McBride - Bumpus Genealogy

  Anatomy  of  the  " O " Surnames

Origin - Meanings of Surnames beginning with " O "


                                            O ' H A R A


 
The decendant of 'Hara,' Chaldee form of ara, a mountain.  In gaelic, arra signifies a pledge, treachery; arr, a stag, a hind; arradh, an armament; ara, plural of ar, slaughter, battle.  Hara, Saxon, a hare.




                                          O L I N G E R
 
German: variant of Ohlinger.
name fro someone from Olling in Bavaria or Ollingen near Ulm, or form Olingen near Betzdorf.




                                         O S B O R N (E)
 
(Origin Saxon) From hus, a house, and bearn, a child -- a family -- a family-child, an adopted child.