Farrar

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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage English (British)
Other Forms FormsFARROW, FERRIER
Edit Status Statusnot set
Contributor Contrib.TanorFaux on 7/21/2016
Last Editor EditorTanorFaux on 7/21/2016  [revision history]

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.