habitational name from Herrán, a
village in the province of Burgos, named from Basque erro
‘bramble’ + suffix of location -ain, -an; or from a
village of the same name in the province of Santander.
from a
derivative of hierro ‘iron’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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