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Herring

in Iowa

There are 202 people with the last name "Herring" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

NameRank
Herring 1,610
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  1. is 1,606th most common Mendenhall
  2. is 1,607th most common Oneal
  3. is 1,608th most common Schoening
  4. is 1,609th most common Wagoner
  5. is 1,610th most common Herring
  6. is 1,611th most common Hutchins
  7. is 1,612th most common Ness
  8. is 1,613th most common Noonan
  9. is 1,614th most common Ostrander

Similar Names and Nicknames

Herrera, Herron, Herrington, Herrmann, Herrick, Herr, Herrin, Herren, Herrell, Herrman

Most Common First Names for Herring

Michael, James, Dennis, Kenneth, Matt, Michelle, Paul, Robert, Gene, John

Meaning & History

English, Scottish, Dutch, and German: metonymic occupational name for a herring fisher or for a seller of the fish, Middle English hering, Dutch haring, Middle High German hærinc. In some cases it may have been a nickname in the sense of a trifle, something of little value, a meaning which is found in medieval phrases and proverbial expressions such as ‘to like neither herring nor barrel’, i.e. not to like something at all.

German: habitational name from Herringen in Westphalia.

Dutch: from a personal name, a derivative of a Germanic compound name with the first element hari, heri ‘army’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Hering.

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Michael Herring, IA (9 searches)
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