The Harrison Surname
- Meaning
- son of Harry
- Type
- Patronymic
- Root
- English
- Chiefly
- Northern England
Harry was the ordinary spoken form of Henry for centuries — the formal spelling stayed Latin while the pronunciation went its own way, and the surname preserves the spoken version.
Henry is Germanic: haim and ric, ‘home ruler’.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Harrison name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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