The arrow Surname
arrow Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from Arrow in Warwickshire or Arrowe in Cheshire. The first takes its name from the Arrow river, a Celtic or pre-Celtic term meaning ‘stream’; the second, recorded c. 1245 as Arwe, is from Old Norse erg ‘shieling’.
- Perhaps in some cases a translation of French La Flèche (‘the arrow’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Arrow surname in Australia/South Africa | leasa | 10 |
| Arrows or Arrowes family photos | Tina Reyes | 0 |
| George Edward Arrow m. Elizabeth McCauley |
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| Queenie Arrow d/o Ernest Edward Arrow |
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| Annie Eliza Arrow (B. c. 1851) m. James Martin, London, ENG |
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| Kenneth Rogers Arrow, New York |
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| Robert and Virginia (Straub) Arrow | Daya Straub-Tazz | 0 |
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