Haley
Norse: heroine, victorious woman
(Haile, Hallie, Hally, Halie, Hayley)

Halona
Native American: fortunate

Hannah
Hebrew: she who is blessed by God
(Hanna, Nana, Ana, Ann)

Harmony
Latin: being of great harmony, agreeable
(Harmoni)

Harriet
Anglo-Saxon: the name for the mistress of the house
(Ettie, Harrie, Hattie, Hentietta, Henriette)

Haru
Japanese: she who was born in the spring

Hawa
West African, tribal origin unknown: lazy

Hayley
Anglo-Saxon: meadow of hay

Hazel
Anglo-Saxon: hazel, from the bush

Heather
Scottish: ground plant with thin lavender flowers

Hedda
Teutonic: a refuge in adversity
(Heda, Heddie, Hedwig, Hedy)

Heidi
German: a form of Adelaide
(Heida, Heidie)

Helen
Greek: light
(Helena, Nelly, Nellie, Eleanor, Ellen, Eileen, Lenore)

Helga
Anglo-Saxon: holy, or the steadfast faith

Henrietta
Germanic: ruler of the house
(Yettqa, Etta)

Hesper
Latin: the evening star, or for vespers, the last prayers of the day

Hester
Greek: star

Hezekiah
Hebrew: a name from the Old Testament
(Hestia, Hetty, Hettie)

Hikari
Japanese: the brilliance of a star

Hilary
Latin: full of cheer, cheery
(Hilaire, Hillary)

Hilda
Old German: female, warrior, or a battle
(Hildy, Hildie)

Holly
Anglo-Saxon: for the holly bush
(Holli, Hollie)

Honey
German: honey, sweet as honey

Honoria
Latin: honorable, worthy of praise and reward
(Honor, Honora, Nora, Norah, Noreen, Norine)

Hope
Anglo-Saxon: optimistic, full of hope, the virtue

Hoshi
Japanese: star
(Hoshiko, Hoshie)

Hyacinth
Greek: for the flower
(Giacinta, Hacintha, Hyacinthe, Jacenta, Jacinda, Jacinta, Jacynth)