Ahr

From German Ahr.

Ahr

1. a river, roughly along the border of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, flowing into the Rhine at Sinzig.

Ahr (plural Ahrs)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ahr is the 41501^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 524 individuals. Ahr is most common among White (92.56%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ahr”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.

• HAR, RHA, har, rah

• IPA^(key): /aːr/, [ʔaː(ɐ̯)], [ʔaːʁ]
• Homophones: Aar, Ar (general), A, Aa, ah (some speakers)

From Old High German Are, *Ara, from Proto-Celtic *Orā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-.^[1]

die Ahr f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ahr)

1. a river, roughly along the border of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, flowing into the Rhine at Sinzig

In some cases probably from the noun at hand in Aar (“eagle”), compare names like Arnold. Other possible origins include the river above.

Ahr m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Ahrs or (with an artice) Ahr, plural Ahrs or Ahr)

1. a surname of fairly rare usage.