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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Scottish
Other Forms FormsFARRAR, FARROW, FARRER, FARRIER

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
Edited 7/21/2016 by TanorFaux