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Submitted Name
Type Surname (from occupation)
Other Forms FormsFARROW, FERRIER
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Meaning & History
Northern English: occupational name for a smith or worker in iron, from Middle English and Old French farrour, ferour, from medieval Latin ferrator, an agent derivative of ferrare ‘to shoe horses’, from ferrum ‘iron’, in medieval Latin ‘horseshoe’. Compare
FERRIER and
FARROW.