Meaning & origin
What it means
Hoar goes back to Old English ōra, meaning “edge, brink.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hoar’s family of names
In English usage, Hoar as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Middle English form HORE. In English usage, Hoar as a surname has a related form in HOARE. In English usage, Hoar as a surname has a related form in HOARE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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