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Finding the right name for your baby boy can be a very stressful and difficult decision. So to give you a little inspiration we have put together some of our favorite boy names beginning with the letter H along with their meanings.

Jack and Princess Eugenie Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, have welcomed their first child together, a baby boy. The

Sources Pronunciation guide (Main) gender: Female, can be male as well Pronunciation: khkah-rʸee [çì̥.ká.ɾʲí] Etymology and/or ways to write: This name is derived from 光 (hikari) meaning "light; ray, beam, glow" (as a feminine name, it is most commonly used phonetically). Other kanji used in relation or expanded from the noun include 輝 meaning "brightness,…

Hamsa talking to Damayanti by Raja Ravi Varma The name can have a few origins and meanings. It is primarily an Indian name that comes from the Sanskrit हंस (hamsa), which originally referred to an aquatic bird of passage. The hamsa is described as a mythical bird with knowledge in the Rig Veda and also as the…

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Origin: SomaliMeaning: "rich."Gender: femininePronunciation: HOH-dahn The name comes directly from the Somali word for "rich." Sources https://www.behindthename.com/name/hodanhttps://www.heartlandntbc.org/assets/training/mini-fellowship/PediatricToolBox/CDC/ed_training/EthnographicGuides/Somalia/chapters/appendixE.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_name

Sources Pronunciation guide (Main) gender: Female, can be male as well Pronunciation: khee-ro-mʸee [çì.ɾó̞.mʲí] Etymology and/or ways to write: The first element of this name stems from the adjective 広(廣)/弘/宏い (hiroi) meaning "spacious, vast, wide" (also 浩, 博, 裕, 紘, 絋, 拡). Other kanji which related to the adjective's meanings include 寛 meaning "broadminded," 大…

Sources Pronunciation guide (Main) gender: Female Pronunciation: ho-nah-mʸee [hò̞.ná.mʲí] Etymology and/or ways to write: Most of the kanji used for this name can be seen in the table below: ho (ほ) nami (なみ) 穂 "ear/head (of plant); point, tip" 波/浪 "wave"* 保 "protection; preservation" 南 "south"* 帆 "sail" 奈 phonetic kanji 美 "beauty" 歩 "step"…

Sources Pronunciation guide (Main) gender: Generally unisex Pronunciation: khee-nah-tah [çí.nà.tà] Etymology and/or ways to write: This name is derived from 日向 (hinata), referring to the direction the sun is shining ora sunny spot or place, derived from a combination of 日 (hi) meaning "sun," the Old Japanese possessive particle な (na) and the suffix た…

Here is the game we are playing: We are going to pretend that we are naming a baby and that the name MUST start with a certain letter, and so we will need one name starting with that letter for a b…

Update (with extra bonus updates) on Baby Naming Issue: If They Use the Mother’s Surname as the Baby’s First Name, Does the Mother Now Have to Change Her Surname?

Photo by Julia Volk on Pexels.com Origin: Sanskrit/Hindi हिमानीBengali: হিমানীMeaning: "mass of collection of snow; snow drift."Gender: femininePron: HEE-mah-NEE The name comes directly from the Sanskrit word हिमानी meaning, "a mass of collection of snow; snow dirft." Sources Himani, Himānī: 7 definitions (wisdomlib.org)User-submitted name Himani - Behind the Namehttps://spokensanskrit.org

Portrait from the Lansing State Journal, January 6, 1913.   Several oddly named postmasters of major U.S. cities have been found this year