Hoar (surname)

Hoar

Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Middle English
Word/name	hor(e)
Meaning	Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
Region of origin	British Isles
Other names
Variant form(s)	Hoare, Hore, Dore

Hoar is an English surname, a variant of Hoare, and is derived from the Middle English hor(e) meaning grey- or white-haired.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Ebenezer R. Hoar (1816–1895), influential American politician and lawyer
• George Frisbie Hoar (1826–1904), prominent United States politician
• Harold Frank Hoar (1909–1976), British architect and cartoonist (as 'Acanthus')
• Joseph P. Hoar (1934-2022), retired U.S. Marine Corps general
• Leonard Hoar (1630–1675), early American clergyman and educator
• Rockwood Hoar (1855–1906), member of the United States House of Representatives
• Roger Sherman Hoar (1887–1963), former state senator and assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts
• Samuel Hoar (1778–1856), United States lawyer and politician
• Sherman Hoar (1860–1898), American lawyer
• Syd Hoar (1895–1967), English footballer
• Thomas Bertie (1758–1825), Royal Navy officer born Thomas Hoar

See also

• Hoar (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Hoar

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 1297. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 5 June 2019.