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Dog names starting with H

Every name in our list that starts with H, for girls, boys and either, with the meaning of each. A name that starts with a hard sound carries further across a park than a soft one.

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Girl names (144)

Habanera
A Cuban dance with a swaying rhythm · Spanish
Habiba
Means beloved in Arabic · Arabic
Hada
Spanish for fairy · Spanish · small dogs
Hadas
Means myrtle tree in Hebrew · Hebrew
Haddie
Pet form of Hadley or Harriet
Hadil
Means the cooing of a dove in Arabic · Arabic
Hadithi
Means story in Swahili · Swahili
Hadley
English place name, heather field
Haejin
A Korean name read as sea jewel · Korean
Haemi
Beauty of the sun · Korean
Haetsal
Means sunshine or sunbeams in Korean · Korean
Haf
Welsh for summer · Welsh
Hafren
Welsh name for the River Severn · Welsh
Hailey
English place name, hay clearing
Hakea
Hardy Australian shrub with needle leaves and woody fruit · Australian
Halcyon
A mythical bird that calmed the winter sea · Greek
Halla
Icelandic name meaning rock · Icelandic
Halle
Old Norse for rock, or a form of Hallie · Old Norse
Halley
The comet that returns roughly every seventy six years
Hallie
Pet form of Harriet or Halle, hall
Halva
Dense sesame sweet eaten across the Middle East · Arabic
Hana
Japanese, flower · Japanese
Hanabi
Means fireworks in Japanese, literally fire flowers · Japanese
Hanalei
Crescent bay on Kauai · Hawaiian
Hanbyul
One single star · Korean
Hania
Polish pet form of Hanna · Polish
Hannah
Hebrew for favour or grace · Hebrew
Hanneke
Dutch pet form of Johanna · Dutch
Hannelore
German name joining Hanna and Eleonore · German
Hansa
Sanskrit for swan · Sanskrit
Harakeke
New Zealand flax, woven into baskets and cloth · Maori
Harebell
A delicate blue bell flower of heaths, the bluebell of Scotland · small dogs
Harissa
Fiery North African chilli paste · Arabic
Harley
English place name, the hare meadow
Harlow
English place name, army hill
Harmonia
The Greek goddess of harmony, wife of Cadmus · Greek
Harmony
Notes sounded together, from the Greek harmonia
Harriet
English form of Henriette, popular in 1900 · English
Harrogate
A Yorkshire spa town famous for tea rooms
Hathor
Egyptian goddess of love, music and joy · Egyptian
Hatshepsut
Female pharaoh, her name means foremost of noble women · Egyptian
Hattie
Pet form of Harriet
Haukea
Hawaiian name meaning white snow · Hawaiian
Haumea
Fast spinning dwarf planet shaped like an egg
Haunani
Hawaiian name meaning beautiful snow, for a white dog · Hawaiian
Haupia
A Hawaiian coconut milk pudding · Hawaiian
Havana
Capital of Cuba, and a warm brown
Havarti
A smooth Danish cheese · Danish
Haven
A safe harbour or place of refuge
Havisham
Jilted recluse in Dickens's Great Expectations · English
Hawa
Means wind or air in Hindi and Urdu · Hindi
Hawaii
The Pacific island state of volcanoes, surf and hula · Hawaiian
Hayan
Means white in Korean, for a snowy coat · Korean
Hayat
Means life in Arabic · Arabic
Haze
A thin mist that softens the view
Hazel
A nut tree, and a soft brown colour
Hazelnut
The small round nut of the hazel tree · small dogs
Heather
The low purple shrub of Scottish moorland
Heaven
A place of perfect happiness
Hebe
A New Zealand shrub named for the Greek goddess of youth · Greek
Hecate
Greek goddess of magic and the crossroads · Greek
Hedda
Scandinavian name meaning battle · Scandinavian
Hedy
Pet form of Hedwig, battle · German
Heera
Means diamond in Hindi · Hindi
Heidi
German, short for Adelheid, noble · German
Heifer
A young cow that has not yet had a calf
Hekima
Means wisdom in Swahili · Swahili
Hekla
Volcano in southern Iceland · Icelandic
Helen
Helen of Troy, the face of the Greek epics · Greek
Helena
Greek name meaning bright or shining · Greek
Helga
Norse name meaning holy · Norse
Heliotrope
A purple flower that turns to follow the sun, from Greek · Greek
Helmi
Finnish for pearl · Finnish
Helva
A sweet Turkish confection of sesame or semolina · Turkish
Helyg
Welsh for willow · Welsh
Henrietta
Feminine form of Henry, popular around 1900 · French
Hera
Queen of the Greek gods · Greek
Hermia
A Shakespeare name built on Hermes, the Greek messenger god
Hermione
Greek, from Hermes · Greek
Hermosa
Spanish for beautiful · Spanish
Herta
German name from an old earth goddess · German
Hester
The heroine of The Scarlet Letter
Hestia
Greek goddess of the hearth and home · Greek
Hetepheres
A queen of Egypt and mother of Khufu · Ancient Egyptian
Hettie
Pet form of Henrietta or Hester
Heulwen
Welsh word for sunshine · Welsh
Heuning
Means honey in Afrikaans · Afrikaans
Hiba
Means gift in Arabic · Arabic
Hibiscus
Big tropical flower brewed into a red tea · Greek
Hidaya
Means gift in Swahili · Swahili
Hiiaka
Held essence, the youngest sister of the volcano goddess Pele · Hawaiian
Hikari
Japanese for light · Japanese
Hila
Means halo in Hebrew · Hebrew
Hilda
Germanic, battle
Hilde
German short form of names with hild, battle · German
Hildegard
Hildegard of Bingen, the medieval composer and abbess · German
Hildegarde
Germanic hild and gard, battle enclosure · German
Hildy
Pet form of Hilda or Hildegard, battle
Hilla
Finnish for cloudberry · Finnish
Himari
A sunny place, sunflower · Japanese
Hime
Means princess in Japanese · Japanese
Himiko
A shaman queen of ancient Japan · Japanese
Hina
The Hawaiian moon goddess · Hawaiian
Hippolyta
The warrior queen of the Amazons · Greek
Hiraya
From an old Tagalog phrase for the fruit of one's hopes and dreams · Tagalog
Hiwa
Hiwa i te rangi, the wishing star of Matariki · Maori
Hoa
Means flower in Vietnamese · Vietnamese
Hodan
Means rich or lush in Somali · Somali
Hoja Santa
A big leafed Mexican herb, meaning sacred leaf · Spanish
Hokitika
A West Coast town in New Zealand known for greenstone carving · Maori
Hokulani
Means heavenly star in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Holly
Prickly evergreen with bright winter berries
Hollyberry
The bright red berry of the Christmas holly
Hollyhock
A tall cottage garden flower in pink, red and cream
Holstein
Black and white patched dairy cow
Homa
A mythical Persian bird of good fortune · Persian
Honey
Sweet syrup made by bees, used for golden coated dogs
Honeybee
The bee that makes honey · small dogs
Honeybun
A sweet glazed bun, and a pet name · small dogs
Honeydew
A sweet pale green melon
Honeysuckle
A scented climbing flower of summer hedges
Honoria
Roman name meaning honour · Latin
Hope
The feeling that good things are coming, a Puritan virtue name
Hopia
A flaky Filipino pastry with bean filling · Filipino
Horchata
Sweet milky drink of rice or tiger nuts · Spanish
Hortense
French form of Hortensia, garden · French
Hosanna
A cry of praise, from Hebrew for save us, we pray · Hebrew
Hoshi
Japanese, star · Japanese
Hosta
A leafy shade plant with lilac flowers
Hotaru
Japanese for firefly · Japanese
Houska
A Czech plaited bread roll · Czech
Hua
Chinese for flower or blossom · Chinese
Huacatay
Peruvian black mint, an Andean herb · Quechua
Huan
Chinese for happy or pleased · Chinese
Huia
A treasured black songbird of New Zealand with white tipped tail feathers · Maori
Hula
The Hawaiian dance · Hawaiian
Hulda
Norse name meaning hidden or secret · Norse
Huldra
The beautiful forest spirit of Norwegian folklore · Norwegian
Hummingbird
A tiny bird that hovers and hums · small dogs
Hunny
A sweet spelling of honey, the golden syrup bees make
Hyacinth
A heavily scented spring bulb
Hyades
The V shaped star cluster in the face of Taurus · Greek
Hydrangea
A shrub with big round heads of blue, pink or white flowers
Hypatia
Ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer · Greek

Boy names (208)

Haakon
The name of seven kings of Norway · Norwegian
Haast
Mount Haast in the Southern Alps, named for the explorer Julius von Haast · German
Habagat
The strong southwest monsoon wind of the Philippines · Tagalog
Habanero
Very hot lantern shaped chilli from the Yucatan · Spanish
Habib
Means beloved or darling in Arabic · Arabic
Haboob
A violent wall of desert dust driven by a storm, a word from Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Habsburg
The great royal house of Austria and Spain · German
Hachi
Japanese, eight, and the loyal Akita of Shibuya station · Japanese
Hachiko
Akita who waited nine years at Shibuya station for his owner · Japanese
Hadar
A brilliant blue star in Centaurus, one of the pointers to the Southern Cross · Arabic
Hades
Greek god of the underworld · Greek
Hadrian
Roman emperor who walled off northern Britain · Latin
Hafez
The fourteenth century Persian poet of Shiraz · Persian
Haidar
Means lion in Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Haku
A lord, also to weave a lei · Hawaiian
Hal
Prince Hal, the madcap prince of Henry IV
Halberd
A long medieval axe and spear
Halfback
A player position in rugby, football and hockey
Halibut
A huge flat fish of cold northern seas · big dogs
Halifax
The harbour capital of Nova Scotia
Hallasan
The volcano at the heart of Jeju Island, South Korea's highest peak · Korean
Halldor
Icelandic name meaning rock of Thor · Icelandic
Halvor
Norwegian name meaning rock defender · Norwegian
Hamal
The brightest star of Aries, Arabic for lamb · Arabic
Hamilton
Scottish surname from an English place, flat topped hill · Scottish
Hamish
Scottish form of James
Hamlet
The Prince of Denmark in Shakespeare's greatest tragedy
Hammer
The striking tool, for a dog that plays hard · big dogs
Hammerhead
A shark with a head shaped like a hammer
Hammurabi
The Babylonian king famous for his code of laws · Akkadian
Handel
German composer of the Messiah · German
Handsome
Good looking, and they know it
Handsome Dan
The bulldog mascot of Yale University since 1889
Hani
Means happy or delighted in Arabic · Arabic
Hank
American short form of Henry
Hannibal
The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants in 218 BC · big dogs
Hanover
The German royal house of the British Georges · German
Hans
German short form of Johannes · German
Hansel
Boy of the German fairy tale, brother to Gretel · German
Hansi
German pet form of Hans · German
Hao
Means good or excellent in Mandarin · Chinese
Hapi
The Egyptian spirit of the Nile flood that brought plenty · Egyptian
Hapuku
A big groper fish of New Zealand waters · Maori · big dogs
Haram
A name suggesting one who is like heaven · Korean
Hardy
Thomas Hardy, novelist of the Wessex books · English
Hareton
Hareton Earnshaw, the rough but kind hearted lad of Wuthering Heights
Hari
A name of Vishnu, also tawny coloured · Sanskrit
Harimau
Means tiger in Indonesian and Malay · Indonesian · big dogs
Haris
Greek name meaning grace · Greek
Harlan
English place name, hare land
Harlequin
Torn black patches on white, a Great Dane colour named after the clown's costume · big dogs
Harmattan
A dry dusty wind of west Africa
Harmon
English form of Herman, army man
Harold
Old Norse name meaning army ruler · Norse
Harpo
A stage nickname from the harp, after the silent Marx brother
Harrier
A hawk that quarters low over open fields
Harrison
English surname meaning son of Harry
Harry
Medieval English form of Henry, Germanic for home ruler
Harsh
Means joy in Hindi and Sanskrit · Hindi
Hart
An old word for a male red deer
Harvey
Breton name meaning battle worthy · French
Hastings
An East Sussex seaside town of the famous 1066 battle
Hatchet
A small axe for chopping kindling
Hathi
Hindi for elephant · Hindi · big dogs
Hati
The wolf who chases the moon across the sky · Old Norse
Hatter
The Hatter of the mad tea party in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Hatteras
A North Carolina cape and lighthouse on the Outer Banks
Hawfinch
A big beaked finch that can crack cherry stones · small dogs
Hawk
A sharp eyed bird of prey known for keen sight
Hawkins
Jim Hawkins, the young hero of Treasure Island
Hawthorn
The hedgerow tree of British lanes
Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter
Hayate
Swift wind, a sudden gust · Japanese
Haydn
Joseph Haydn, the father of the symphony · German
Haylaz
Means mischievous or a rascal in Turkish · Turkish
Haymaker
A big swinging punch
Hayseed
A country bumpkin, and the seed shaken from hay
Haytham
Means young eagle in Arabic · Arabic
Hayward
English surname for a guard of fenced land, from Old English haeg and weard · English
Haywood
English place name, enclosed wood
Heath
Low moorland shrub that flowers across open ground
Heathcliff
The brooding foundling of Wuthering Heights
Heavyweight
The biggest weight class in boxing · big dogs
Hector
Prince of Troy and its finest defender · Greek · big dogs
Hefin
Welsh name meaning summery · Welsh
Hei
Means black in Mandarin, sleek and stylish · Chinese
Heimdall
Norse watchman who guards the rainbow bridge · Norse · big dogs
Heka
The ancient Egyptian word for magic, also its god · Ancient Egyptian
Hekili
Hawaiian for thunder · Hawaiian · big dogs
Helecho
Spanish for fern · Spanish
Heliodor
A golden yellow beryl named for the sun · Greek
Helios
Greek god who drives the sun across the sky · Greek
Helmsman
The sailor who steers the ship
Helmut
German name meaning brave spirit · German
Hem
Means gold in Sanskrit and Hindi · Sanskrit
Hemp
Border collie regarded as the founding sire of the breed
Henley
English place name, high wood
Henri
French form of Henry · French
Henrik
Scandinavian form of Henry, home ruler · Norwegian
Henrique
Portuguese form of Henry, meaning home ruler · Portuguese
Henry
German name meaning home ruler · German
Hephaestus
Greek god of fire and the forge · Greek
Herald
The officer who announces royal news · English
Herbert
Germanic, bright army
Herbie
Pet form of Herbert, Germanic for bright army
Hercules
The hero of the twelve labours · Greek · big dogs
Hereford
Red and white beef cattle from Herefordshire
Hereward
Hereward the Wake, the Anglo Saxon rebel of the fens
Herman
Germanic name meaning soldier · German
Hermes
Swift footed messenger of the Greek gods · Greek
Herodotus
The Greek writer known as the father of history · Greek
Heron
A tall grey wading bird with a long neck and beak · big dogs
Herschel
Astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus
Hershel
Yiddish for deer · Yiddish
Herzog
German word for duke · German
Heungbu
The kind younger brother in a Korean folk tale · Korean
Hezekiah
Hebrew for God strengthens, a king of Judah · Hebrew
Hickok
After Wild Bill Hickok, lawman and gunfighter
Hickory
A tough North American nut tree · big dogs
Hidalgo
Spanish for a nobleman · Spanish
Higgins
Shelter mutt who became a much loved screen dog
High Noon
Midday, the hour of the classic western showdown
Hikurangi
The North Island mountain that greets the sunrise first · Maori
Hilarius
Roman name meaning cheerful · Latin
Hilmar
Icelandic name meaning helmet warrior · Icelandic
Hilo
The rainy town on the big island · Hawaiian
Hiram
Phoenician, exalted brother, a king of Tyre in the Bible · Phoenician
Hiro
Generous and broad minded · Japanese
Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige, the Japanese master of woodblock landscapes · Japanese
Hirsch
Means deer in Yiddish · Yiddish
Hobart
Harbour capital of Tasmania
Hobbes
An English surname, borne by the philosopher Thomas Hobbes
Hobbs
English surname, son of Hob, a pet form of Robert
Hocus
As in hocus pocus, the conjuror's magic words
Hodari
Swahili for brave and able · Swahili
Hogan
Irish surname, from Gaelic og, young · Irish
Hogarth
William Hogarth, the English painter who put his own pug in his self portrait
Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai, the Japanese artist of The Great Wave · Japanese
Holbein
Hans Holbein, the painter of the Tudor court · German
Holden
English place name, deep valley
Holger
Danish name meaning island spear · Danish
Hollis
English surname for someone who lived by holly trees
Holst
Gustav Holst, the composer of The Planets
Holt
A small wood, and an otter's den · Old English
Hombre
Spanish for man, used for a tough cowboy · Spanish
Homer
A home run in baseball
Honig
German for honey · German
Honore
French name meaning honoured · French
Honza
Czech pet form of Jan · Czech
Hooke
Robert Hooke, who first saw and named the cell
Hopper
Edward Hopper, the American painter of quiet city scenes, a fun pick for a bouncy dog
Horace
Roman family name much used by Victorians · Latin
Horand
Horand von Grafrath, the first registered German Shepherd and father of the breed · German · big dogs
Horangi
Means tiger in Korean, the much loved tiger of Korean folk tales · Korean
Horatio
Hamlet's loyal friend in Shakespeare's tragedy · Latin
Hornet
A big buzzing wasp, for a dog with a sting in the tail
Horrie
Egyptian stray who served with Australian troops in the war
Horseradish
A fiery white root
Hortus
Latin for garden · Latin
Horus
Falcon headed Egyptian god of the sky · Egyptian
Hosea
Hebrew for salvation, an Old Testament prophet · Hebrew
Hoss
Dialect form of horse, a nickname for a big man · big dogs
Hot Dog
A sausage in a bun, and a joke for a long, low dog · small dogs
Hotspur
Harry Percy, the fiery young rebel of Henry IV
Houdini
The stage name of the escape artist Harry Houdini
Houyi
The great archer who shot down nine of the ten suns · Chinese
Howard
English surname name popular in the 1920s · English
Howdy
The friendly cowboy hello
Howie
Pet form of Howard, an English surname of uncertain origin
Hrafn
Icelandic name meaning raven · Icelandic
Hrom
Ukrainian for thunder · Ukrainian
Hu
Means tiger in Mandarin, short and fierce · Chinese
Huascaran
The highest mountain in Peru · Quechua · big dogs
Hubble
Space telescope that changed how we see the universe
Hubert
Germanic name meaning bright mind · German
Huck
Short for Huckleberry
Hudson
The river that runs past New York
Huey
Pet form of Hugh, Germanic for heart and mind
Hugh
German name meaning mind or spirit · German
Huginn
One of Odin's ravens, his name means thought · Norse
Hugo
German, mind or spirit · German
Hukka
An old Finnish word for wolf · Finnish
Hulk
An old ship stripped to its hull, also a large, heavy thing · big dogs
Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt, the explorer and naturalist · German
Hummel
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, the pianist composer · German
Humpback
The singing whale that leaps from the sea · big dogs
Humphrey
Germanic, peaceful warrior · Germanic
Hunahpu
One of the Hero Twins of the Popol Vuh, a ball player and trickster · Maya
Hungry Henry
A dog who is always ready for the next meal
Hunter
Traditional name for a dog with a keen nose
Huntsman
The person who leads the hounds on a hunt
Huo
Means fire in Mandarin, sharp and intense · Chinese
Huon
A river valley in Tasmania famous for apples and Huon pine
Huracan
The Maya god of wind and storm who gave his name to the hurricane · Maya · big dogs
Hurley
The stick used in the Irish game of hurling · Irish
Hurricane
A violent tropical storm, from the Taino hurakan · big dogs
Husam
Means sword in Arabic · Arabic
Hussar
A dashing light cavalry soldier · Hungarian
Hutan
Means forest in Malay and Indonesian · Malay
Hutch
Short form of Hutchinson, son of Hugh
Huw
Welsh form of Hugh · Welsh
Huxley
English place name, Hucc's meadow
Hwarang
Elite youth warriors of the old Korean kingdom of Silla · Korean
Hwaseong
Means Mars, the red planet, in Korean · Korean
Hyde
Mr Hyde, the dark side of Dr Jekyll in Stevenson's 1886 story
Hyperion
Greek titan of light · Greek · big dogs
Hypnos
Greek god of sleep · Greek
Hywel
Welsh name meaning eminent · Welsh

Names for either (136)

Haar
A cold sea fog of the east coast of Scotland and England · Scots
Habibi
Means my darling in Arabic, a much loved term of affection · Arabic
Hackle
Neck feathers tied into fishing flies, and the hair a dog raises on their back
Haecho
Means seaweed in Korean · Korean
Haengbok
Means happiness in Korean · Korean
Hagelslag
Dutch chocolate sprinkles eaten on bread · Dutch
Haggis
Scotland's national dish of oats and offal · Scottish
Hahndorf
A German settler village in the Adelaide Hills
Hai
Chinese for sea or ocean · Chinese
Hail
Frozen rain that falls as small white balls of ice
Hailstone
A pellet of ice that falls in a storm · small dogs
Hairball
A ball of fur, for a heavy shedder
Hakone
A Japanese hot spring town with views of Mount Fuji · Japanese
Hala
The pandanus tree, an iconic Hawaiian plant · Hawaiian
Haldi
Turmeric, the golden spice of Indian kitchens · Hindi
Hale
Means house or home in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Half Pint
A small person, for a pint sized pup · small dogs
Halfpipe
A U shaped ramp for skateboarders and snowboarders
Hallon
Swedish for raspberry · Swedish
Halloumi
Salty Cypriot cheese that holds its shape when grilled · Cypriot
Hallow
From All Hallows' Eve, the old name that gave us Halloween
Halo
Ring of light seen around the sun or moon
Halwa
A sweet, dense Indian dessert · Hindi
Hammock
A swinging rope bed strung between two trees, for a lazy dog · Taino
Hamster
A small burrowing rodent with cheek pouches · small dogs
Haneul
Korean for sky or heaven · Korean
Hanoi
Capital city of Vietnam
Hanu
Means breath in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Happy
Cheerful and content, a name to live up to
Har Gow
A translucent prawn dumpling served at dim sum · Chinese · small dogs
Harbour
A sheltered place where ships lie at anchor
Hare
Fast long eared cousin of the rabbit
Harlem
Neighbourhood of upper Manhattan in New York
Harmonica
A small mouth organ played by breathing · Greek · small dogs
Harp
A tall stringed instrument plucked by hand · English
Harper
For the author of To Kill a Mockingbird
Harrow
A farm tool dragged over ploughed ground to break up clods
Haru
Japanese, spring · Japanese
Harvest
The gathering in of the year of growing
Harvest Moon
The bright full moon closest to the autumn equinox
Harvester
A person or machine that gathers in the crop
Hash Brown
Fried grated potato, crisp and golden
Hasi
German for bunny, a pet name · German · small dogs
Hat Trick
Three scores by one player, first used in cricket
Hato
Means dove or pigeon in Japanese, for a gentle dog · Japanese
Hau
Means snow or cool breeze in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Hauraki
The Hauraki Gulf, a sheltered sea off Auckland · Maori
Havoc
Widespread disorder, from the Old French havot, plunder
Hay
Dried grass that feeds the animals through winter
Hayden
Old English place name meaning hay valley · English
Hayloft
The loft above a barn where hay is stored
Haystack
A big pile of hay in the field · big dogs
Heatwave
A long run of unusually hot days
Hebeny
Means ebony, a real ancient Egyptian dog name for a dark dog · Ancient Egyptian
Hebrides
Island chain off the west coast of Scotland · Scottish
Hedgehog
A small spiny animal of British gardens · small dogs
Hedgerow
A row of shrubs and trees along a field, home to birds and hedgehogs
Helium
The light gas that makes balloons float, named after the Greek sun
Helix
A spiral shape, like the twist of DNA
Helles
A pale golden Munich lager, meaning bright · German
Helsinki
The seaside capital of Finland, known for saunas and design · Finnish
Helvellyn
A famous ridge walk in the Lake District
Hematite
A shiny iron ore with a metallic grey sheen · Greek
Hemlock
Poisonous plant of witches' tales and Socrates' last cup
Henhouse
A shed where hens roost and lay eggs
Herdwick
Hardy grey sheep of the Lake District fells
Hero
A brave champion, also the priestess Hero in Greek myth · Greek
Hessian
Rough brown sacking cloth
Hex
A witch's spell, from German Hexe, a witch · German
Hibiki
Echo or resonance · Japanese
Hiccup
A sudden catch of the breath, named after the sound · small dogs
Highness
The style of address given to a prince · English
Hihi
The stitchbird, a rare honeyeater of New Zealand · Maori · small dogs
Hijinks
Playful mischief
Hikaru
Japanese name meaning light or to shine · Japanese
Hiker
Someone who walks long trails, the perfect trail buddy
Himalaya
The highest mountain range on Earth, Sanskrit for abode of snow · Sanskrit · big dogs
Hinata
Japanese name meaning sunny place, for a sunshine dog · Japanese
Hippo
Short for hippopotamus, Greek for river horse · big dogs
Hiran
Means deer in Hindi, for a graceful, leggy dog · Hindi
Hitam
Means black in Malay and Indonesian · Malay
Hoarfrost
Feathery white frost that forms on clear, cold nights
Hobak
Korean for squash or pumpkin · Korean
Hobby
A small swift falcon that catches dragonflies in flight
Hocus Pocus
The magician's magic words
Hodu
Korean for walnut · Korean · small dogs
Hoedown
A lively country square dance party
Hoiho
The yellow eyed penguin of New Zealand · Maori
Hojicha
Roasted Japanese green tea with a toasty flavour · Japanese
Hokey Pokey
A Kiwi honeycomb toffee ice cream flavour
Hoki
A silver fish of New Zealand waters · Maori
Hokkaido
Japan's wild northern island of snow, bears and lavender fields · Japanese
Hoku
Hawaiian, star · Hawaiian
Hollow
A sheltered dip in the ground
Holo
Means to run in Hawaiian, for a dog who loves to run · Hawaiian
Homestead
A frontier family farm
Hominy
Dried maize kernels soaked and cooked, a southern staple
Honeycomb
A crunchy aerated toffee, named for its look
Honeycrisp
A crisp and juicy American apple
Honeyeater
An Australian bird that sips nectar from flowers
Hong
Chinese for rainbow, or for red · Chinese
Honi
Means kiss in Hawaiian, for a dog full of kisses · Hawaiian
Honky Tonk
A lively country music bar
Honnu
Means gold in Kannada · Kannada
Honu
Hawaiian for the green sea turtle · Hawaiian
Hoodoo
A tall thin spire of rock shaped by wind and rain
Hoopoe
A pink bird with a fan shaped crest and a hoop hoop call
Hoops
Basketball slang
Hoppang
A Korean steamed bun eaten in winter · Korean · small dogs
Hops
Green flowers that give beer its bitterness
Horizon
The line where the land or sea meets the sky
Horseshoe
An iron shoe for a horse, nailed up for luck
Hotteok
A sweet Korean pancake filled with brown sugar and nuts · Korean · small dogs
Howlite
A white stone marbled with grey veins · English
Howth
A fishing village on a headland near Dublin, known for seals
Huanhuan
Means happy happy in Mandarin, for a cheerful wriggler · Chinese
Hubb
Means love in Arabic · Arabic
Huckleberry
A small wild American berry, and Mark Twain's free spirited hero
Huddle
When the team gathers close to plan the next play
Huimang
Means hope in Korean · Korean
Hullabaloo
A noisy fuss
Hulu
Means feather in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Hum
To sing with closed lips, a cosy little name · small dogs
Humbug
A striped peppermint boiled sweet · small dogs
Humle
Swedish for bumblebee and hops · Swedish · small dogs
Hummus
Chickpea dip blended with sesame paste and lemon · Arabic
Huna
Means secret or hidden in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Hunky Dory
Everything is just fine
Hurdle
A barrier to jump over in a race, for a dog who clears fences
Hurdy Gurdy
A cranked, buzzing string instrument of medieval fairs
Hurling
The fast ancient Irish stick and ball game · Irish
Hydra
The many headed serpent Hercules fought · Greek · big dogs
Hyena
The spotted hyena, the largest hyena, famous for its whooping laugh · big dogs
Hygge
Danish for snug, cosy contentment · Danish
Hyssop
Ancient bitter herb with blue flowering spikes · Hebrew
Hyun
Virtuous and worthy · Korean

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