German: from a short form of the personal name Uhrich, a
variant of Ulrich.German: from Middle High German
ur ‘aurochs’, hence a nickname for someone thought to
resemble a bison.Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic
occupational name for a watch- or clock maker, from German Uhr
‘watch’, ‘clock’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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