Where Does the Oar Surname Come From?

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Orr surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

What Oar means

Oar is best understood alongside Orr: both are Scottish spellings of a single family name. The family name meaning is “Dun, sallow”, the same as for Orr.

Oar is listed among the recognised spellings of Orr. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Ore and Orre. Oar ranked 78,821 in the 2010 US Census, with 242 people answering to the name. Spanish statistics put 100 people with Oar in first position and 90 in second.

Get the complete Oar report, with a museum-style coat of arms.