The huron Surname
huron Name Meaning and History
- occupational name for a sapper, one who laid mines during a siege.
- nickname for someone with an untidy head of shaggy hair, from a diminutive of the past participle of Old French hurer ‘to bristle’, ‘ruffle’, ‘stand on end’ (a word of uncertain, possibly Germanic, origin).
- ethnic name for a member of an American Indian people who lived around the shores of Lake Ontario.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Santa Huron Uriegas, San Antonio TX | leslie | 1 |
| Huron grandmother | Mike Guerra | 13 |
| Huron, John | Huron | 2 |
| Huron Family |
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| Ross-Hurin/Huron |
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| Freelove Huron Elston |
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| FREELOVE HURON AND JACOB ELSTON |
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| Huron Surname Origin? | Aimee Huron | 2 |
| Pytha Huron |
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| DR. T.W.HURON OF SCOTT COUNTY, INDIANA |
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