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Hunter
HunterSay it HUN-ter
- Meaning today
- Hunter
- Original meaning
- "one who hunts game" Online Etymology Dictionary, s.v. hunter
- Say it
- HUN-ter
- Other spellings
- Huntar
Hunter
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Hunter meaning
Hunter is an international boy's name of English origin (Old English).
One who hunts game
Also used to mean: hunter
Hunter is the English word for someone who pursues game, used first as a surname for a family of huntsmen and now as a first name. The Online Etymology Dictionary records hunter from the thirteenth century, formed from the verb hunt, and notes that Old English already had hunta for a hunter; the town of Huntingdon is "the huntsman's hill". The surname first described a person's work, and like Archer and Carter, it belongs to the group of trade surnames that parents now choose as first names. It is easy for Indian families to say.
Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), s.v. hunter · entry hunter · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Online Etymology Dictionary, hunter · Online Etymology Dictionary, Huntingdon
Popularity abroad
- #130 United States, boys 2025 (down 2 from 128 in 2024)
US Social Security Administration - #91 England and Wales, boys 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Hunter · Huntar