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Origin and popularity of the name HARRIS

Origin

Harris : 1: English (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However in some cases particularly in families coming from County Mayo Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.2: American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)- such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki) and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos). In North America the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).3: Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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