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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from a Norman personal name (Old German Arn(e)gis, Old French Erneïs, (H)ernaïs).
  • English : occupational name for a maker of harness or suits of mail, from Middle English harnais ‘harness’ (Old French harneis ‘equipment’, ‘accoutrements (of a soldier or horse)’).

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