Arras Family History
Arras Name Meaning
Spanish French German and English: metonymic occupational name for a dealer in a type of heavy woolen cloth for which the city of Arras in northern France (Pas-de-Calais) was internationally famous in the Middle Ages. The cloth was typically used to make tapestry wall hangings. In France this is also found as a habitational name from Arras. Scottish: probably a habitatonal name from Airhouse in Channelkirk (Berwickshire) which is recorded as Arous in 1510 Arreis in 1630 and Aras in 1655.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022