The haar Surname
haar Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with a copious or otherwise noticeable head of hair, from Middle High German har ‘hair’, German Haar ‘hair’.
- German: metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with raw flax (Middle High German har) in the production of linen.
- North German and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a swamp, from Middle Low German hor, har ‘dirt’, ‘mud’.
- Probably a shortened form of Dutch van Haar, a habitational name for someone from Ter Haar in Groningen or any of three places named De Haar (in Drente, Overijssel, and Gelderland).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| HAAR | sandy | 3 |
| Haar family from ILL.. |
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| Photos, 3 Haar generations in PA (George, Cicero, children) |
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| Haar family photo, Jack Haar son of Cicero son of George |
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| George Haar |
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| Benedict Haar | Curt Haar | 5 |
| Martin Haar |
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| Louisiana Haar & Garrison, Baton Rouge & New Orleans |
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| Haar, John H. (OBIT PA 8-30-2006) |
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| Haar, Elizabeth | Jean Ron Barthels | 5 |
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