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Haran.

A surname from Irish.

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  1. A surname from Irish.

  2. a place in the Bible, possibly identical to Harran in modern-day Turkey that served as Abraham's temporary home after God called him in Ur but before he departed, the place where his father Terah died

  3. one of Abraham's two brothers

Where this word comes from

A variant of Haren, or a reduced form of Hanrahan, both Irish surnames.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.