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7/21/2016, 6:48 PM TanorFaux
7/21/2016, 6:47 PM TanorFaux

Name Farrar
Type Surname (from occupation)
Other Forms FormsFARROW, FERRIER
Edit Status Statusnot set

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.
Added 7/21/2016 by TanorFaux