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Hare

in the US

There are 13,722 people with the last name "Hare" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Hare 2,036
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  1. is 2,032nd most common Perdue
  2. is 2,033rd most common Woodall
  3. is 2,034th most common Foote
  4. is 2,035th most common Whitt
  5. is 2,036th most common Hare
  6. is 2,037th most common Hooker
  7. is 2,038th most common Saucedo
  8. is 2,039th most common Gale
  9. is 2,040th most common Hawthorne

Similar Names and Nicknames

Harewood, Haren, Harer, Harel, Harelson, Hares, Harell, Haremza, Harenberg, Harey

Most Common First Names for Hare

James, William, Robert, John, Michael, David, Richard, Thomas, Mary, Charles

Meaning & History

Irish (Ulster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÍr, meaning ‘long-lasting’. In Ireland this name is found in County Armagh; it has also long been established in Scotland.

Irish: Anglicized form of Ó hAichir ‘descendant of Aichear’, a personal name derived from the epithet aichear ‘fierce’, ‘sharp’. In Ireland this name is more commonly Anglicized as O’Hehir.

English: nickname for a swift runner (possibly a speedy messenger) or a timorous person, from Middle English hare ‘hare’. However, the surname Ayer and its variants was sometimes recorded as Hare.

English: topographic name from an Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’, ‘tumulus’.

French: according to Morlet, an occupational name for a huntsman, from a medieval French call used to urge on the hounds, or, in the form Haré, from the past participle of harer ‘to excite, stir up (hounds in pursuit of a quarry)’.

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