate ‘army hill’ reading also circulates)
• Popularity: #1,684 and rising (#2,248 → #1,684, 2024)

Hartlyn

Harper

• Origin: English (occupational surname, Middle English ‘harpere’)
• Pronunciation: HAR-per · ˈhɑːrpər
• Meaning: harp player
• Popularity: #12 and falling (#11 → #12, 2024)

Vintage Girl Names That Start with H

Travel back to a time of classic beauty with our assortment of vintage H girl names, full of grace and time-honored sophistication.

Hannah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Pronunciation: HAN-ah · ˈhænə
• Meaning: favor or grace, from a root meaning ‘to be gracious’
• Popularity: #52 and falling (#48 → #52, 2024)

Hazel

• Origin: Old English
• Pronunciation: HAY-zel · ˈheɪzəl
• Meaning: the hazel tree, and by extension its light-brown color
• Popularity: #19 and falling (#18 → #19, 2024)

Hunter

• Origin: English (occupational surname)
• Pronunciation: HUN-ter · ˈhʌntər
• Meaning: one who hunts
• Popularity: #881 and falling (#806 → #881, 2024)

Harriet

• Origin: English (from French Henriette, feminine of Henri/Henry)
• Pronunciation: HAIR-ee-ut · ˈhæriət
• Meaning: home ruler, ruler of the household
• Popularity: #1,157 and falling (#1,130 → #1,157, 2024)

Henrietta

• Origin: English (Latinate form of French Henriette, from Henry)
• Pronunciation: hen-ree-ET-ah · hɛnriˈɛtə
• Meaning: home ruler
• Popularity: #2,135 and rising (#2,988 → #2,135, 2024)

Helen

• Origin: Greek
• Pronunciation: HEL-en · ˈhɛlən
• Meaning: shining light / the bright one
• Popularity: #424 and falling (#395 → #424, 2024)

Hillary

• Origin: Latin
• Pronunciation: HIL-uh-ree · ˈhɪləri
• Meaning: cheerful
• Popularity: #2,326 and rising (#2,499 → #2,326, 2024)

Heloise

• Origin: French/Germanic (disputed)
• Pronunciation: HEL-oh-eez · ˈhɛloʊiːz
• Meaning: disputed: possibly ‘the chosen one’ (via St. Eligius) or ‘holy/whole’ plus ‘wood’ (Germanic)
• Popularity: #11,444 and falling (#7,388 → #11,444, 2024)

Unique Girl Names That Start with H

We carefully picked this set of unique girl names starting with the letter H to ensure your daughter stands out with a name as distinctive as she is.

Hartlyn

Halliday

• Origin: Scottish/English (surname)
• Pronunciation: HAL-ih-day · ˈhælɪdeɪ
• Meaning: holy day
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Honora

• Origin: Latin (via Honoria/Honorius)
• Pronunciation: huh-NOR-uh · həˈnɔːrə
• Meaning: honor, esteem
• Popularity: #4,800 and rising (#7,390 → #4,800, 2024)

Hali

• Origin: Greek
• Pronunciation: HAH-lee · ˈhɑːli
• Meaning: the sea
• Popularity: #4,583 and falling (#4,495 → #4,583, 2024)

Honor

• Origin: Latin (via English virtue name)
• Pronunciation: AH-ner · ˈɑːnər
• Meaning: shortened from Honoria/Honora, later read as the virtue ‘honor, esteem’ (Latin honos/honoris)
• Popularity: #2,102 and falling (#1,966 → #2,102, 2024)

Holliday

Hervie

• Origin: uncertain (possibly a variant of Harvey/Hervé, Breton)
• Pronunciation: HER-vee · ˈhɜːrvi
• Meaning: a battle-ready female warrior
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hidi

• Origin: uncertain (possibly African, or a phonetic variant of Heidi); unattested
• Meaning: one who is rooted in the earth
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hara

Harmonie

• Origin: French (from Latin harmonia, ultimately Greek)
• Pronunciation: HAR-muh-nee · ˈhɑːrməni
• Meaning: harmony, concord (French spelling variant of Harmony)
• Popularity: #2,307 and falling (#1,838 → #2,307, 2024)

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Harmony

• Origin: Greek (via Latin harmonia)
• Pronunciation: HAR-muh-nee · ˈhɑːrməni
• Meaning: harmony, concord, agreement
• Popularity: #264 and falling (#231 → #264, 2024)

Holly

• Origin: English
• Pronunciation: HAH-lee · ˈhɑːli
• Meaning: the holly tree/plant
• Popularity: #419 and rising (#451 → #419, 2024)

Hadassah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Pronunciation: huh-DASS-ah · həˈdæsə
• Meaning: myrtle (tree)
• Popularity: #532 and rising (#612 → #532, 2024)

Hadleigh

• Origin: Old English (place-name surname)
• Pronunciation: HAD-lee · ˈhædli
• Meaning: heather field or heath meadow (variant of Hadley)
• Popularity: #1,131 and falling (#1,002 → #1,131, 2024)

Hildegard

• Origin: Germanic (West Germanic *Hildigardu)
• Pronunciation: HIL-duh-gard · ˈhɪldəɡɑːrd
• Meaning: battle enclosure
• Popularity: #6,727 and falling (#6,252 → #6,727, 2024)

Hikari

• Origin: Japanese
• Pronunciation: hee-KAH-ree · hiˈkɑːri
• Meaning: light
• Popularity: #7,024 and rising (#8,649 → #7,024, 2024)

Hephzibah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Pronunciation: HEF-zi-buh · ˈhɛfzɪbə
• Meaning: my delight is in her
• Popularity: #11,445 and falling (#9,855 → #11,445, 2024)

Haruka

• Origin: Japanese
• Pronunciation: hah-ROO-kah · hɑːˈruːkə
• Meaning: distant, far-off (common gloss for a frequently used kanji, 遥)
• Popularity: #14,043 and rising (#14,428 → #14,043, 2024)

Hortense

• Origin: Latin (via French, from the Roman gens name Hortensius)
• Pronunciation: hor-TENSS · hɔːrˈtɛns
• Meaning: relating to gardens (traditionally tied to a Roman gardener)
• Popularity: #8,509 as of 1976 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hanneke

• Origin: Dutch (diminutive)
• Pronunciation: HAH-nuh-kuh · ˈhɑːnəkə
• Meaning: pet form of Hanna/Johanna, from Hebrew for ‘grace, favor’
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hedwig

• Origin: German
• Pronunciation: HED-vig · ˈhɛdvɪg
• Meaning: battle, combat (from two related Germanic ‘battle’ elements)
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Heejin

• Origin: Korean
• Pronunciation: HEE-jin · ˈhiːdʒɪn
• Meaning: Joy, precious (a common hanja reading)
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hoa

• Origin: Vietnamese (Sino-Vietnamese)
• Pronunciation: HWAH · ˈhwɑː
• Meaning: flower (from a Chinese root, 華, whose core literary sense is ‘flower, splendid’)
• Popularity: #12,018 as of 2004 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Huyen

• Origin: Vietnamese
• Pronunciation: HWEE-en · ˈhwiːɛn
• Meaning: dark, mysterious
• Popularity: #17,095 as of 2004 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hwanhee

• Origin: Korean
• Pronunciation: HWAHN-hee · ˈhwɑːnhiː
• Meaning: joy, delight
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hypatia

• Origin: Greek
• Pronunciation: hy-PAY-shuh · haɪˈpeɪʃə
• Meaning: highest, supreme
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Haggith

• Origin: Hebrew
• Pronunciation: HAG-ith · ˈhæɡɪθ
• Meaning: festive one, from the root for feast or celebration
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hoglah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Pronunciation: HOG-lah · ˈhɒɡlə
• Meaning: partridge
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Herodias

• Origin: Greek
• Pronunciation: heh-ROH-dee-us · hɪˈroʊdiəs
• Meaning: of the house of Herod
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hestia

• Origin: Greek
• Pronunciation: HES-tee-uh · ˈhɛstiə
• Meaning: hearth
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hadewych

• Origin: Old Dutch / Germanic
• Pronunciation: HAH-duh-vikh · ˈhɑːdəvɪx
• Meaning: battle, strife
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hawise

• Origin: Germanic (Old High German, via Anglo-Norman)
• Pronunciation: hah-WEEZ · hæˈwiːz
• Meaning: battle + wide, the elements behind Hadewidis
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hirut

• Origin: Amharic/Tigrinya
• Pronunciation: hee-ROOT · hiːˈruːt
• Meaning: disputed: ‘patient, enduring’ or ‘chosen, blessed’
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Harshita

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Pronunciation: har-SHEE-tah · hɑːrˈʃiːtə
• Meaning: joyful, delighted
• Popularity: #16,188 as of 2022 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Harnaamdeep

• Origin: Punjabi (Sanskrit-derived)
• Pronunciation: har-NAHM-deep · hɑːrˈnɑːmdiːp
• Meaning: ‘lamp of God’s Name,’ from ‘har’ (God), ‘naam’ (name), and ‘deep’ (lamp)
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Harsimrat

• Origin: Punjabi (Sanskrit-derived)
• Pronunciation: har-SIM-rut · hɑːrˈsɪmrət
• Meaning: ‘remembering/meditating on God,’ from ‘har’ (God) plus ‘simrat’ (a form of simran, remembrance)
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hlín

• Origin: Old Norse
• Pronunciation: HLEEN · hliːn
• Meaning: protectress
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hoa Binh

• Origin: Vietnamese (Sino-Vietnamese)
• Pronunciation: hwah-BING · hwaː ɓiŋ
• Meaning: peace
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Haennim

• Origin: Native Korean
• Pronunciation: HEN-neem · ˈhɛnnim
• Meaning: the sun (personified, as in ‘Mr./Ms. Sun’)
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Haewon

• Origin: Sino-Korean
• Pronunciation: HAY-won · ˈheɪwɒn
• Meaning: sea garden
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hannelore

• Origin: German (blend of Hanne + Eleonore)
• Pronunciation: HAH-nuh-LOR-uh · ˈhanəˌloːʁə
• Meaning: blend of Hanne (a German form of Hannah/Johanna, “grace, favor”) and Eleonore (Eleanor, meaning uncertain/disputed)
• Popularity: #12,598 as of 2023 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hokulele

• Origin: Hawaiian
• Pronunciation: hoh-koo-LEH-leh · hoːkuːˈlɛlɛ
• Meaning: shooting star / meteor, literally ‘flying star’ (hōkū ‘star’ + lele ‘to fly’)
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hamutal

• Origin: Hebrew (biblical)
• Pronunciation: hah-moo-TAHL · hɑːmuːˈtɑːl
• Meaning: dew of one’s father-in-law
• Popularity: Not in the U.S. Social Security rankings

Hitomi

• Origin: Japanese
• Pronunciation: hee-TOH-mee · hiːˈtoʊmi
• Meaning: pupil of the eye (for the single-kanji spelling); other kanji combinations carry different meanings
• Popularity: #16,071 as of 2023 — not currently in the U.S. Social Security rankings

How These Names Are Trending

19 of these names rose in the U.S. Social Security rankings last year, and 20 are falling, per Social Security data through 2024.

How These Names Are Trending

19 of these names rose in the U.S. Social Security rankings last year, and 20 are falling, per Social Security data through 2024.

How These Names Are Trending

19 of these names rose in the U.S. Social Security rankings last year, and 20 are falling, per Social Security data through 2024.

How These Names Are Trending

15 of these names rose in the U.S. Social Security rankings last year, and 16 are falling, per Social Security data through 2024.

How These Names Are Trending

15 of these names rose in the U.S. Social Security rankings last year, and 16 are falling, per Social Security data through 2024.

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Wrapping Up

I hope this guide to girl names starting with ‘H’ helps you find that perfect name that resonates with your hopes and dreams for your daughter. As a mom and a professional baby namer, I understand the joy and the challenge in choosing just the right name. Remember, it’s not just a name; it’s a piece of her story and yours. Enjoy this wonderful journey of naming your daughter—may it be as joyful and fulfilling as motherhood itself. Happy naming!

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