Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurren

/ˈhʌɹən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hur-ren
IPA
/ˈhʌɹən/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

English surname of Old French origin, from a nickname for someone with shaggy or unkempt hair, from Old French hurand, from hure (“hair”) + -ant (compare modern hure (“(head of a) shaggy boar”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

How do you pronounce hurren?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌɹən/.
What does hurren mean?
A surname.
Where does hurren come from?
It is traced to Old French.

How to pronounce hurren

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