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HERO
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn, hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) was a direct descendant of Major William Hathorne, one of the English Puritans who settled in MA in 1630, and whose son John Hathorne was one of the judges in the Salem witchcraft trials. The writer’s father was a sea captain, as was his grandfather, the revolutionary war hero Daniel Hathorne (1731–96). The spelling of the surname was altered by the novelist.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Son of a hero.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old Norse hǫldr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl.German : nickname from Middle High German holde ‘friend’ or ‘servant’, ‘vassal’.German (Höld) : variant of Held ‘hero’ (see Held 1), found chiefly in Bavaria.
Male
Greek
(ἩÏώδης) Greek name HERODES means "sprung from a hero." In the bible, this is the name of the king who ordered the slaughter of all male children "two years old and under."Â
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Héron)
English and French (Héron) : nickname for a tall, thin person resembling a heron, Middle English heiroun, heyron (Old French hairon, of Germanic origin).English : habitational name from Harome in North Yorkshire, named with Old English harum, dative plural of hær ‘rock’, ‘stone’. This surname has evidently become confused with 1.Irish : reduced form of O’Heron, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUidhrÃn ‘descendant of UidhrÃn’, a personal name from a diminutive of odhar ‘dun’, ‘swarthy’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaráin (see Haren).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chiaráin ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Ciarán’ (see Kieran).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Herod.
Male
Greek
(ἩÏωδίωνν) Pet form of Greek Herodes, HERODION means "sprung from a hero." In the bible, this is the name of a Christian mentioned in Paul's epistle to the Romans.Â
Male
Dutch
, warrior power, or, army wielder.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Harold.German, Dutch, and French : from the Germanic personal name Hari(o)wald (see Harold 1).French (Hérold) : status name for a herald, Old French herau(l)t (see Harold 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Herold ‘herald’ (see 3).
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, French, German
Heron Bird; Simple
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German
Dutch and German : from a Germanic personal name, Halidher, composed of the elements halið ‘hero’ + hari, heri ‘army’, or from another personal name, Hildher, composed of the elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + the same second element.Dutch and North German : topographic name for someone living on a slope, from Middle Dutch helldinge ‘slanting surface’. Compare Halder.English : from an agent derivative of Old English healdan ‘to hold’, hence a name denoting an occupier or tenant. Compare Holder.English : variant of Hilder.English : possibly a variant of Elder, with the addition of an inorganic initial H-.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Heron.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaráin ‘descendant of Earán’, a personal name from a diminutive of earadh ‘fear’, ‘dread’, ‘distrust’.Spanish (Herrón) : unexplained.
Biblical
son of a hero
Female
Greek
(ἩÏá½¼) Greek name derived form the word hÄ“rÅs, HERO means "hero." In mythology, this is the name of the lover of Leandros (Latin Leander).
Male
English
English bird name HERON means simply "heron bird."
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEachthighearna ‘descendant of Eachthighearna’, a personal name meaning ‘lord of horses’, from each ‘horse’ + tighearna ‘master’, ‘lord’. This name is most common in southwestern Ireland.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUidhrÃn (see Herron).English : variant of Heron 1.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a bend in a river or in a recess in a hill, both of which are meanings of Middle English herne (Old English hyrne). It may also be a habitational name from any of the various places, such as Herne in Kent and Hurn in Dorset, which are named with the Old English word. Its exact original sense and its etymology are not clear; it may be a derivative of horn ‘horn’.English : habitational name from Herne in Bedfordshire, so called from the dative plural (originally used after a preposition) of Old English hær ‘stone’.
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English (chiefly Nottinghamshire)
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire) : nickname from the personal name Herod (Greek HÄ“rÅdÄ“s, apparently derived from hÄ“rÅs ‘hero’), borne by the king of Judea (died ad 4) who at the time of the birth of Christ ordered that all male children in Bethlehem should be slaughtered (Matthew 2: 16–18). In medieval mystery plays Herod was portrayed as a blustering tyrant, and the name was therefore given to someone one who had played the part, or who had an overbearing temper.English : variant of Harold (1 or 2).Greek : shortened form of Herodiadis, a patronymic from the classical personal name HÄ“rodiÅn. This was the name of a relative of St. Paul and an early Bishop of Patras, venerated in the Orthodox Church. HÄ“rodÄ“s ‘Herod’ is also found in Greek as a nickname for a violent man, but this is less likely to be the source of the surname.
Female
Greek
(ἩÏωδιάς) Feminine form of Greek Herodes ("hero"), HERODIAS means "heroic." In the bible, this is the name of the daughter of Aristoboulos and granddaughter of Herod the Great.
Surname or Lastname
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from Middle High German, Middle Dutch, Yiddish held ‘hero’. As a Jewish name, it is often ornamental.German : from a short form of any of the Germanic personal names formed with hild ‘strife’ as the first element.English : variant of Heald.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ayer 1.German : occupational name for a grower or reaper of grass for hay, from Middle High German höu ‘grass’, ‘hay’ + the agent suffix -er.German : variant spelling of Heier 1.Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hagi ‘enclosure’, ‘fenced area’ + hari, heri ‘army’.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch (h)eiger, heeger, heger ‘heron’. Compare Heron 1.
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n.
A heroine.
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The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
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One who treats of heroes.
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One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.
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Heroism.
n.
A heronshaw.
n.
Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons.
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A hawk used in hunting the heron.
pl.
of Hero
a.
Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
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Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.
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Heroic.
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A heron.
v. t.
To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular.
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A place where herons breed.
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A woman of an heroic spirit.
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The character or personality of a hero.
n. pl.
A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii.
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Alt. of Heroicomical
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Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.