Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings English : Thicket of trees Boy name variations Hurst Hurst 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Hearst Hearst 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Hyrst Hyrst 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings Northern English : variant spelling of Hurst.German (Hürst) : topographic name from Middle Low German hurst ‘brushwood’, ‘wild place’, cognate with English Hurst and Low German Horst.