This is a list of surnames in which the categories include deer.
HartEnglish Means "male deer". It was originally acquired by a person who lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.
HerschelGerman, Jewish Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2. A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.
Hirsch 1German Means "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.