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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal.

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