English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places
so named in England and Scotland, as for example Harrow in northwest
London (Herges in Domesday Book), Harrow Head in Nether
Wasdale, Cumbria, both named from Old English hearg,
hærg ‘(pagan) temple’, and Harrow near Mey, Caithness.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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