Last name origins & meanings:
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German
herre, German Herr ‘master’, ‘lord’; a nickname for
someone who gave himself airs and behaved in a lordly manner, or an
occupational name for someone in the service of the lord of the
manor. As a Jewish surname it is often ornamental.
- Breton: variant of Her.
- Irish: variant spelling of
Hare 4.
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