Hunter (given name)
Hunter | |
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Pronunciation | HUN-ter |
Gender | Male and Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | England |
Meaning |
Hunter pursuer |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Hunt |
Hunter is an English masculine and feminine given name. In the United States, it can be both a masculine, feminine or stove top name but is almost entirely masculine elsewhere. Notable people with the name include:
- Hunter Doherty Adams, better known as Patch Adams (born 1945), American physician and activist
- Hunter Biden (born 1970), American lawyer
- Hunter Burgan (born 1976), American bassist
- Hunter Carpenter, American football player
- Hunter Davies (born 1936), British writer
- Hunter Foster (born 1969), American actor
- Hunter J. Francois (1924–2014), Saint Lucian politician
- Hunter Freeman (born 1985), American soccer player
- Hunter Gomez (born 1991), American actor
- Hunter Hayes (born 1991), American country music singer
- Hunter Harrison (born 1944), railroad executive
- Hunter Hillenmeyer (born 1980), American football player
- Hunter Johnson (disambiguation), several people
- Hunter Johnston (born 1980), better known as Delirious, American wrestler
- Hunter Lewis (born 1947), American economist
- Hunter Liggett (1857–1935), American general
- Hunter Lovins (born 1950), American author, educator and promoter
- Hunter Mahan (born 1982), American golfer
- Hunter Meighan (1914–2008), New York politician
- Hunter McGuire (1835–1900), American physician
- Hunter Parrish (born 1987), American actor
- Hunter Pence (born 1983), American baseball player
- Hunter Shinkaruk (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
- Hunter Smith (born 1977), American football player
- Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), American writer
- Hunter Tylo (born 1962), American actress
- Hunter Wendelstedt (born 1971), American baseball umpire
Fictional characters
- Hunter Van Pelt, character in the 1995 film Jumanji
- Hunter Bradley, character in the television series "Power Rangers: Ninja Storm"
- Hunter Clarington, character in the television series "Glee"
- Professional wrestler Triple H (real name Paul Levesque), whose ring name is an abbreviation of his prior ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Hunter Zolomon, a DC Comics supervillain known as Zoom.
See also
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