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Origin & Meanings
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HAZEN
(Dan.) A hare.
MALLERY
(Fr.) A corruption of the French Mallieure; in Latin, Malus Leporarius a name given for ill hunting the hare, according to Camden.
O'HARA
The descendant of Hara, Chaldee form of ara, a mountain. In Gaelic, arra signifies a pledge, treachery; arr, a stag, a hind; arradh, an armament; ara, plural of ar, slaughter, battle. Hara, Saxon, a hare.
HERMAN
(Sax.) From Here, an army, and man. A man of the army; a soldier. Here and Hare signify both an army and lord.
LEVERET
A hare in the first year of its age.
HASEN
(Dan.) A hare.
HASWELL
(Dutch or Germ.) Hasveldt, from Hase, a river in Westphalia, and veldt, a field, corrupted into well; or from Wald, German, a wood or forest, the forest on the Hase. The name may also signify the misty place, or the Wild or field of hares, from Haas, Dutch, a hare.
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