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7/21/2016, 6:51 PM TanorFaux
7/21/2016, 6:51 PM TanorFaux

Name Ferrier
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Scottish
Other Forms FormsFARRAR, FARROW, FARRER, FARRIER
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Scottish: occupational name for a smith, one who shoed horses, Middle English and Old French ferrier, from medieval Latin ferrarius, from ferrus ‘horseshoe’, from Latin ferrum ‘iron’. Compare FARRAR.
Added 7/21/2016 by TanorFaux