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From Heidi to Hal, and Honour to Hadley, we have a hearty list of unique baby names beginning with the letter 'H'.
1. Heidi
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A nickname for 'Adelheid' (the German form of Adelaide), this was never used as an independent name until the 1800s.
2. Honour
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Honour/Honor means simply ... you'll never guess ... 'honour', from the Latin 'honoria'.
3. Hattie
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Hattie is a diminutive of the English name 'Harriet'.
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4. Halle
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Halle is a Nordic name and means 'little rock'.
5. Harper
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Harper has become a hot baby name recently, likely thanks to the Beckhams giving their daughter the name. It broke into the top 10 list for girls, for the first time, in 2016.
6. Honey
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An English baby name meaning 'sweet'.
7. Hettie
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The name 'Hettie' is a French baby name, a diminutive of 'Henrietta' which means 'rules her household'.
8. Heaven
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The meaning of the name 'Heaven' is 'home of the gods'.
9. Havana
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'Havana', after the Spanish place name Habana,
10. Hadley
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This Hebrew baby name is unisex.
11. Heston
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Heston was originally an English surname meaning 'one who came from the London suburb'.
12. Herbie
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This is an Old German name and means 'illustrious warrior'.
13. Hector
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This is a Greek name and means 'to hold, to have, to keep'.
14. Hendrix
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Hendrix is a surname stemming from 'Henry'.
15. Hamish
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This is a Scottish baby name and a variant of 'James'.
16. Hal
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Hal is a nickname for 'Henry', 'Harry' and 'Harold', famously used by Shakespeare in King Henry IV.
17. Huey
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The name Huey is an American baby name meaning 'heart and mind'.
18. Hope
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Hopeis one of the three theological virtues of Christianity, along with Faith and Charity.
19. Hunter
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In the Middle Ages, Hunter was an English and Scottish last name for hunters and bird catchers.
20. Henley
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Henley is a boys name of Old English origin, and the meaning of Henley is 'high meadow'.
21. Hayden
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This name for a little boy means 'hay valley.'
22. Hermione
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In ancient Greek myth, Hermione is the daughter of Spartan King Menelaus and his wife Helen.
23. Harley
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Harley is a unisex name which means 'hare's meadow'.
24. Harmony
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From the Greek Harmonia. In Greek mythology Harmonia was the goddess of brotherhood, sisterhood, happy marriages and harmony.
25. Heidi
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A nickname for Adelheid, Heidi was never used as an independent name until the publication ofJohanna Spyri's novel 'Heidi' in 1880.
26. Helena
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The name is borne in Greek legend by the beautiful wife of the king of Sparta. Her abduction by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War.
27. Heath
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The name Heath is an English baby name and means simply 'untended land where flowering shrubs grow'.
28. Harlow
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The name Harlow is an English baby name and means 'meadow of the hares'.
29. Horatio
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The name Horatio is an Italian baby name and means 'timekeeper'.
30. Heather
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Heather is a girls name of English origin.
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