Type Surname
Usage Western African, Fula, Wolof, Manding
Meaning & History
Meaning uncertain.
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indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsFaul, Fallis, Falls (English)
Meaning & History
English topographic name Middle English falle "fall descent" (from Old English gefeall or gefall "felling of trees" Old Norse fall "forest clearing") denoting a waterfall steep slope or (in northern England) a forest clearing. German topographic name from Middle High German val "fall (of trees)" in some cases "waterfall" or "landslide"; or a habitational name from a minor place called with this word or in Tyrol from Ladine val "valley".