Haren Family History

Irish (Counties Clare and Connacht): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaghráin ‘descendant of Eaghrán’, a diminutive of Eaghra, a personal name of unexplained origin. (County Fermanagh): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAráin ‘descendant of Arán’, a name of unknown origin. (Armagh) Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaráin (see Herron). Dutch and Belgian: habitational name from a house named Ten (H)aerne (‘At the Eagle’), in Bruges, Belgium, or from places called Haren in Brabant and North Brabant, or in Bommershoven in the province of Limburg.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press