The arras Surname
arras Name Meaning and History
- English and French: habitational name from the city of Arras in Artois, northern France, or one of the other places in France so named.
- Scottish: habitational name from Airhouse, a locality in Channelkirk, Berwickshire.
- English: habitational name from a place called Arras in East Yorkshire, earlier spelled Erghes, from the plural of Old Norse erg ‘hut’, ‘shelter’.
- German: metonymic occupational name for a cloth merchant, from a type of woolen cloth for which the city of Arras in Flanders was famous in the Middle Ages. This name is also established in Mexico.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| William Arras/Phillipine Schaeffer |
 jeffofhhk
| 19 |
| Arras family- owners of Burg Arras (Castle Arras) in Germany |
David Harris
| 3 |
| Arras Family |
chrisgmakeupartist
| 6 |
| Henry (Heinrich?)Arras/Maria Darmsfatter? |
jeffofhhk
| 1 |
| Family who going to NY |
suzukidriver81
| 0 |
| Leonard H Arras |
| 0 |
| Make my day and contact me :) | Chrissie Arras | 2 |
| Peter Arras |
kkarenharris
| 0 |
| Just starting | Mark Arras | 3 |
| Arras - Lannert | RMiller | 4 |
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