Herre Family History
Herre Name Meaning
German: variant of Herr . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Norwegian: habitational name from either of two farmsteads so named either from Old Norse herath ‘settlement settled district’ or from Old Norse hár ‘high’ + ré ‘ridge’. French (Herré): habitational name from a place in Landes. The placename is a Gascon form of Ferré ultimately a derivative of Latin ferrarium ‘worker in iron smith’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022