Harrop

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Harrop is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: ‘Person from Harrop’, a northern English place-name meaning ‘hare valley’.

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  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • AUAustralia
  • USUnited States

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

‘Person from Harrop’, a northern English place-name meaning ‘hare valley’.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Harrop is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, from Harehope (Northumberland), or Harrop, Harrop Dale, Harrop Hall (West Riding of Yorkshire); first attested Richard, Hugh de Harop 1185 P (Nb)

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • habitational name from any of several places in West Yorkshire or from one in Cheshire called Harrop, or from Harehope in Northumberland, all of which are named from Old English hara ‘hare’ -lhop ‘valley’.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In English, places in W Yorks., or from one in Ches., all of which are so called from OE hara Hare + hop valley (see Hope). Vars.: Harrap, Harrup. Harrow 1. English: habitation name from the place in NW London, which derives its name (Herges in Domesday Book) from OE h(e)arg (pagan) temple. 2. Scots: from various minor places of the same name and etymology.

    as a nameA dictionary of surnames

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000James Harrop, b. 1884William Caldwell Harrop, b. 1929Bob Harrop, b. 1936Douglas Harrop, b. 1947Froma Harrop, b. 1950Loretta Harrop, b. 1975Kerys Harrop, b. 1990Max Harrop, b. 1993Josh Harrop, b. 1995Emily Harrop, b. 1997

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.

Reference works 6

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Harrop mean, and where does it come from?
‘Person from Harrop’, a northern English place-name meaning ‘hare valley’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
In which country does Harrop have the most bearers?
Harrop is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Harrop”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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