Family 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.