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Fram?
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avesjohn
8/9/2007, 1:28 AM
The usual...
Does anyone have any ideas as to what this surname means, or its origin?
#Fram
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J.Y.
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8/10/2007, 11:55 AM
Old English word meaning "bold, active, strong" (Reaney and Wilson, "Dictionary of English Surnames"). Same source tells us it was "also used as a christian name".
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