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HERON
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
The Pond-heron
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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.
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, French, German
Heron Bird; Simple
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Indian, Kannada
Heron
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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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Greek American
Heron.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
With a Quality of Herons; Very Attentive; Watchful
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).
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English
English bird name HERON means simply "heron bird."
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English
English : habitational name from Cranwell in Lincolnshire, named from Old English cran ‘crane’, ‘heron’ + wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
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English
English : nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.Dutch : variant spelling of Krane.English translation of German Krahn or Kranich.The American writer Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was named for a NJ ancestor who was a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was descended from a Stephen Crane who, coming probably from England or Wales, settled at Elizabethtown, NJ, as early as 1665.
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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 and French
English and French : occupational name for a clergyman, or perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French chapelain ‘chantry priest’, a priest endowed to sing mass daily on behalf of the souls of the dead (Late Latin capellanus).Ukrainian and Belorussian : patronymic from the nickname Chaplya, from the dialect word chaplya ‘heron’, ‘stork’ (Russian tsaplya), referring to a man with long, thin legs or perhaps one who was shy and easily frightened.Clement Chaplin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
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A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
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The American night heron. See under Night.
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A flock of herons.
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A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
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A heron; esp., the common European heron.
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The American night heron. See under Night.
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A heronshaw.
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A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
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Heronshaw.
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A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii.
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A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.
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A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.
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Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
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A bird of the Heron family; the umber.
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An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.
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A hawk used in hunting the heron.
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A plant of the genus Erodium (E. moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill.
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A place where herons breed.
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A heron.
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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.