Irish (Counties Clare and Connacht): Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hEaghráin ‘descendant of Eaghrán’, a
diminutive of Eaghra, a personal name of unexplained origin.
(County Fermanagh): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
hAráin ‘descendant of Arán’, a name of unknown
origin.
(Armagh) Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaráin
(see Herron).
Dutch and Belgian: habitational name from a
house named Ten (H)aerne (‘At the Eagle’), in Bruges, Belgium,
or from places called Haren in Brabant and North Brabant, or in
Bommershoven in the province of Limburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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