Hunter (given name)

Hunter
Pronunciation	HUN-ter
Gender	Male and Female
Origin
Word/name	England
Meaning	Hunter pursuer
Other names
Variant form(s)	Hunt

Hunter is an English, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Dutch, and Scandinavian, masculine and feminine given name. In the United States, it can be both a masculine or feminine 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

• Hunter (surname)