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Type Surname (from nickname)
Other Forms FormsFairweathers, Fairwether, Fayerweather, Fayrweather
Meaning & History
From Middle English fayr "fair, beautiful, pleasant" and weder "weather", a nickname for a person with a sunny temperament, or who only worked in good weather. A Fairweather family in Scotland have a legend that their surname derived from Job 37:22 ‘Fair weather cometh out of the north’, in reference to them being of northern descent.