Greek: probably an Americanized form of a Greek surname sounding
something like the English word ‘hero’, for example Irodotou
‘son of Herodotus’, or Khiras ‘son of the widow’.
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Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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