Harbour Family History
Harbour Name Meaning
English: nickname or topographic name for someone who kept or lived at a lodging-house from late Old English herebeorg ‘shelter lodging’ (from here ‘army’ + beorg ‘shelter’). The change of -er- to -ar- is a regular phonetic process in Middle English. Compare Harbach . French: variant of Arbour . This form of the surname is virtually non-existing in France.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022