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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : patronymic from a nickname for a lively person, from Old French hirond, arond ‘swallow’ (the bird).
  • English (of Norman origin) : patronymic from a nickname for a discontented individual, from a diminutive of Old French hire ‘complaint’ (of unknown origin).

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