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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : patronymic from a Germanic personal name composed of gār, gēr ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant, under Russian influence (see Goren), of Herz.

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