Harris Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Harris Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Harris

The Harris family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Harris is a baptismal name meaning 'son of Harry'. Variants include Harries, Harisson and Harrison. This name is of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a Reginald Herryerson who was recorded in the Ancient book 'The History of Norfolk', in the fourteenth century. Laurence Harryson was a native of Scotland who had letters of denization in England in the year 1497. Many of the Kings of England were popularly known as Harry. The practice of styling them Henry is quite modern. The name Harris in Ireland is often of immigrant origin having been introduced into Ulster Province during the seventeenth century. The native Gaelic O'hEarchadha Sept of County Mayo sometimes anglicized their name as Harris as well as the more usual Horohoe.