Head (disambiguation)

Last updated June 05, 2025

The head is the part of an animal or human that usually includes the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

Arts, entertainment, and media

Head (film), a 1968 film starring The Monkees
Heads (film), a 1994 black comedy about a reporter investigating decapitations
The Head (1959 film), a German horror film directed by Victor Trivas
The Head (2003 film), a Russian black comedy
The Head (1994 TV series), a 1994–1996 American animated television series
The Head (2020 TV series), a 2020 psychological thriller series
"Head" (Blackadder), a 1986 episode of Blackadder
"Head" (American Horror Story), a 2013 episode of the anthology television series

Head (company), a manufacturer and marketer of skiing, snowboarding, swimming, tennis and other racket sports equipment
Head Entertainment, a former British entertainment retailer
Head Records, a British entertainment retailer
Head Shampoo, an American organic hair product

Head (watercraft), the toilet on a watercraft
Head (sail), the uppermost corner part of a sail
Head race or crew race, a time-trial rowing competition and related events called 'Head of the __ River'
Headsail, any sail set forward of the foremost mast

Head (botany), a structure composed of numerous individual flowers
Head (geology), a recent near-surface deposit
Head (linguistics), the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member
Head of tide, the highest point on a river affected by tidal fluctuations
Head (hydrology), the point on a watercourse, up to which it has been changed by damming
Headland, also known as a head, a type of peninsula
High Energy Astrophysics Division, a division of the American Astronomical Society
Hydraulic head, an elevation difference between two fluid surfaces that drives flow
- Pressure head, a term used in fluid mechanics to represent the internal energy of a fluid due to the pressure exerted on its container
- Total dynamic head, the total equivalent height that a fluid is to be pumped, taking into account friction losses in the pipe

Cylinder head, a part of an internal combustion engine
Head (vessel), an end cap on a pressure vessel
Head unit, a component of an automobile or home stereo system
Recording head, the physical interface between a recording apparatus and a moving recording medium
- Disk read-and-write head, part of a disk drive
Sprinkler head, a component of a fire sprinkler system

Head (surname), a surname (and list of people with that name)
The Head, Queensland, a locality in Australia
Beer head, a frothy emulsion at the top of a serving of beer
Head of radius, part of the forearm bone
Sydney Heads or simply The Heads, headlands that form the entrance to Sydney Harbour
Viscount Head, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Head baronets, two titles, one extinct in the Baronetage of England, the other extant in the Baronetage of the UK
Head, the flat end of a barrel
Head, slang for fellatio
Heads, the obverse of a coin; as in "heads or tails"
Head, also called loop, a part of Thai typography