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Origin of herron Total Records: 4  Origin of herron, Meaning of herron Origin: Heron English origin means a nickname for a thin man with long legs or someone from Harome in Yorkshire England There was a William Herun in Yorkshire 1200 Surnames: Herron, Herroun, Herun Submitted by: glitz Origin of herron, Meaning of herron Origin: Celtic - 11th / 12th century. MacIlherron - meaning "protector of the church" sept of clan MacDonald Surnames: Herron, MacIlherron, MacKerron, MacCarran, Heron Submitted by: William Origin of herron, Meaning of herron Origin: Scotland Original gaelic form MacIlherron meaning protecter of the church. Herron is a sept of clan MacDonald and other reconized spellings in Scotland are MacKerron, MacCarran. Herron was originally located in the western isles one of which was Arran. The name goes back to the 1100's. Surnames: Herron, Heron, MacKerron, MacCarran Submitted by: William Herron Origin of herron, Meaning of herron Origin: HERRON Surname, I guess comes from Germany Language HERREN which means Knights, antienly. And, it changed EN by ON because of pronunciation. Also, for German word HERR. Surnames: HERRON Submitted by: Luis 2/16/2012 3:38 AM Page 1 of 1

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