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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from the Arabic personal name Hārūn, name of a prophet (see Aaron), mentioned in the Qur’an (19: 53). It was also the name of a famous khalif, Hārūn ur-Rashīd (ruled 786–809).

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