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herb Name Meaning and History

  1. South German: nickname for a harsh or rough person, from Middle High German herb ‘severe’, ‘harsh’.
  2. German: from the personal name Herpo, a pet form of Herbert.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The herb name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the herb family name as far back in history as possible.

herb Family Facts

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Distribution of herb Families in the US in 1920
Number of herb families
 101-200
 34-100		 1-33
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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