Dog Names That Start With H

A name with vision.

Hilda with a stuffed nose.

Along with Shem and Japheth, a son of Noah with a name that's almost never used -- for more obvious reasons than those of his brothers.

Haylee dropped out of the Top 500 for the first time since 1992 recently, in step with a decline by Hailey (though the alternative Hadley is still near the Top 100). For some, Haylee is one E too many, but it reflects the broader popularity in -lee suffixes.

With Yale and Brown in the mainstream, why not this upscale college name and surname as well.

Hagar is an Old Testament name with an unfortunate association with comic strip character "Hagar the Horrible."

An alternative to the more familiar Aviva.

More user-friendly than the original.

Gentle giant Rubeus Hagrid is the groundskeeper at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter novels (probably after Hagrid Rubes, the equally kind ancient Greek mythological giant), but that's not the only reason this name could prove a playground liability.

Halie is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, most of them sea nymphs.

A springtime baby name appropriate for either sex.

A popular Muslim girl name in the UK, possibly boosted by its similarity to familiar classic Hannah.

Hershey is best-known in the US as a brand of chocolate, named after the company's founder, Milton Hershey. Hershey and its many variations, including Hersh and Hershkovitz, is most commonly a surname that may be either German or Jewish.

Like twins Helene and Elaine, a relic of the 1930s to 40s French Renaissance of names.

Light, bright unisex name. Hikari is more popular for girls in Japan these days.

Possible Hayden alternative.

Huntley was best known as Brinkley's news partner several decades ago. With the new genre of girls' names that are unusual surnames ending with the lee sound -- think Mosley, Yardley -- Huntley or Huntlea or Huntleigh might rise for girls.

A name used in Germany and Holland as a form of Jerome, it's the unlikely moniker of fictional detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch.

Chance has risen far on the baby-naming charts, but Hazard has a considerably more dangerous edge. It was the middle name of famed US naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry.