# Haran

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #70,735

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. a place in the Bible, possibly identical to Harran in modern-day Turkey that served as Abraham's temporary home after God called him in Ur but before he departed, the place where his father Terah died
3. one of Abraham's two brothers

## Etymology
A variant of Haren, or a reduced form of Hanrahan, both Irish surnames.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/haran