100 Baby Girl Names Starting With H

There is something soft and hopeful about a girl’s name that starts with H. The letter carries a gentle breath at the front, and it opens words we love like hope, harmony, and home, which is a lovely thing to hand a daughter.

This list gathers 100 girl names that start with H, pulled from cultures and languages across the world. You will find airy vintage picks, strong classics, and meanings that run from ocean and star to warrior and grace, so there is room for whatever feeling you want her name to carry.

Scroll through, say a few out loud, and see which ones stick.

100 Heavenly Girl Names That Start with H

Review these beautiful H names for girls to find the perfect match for your daughter.

1. Hadassah: The Hebrew birth name of the biblical Queen Esther, this Hebrew girl’s name means myrtle tree, a plant tied to joy.
2. Haden: A modern unisex name, usually spelled Hayden, from an Old English place name meaning hay valley or heather-covered hill.
3. Hadiya: This Arabic name means guide to righteousness and appears in variants like Hadya and Hadiyya.
4. Hadley: Meaning heather meadow in Old English, Hadley was the name of Ernest Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley Richardson.
5. Haf: A short, rare Welsh name meaning summer.
6. Hafsa: Also spelled Hafza, this Arabic name means young lioness and was borne by Hafsa bint Umar, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
7. Haggith: A rare biblical name meaning festive or dancer, borne by a wife of King David.
8. Hai: A Chinese name element meaning ocean or sea, suggesting depth and calm.
9. Hailey: A popular English name meaning hay meadow, with spellings like Haley, Haylee, and Hailee.
10. Haizea: A Basque name meaning wind, well used in Spain’s Basque Country.
11. Hala: This Arabic name refers to the halo of light ringing the moon, a soft celestial pick.
12. Halcyon: From the Greek myth of Alcyone, this name means kingfisher and gives us the phrase halcyon days for a spell of calm.
13. Halle: An Old Norse name meaning rock, shared by actress Halle Berry, who was named after a Cleveland department store.
14. Hallel: A Hebrew name meaning praise, tied to the Hallel psalms sung in Jewish worship.
15. Halo: A celestial word name for the ring of light around a saint or the moon.
16. Hanako: Meaning flower child, this Japanese name joins the characters for flower and child.
17. Hang: A Vietnamese name meaning moon, often linked to the moon lady Hang Nga.
18. Hằng: Written with a tonal mark, this Vietnamese name means moon or, poetically, the lady who lives there.
19. Hanga: A Hungarian name meaning heather, the hardy purple moorland flower.
20. Hannah: A Hebrew name meaning grace, borne by the mother of the prophet Samuel; it also reads the same forwards and backwards.
21. Hannele: A Finnish pet form of Hannah that keeps the meaning grace and favor.
22. Harlem: A place name for the storied New York neighborhood, itself named after Haarlem in the Netherlands.
23. Harley: From Old English elements for hare and meadow, this unisex name also nods to the Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
24. Harmony: A musical virtue name from Greek harmonia; in myth, Harmonia was the goddess of concord and daughter of Aphrodite.
25. Harper: An English occupational name for a harp player, carried by novelist Harper Lee of To Kill a Mockingbird.
26. Harpreet: A Sikh name joining Hari for God and preet for love, so love of God.
27. Harriet: A feminine form of Harry meaning home ruler, honored by abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who led an estimated 70 people to freedom from slavery on the Underground Railroad, according to the National Park Service ⁽¹⁾.
28. Harshita: A Hindi name from Sanskrit harsha, meaning full of joy.
29. Harsika: A Hindi name meaning happiness or laughter, from the Sanskrit root for joy.
30. Hartley: An English surname turned first name, meaning stag or deer meadow.
31. Harumi: A Japanese name that can mean spring beauty or clear weather, depending on its characters.
32. Hattie: A vintage nickname for Harriet or Henrietta meaning home ruler; Hattie McDaniel became the first Black performer to win an Academy Award, taking Best Supporting Actress in 1940 for Gone with the Wind ⁽²⁾.
33. Haukea: This Hawaiian name means white snow, crisp and bright.
34. Haunai: A Hawaiian name usually read as beautiful snow.
35. Havaska: A Hungarian name meaning snowy, fitting for a winter baby.
36. Haven: An English word name for a safe harbor or place of shelter.
37. Haya: From the Hebrew word for life; the same sound in Arabic carries a sense of modesty.
38. Hazal: This Turkish name means hazelnut and evokes autumn foliage.
39. Hazel: An English nature name for the hazel tree and its greenish-brown color, revived by the novel The Fault in Our Stars. Social Security Administration records have tracked U.S. baby name popularity every year since 1880, based on Social Security card applications ⁽³⁾.
40. Heather: A Scottish flower name for the hardy purple heath shrub, at its most popular in the 1970s and 80s.
41. Heaven: A word name for the sky and the divine, one of the airier virtue picks.
42. Hecate: A Greek goddess of magic, night, and crossroads, giving this name a witchy edge.
43. Hecuba: The queen of Troy in Greek legend, this badass name belongs to a mother of many sons.
44. Hedda: A Scandinavian short form of Hedvig meaning war or battle, made famous by Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler.
45. Hedwig: An Old German name meaning battle, borne by Saint Hedwig, patron of orphans, and Harry Potter’s snowy owl.
46. Heidi: A German pet form of Adelheid meaning noble, made beloved by Johanna Spyri’s 1880 novel Heidi.
47. Hel: In Norse myth, Hel rules the land of the dead; the name means hidden or concealed.
48. Heledd: A Welsh name from a 7th-century princess mourned in a cycle of early Welsh poetry.
49. Helen: A timeless Greek name meaning torch or shining light, borne by Helen of Troy.
50. Helena: A flowing form of Helen meaning shining light, used by Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
51. Helga: An Old Norse name meaning holy or blessed, from the root heilagr.
52. Hellä: A Finnish name meaning tender or gentle.
53. Heloise: A French name meaning healthy or renowned, tied to the medieval scholar Heloise, loved by Abelard.
54. Hema: A Hindi name from Sanskrit meaning golden, also linked to the goddess Lakshmi.
55. Hemera: In Greek myth, Hemera is the personification of day, daughter of Night.
56. Henna: A Finnish form of Henrietta, sharing the meaning home ruler; it is also the reddish plant dye.
57. Henrietta: A feminine form of Henry meaning home ruler, with the sweet nicknames Hattie and Etta.
58. Henrika: A Swedish feminine form of Henry meaning home ruler.
59. Hera: The Greek queen of the gods and wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage.
60. Hermine: A German feminine form of Herman, meaning army or soldier.
61. Hermione: From Hermes, this Greek name means messenger; it belongs to Shakespeare’s queen in The Winter’s Tale and to Hermione Granger.
62. Hero: In Greek legend, Hero was the priestess loved by Leander; it makes a striking middle name.
63. Hersilia: In Roman legend, Hersilia was a Sabine woman who became the wife of Romulus.
64. Herut: A Hebrew name meaning freedom or liberty.
65. Hesper: A poetic Greek name meaning evening star, the planet Venus seen at dusk.
66. Hester: A variant of Esther meaning star, carried by Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter.
67. Heulwen: A Welsh name meaning sunshine, from heul for sun and gwen for fair.
68. Hikmat: An Arabic name meaning wisdom, given to girls and boys.
69. Hilal: An Arabic name for the crescent moon, used for girls and boys alike.
70. Hilaria: A Latin name meaning cheerful, the root of the word hilarious.
71. Hilda: An Old Norse name meaning battle; Saint Hilda of Whitby was a leading figure of early English Christianity.
72. Hildegard: An Old German name meaning battle guardian, borne by the medieval mystic and composer Hildegard of Bingen.
73. Hilke: A Frisian and German pet form of Hilda meaning battle, with an old-fashioned charm.
74. Hilla: A Finnish name meaning cloudberry, the golden Nordic berry.
75. Hillary: A form of Hilaria meaning cheerful; the spelling Hilary was once more common for boys.
76. Hilma: A German and Nordic form of Wilhelmina meaning resolute protector, worn by painter Hilma af Klint.
77. Hiltrud: An Old German name joining the words for battle and strength.
78. Hima: A Sanskrit name meaning snow or frost, the root of the word Himalaya.
79. Himani: A Sanskrit name meaning snow, also an epithet of the goddess Parvati.
80. Hinata: A Japanese name meaning sunny place or facing the sun, popular for girls and boys.
81. Hira: A Hindi and Arabic name meaning diamond; Hira is also the cave where the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation.
82. Hoa: A Vietnamese name meaning flower, simple and pretty.
83. Hōkūlani: A Hawaiian name meaning heavenly star, from hoku for star and lani for sky.
84. Holly: An English nature name for the evergreen holly, long tied to Christmas and to Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
85. Honey: An English endearment and word name, as sweet as the golden syrup itself.
86. Hong: A Chinese color name meaning red or pink, a shade of good fortune.
87. Honor: A virtue name meaning honesty and high regard, spelled Honour in British English.
88. Hope: A cheerful English virtue name, one of the Puritan favorites alongside Faith and Charity.
89. Hortensia: A Latin garden name meaning gardener, once the old name for the flower we call hydrangea.
90. Hosanna: A Hebrew liturgical cry meaning save us or praise, sung on Palm Sunday.
91. Hoshi: A Japanese name meaning star, gentle and easy to say.
92. Hotaru: A Japanese name meaning firefly, calling to mind warm summer nights.
93. Houria: An Arabic name meaning fairy or nymph, from the word for a heavenly maiden.
94. Houtu: In Chinese myth, Houtu is the deity of the earth, meaning queen of the land.
95. Hulda: An Old Norse name meaning hidden, echoed by the forest spirit Huldra; in Hebrew, Huldah was a prophetess.
96. Humayra: An Arabic name meaning reddish, said to be a nickname the Prophet Muhammad gave his wife Aisha.
97. Hunter: An English occupational surname meaning one who hunts, now worn by girls and boys.
98. Hunu: A rare Maori-rooted name said to mean sunray.
99. Hyacinth: A Greek flower name for the fragrant spring bloom, named for a youth in Greek myth.
100. Hydra: A Greek name for the many-headed water serpent slain by Heracles, and a northern constellation.

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