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Fadda ItalianPossibly from
fada "fairy, fate", or from Sardinian
fadda "error", itself from Latin
falla "mistake, failure, trick".
Faden ArabicOriginally denoted someone from the city of Padang in Indonesia.
Fafard FrenchPossibly derived from the french 'fard' meaning 'made-up' or 'make-up'. This is in a theatrical sense and does not imply lying. Very possibly a derivation form a theatrical occupation
Fagan Irish'The name Fagan in Ireland is usually of Norman origin, especially in Counties Dublin and Meath. In the County Louth area the name is derived from the native Gaelic O'Faodhagain Sept of which there are a number of variants including Feighan, Fegan and Feehan.' (from irishsurnames.com)
Fager SwedishFrom Swedish
fager, an archaic word meaning ”pretty, fair”.
Fahey IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Fathaidh or
Ó Fathaigh meaning "descendant of Fathadh", a given name derived from the Gaelic word
fothadh "base, foundation".... [
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Fahn Low GermanTopographic name for someone who lived by a bog, from a Westphalian field name
van "marsh", or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
Fahr German, German (Swiss)A topographic name for someone who lived near a crossing point on a river, from Middle High German
vare, meaning
ferry.
Fahrenheit GermanDerived from German
fahren, meaning, "to ride", and
Heit, which is the equivalent to the suffix "-ness". A famous bearer was Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686- 1736), a Polish physicist who invented the Fahrenheit temperature measuring system.
Fair English, IrishEnglish: nickname meaning ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’, ‘fair’, from Middle English
fair,
fayr, Old English
fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women.... [
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Fairbrother EnglishFrom a medieval nickname probably meaning either "better-looking of two brothers" or "brother of a good-looking person", or perhaps in some cases "father's brother".
Fairey EnglishEither (i) meant "person from Fairy Farm or Fairyhall", both in Essex (
Fairy perhaps "pigsty"); or (ii) from a medieval nickname meaning "beautiful eye". This was borne by Fairey Aviation, a British aircraft company, producer of the biplane fighter-bomber Fairey Swordfish... [
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Fairfax EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for someone with beautiful hair, from Old English
fæger "fair" and
feax "hair". It was borne by the English general Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1612-1671), commander of the Parliamentary army during the Civil War... [
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Fairweather English, ScottishFrom 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. ... [
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Fajardo GalicianTopographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or in a beech wood, from Late Latin fagea (arbor) meaning "beech (tree)", a derivative of classical Latin fagus meaning "beech".
Falaguerra ItalianPossibly means "make war" in Italian, from
fare "to make, to provoke" and
guerra "war". Alternately, from a given name of the same origin. ... [
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Falanga ItalianFrom Sicilian
falanga "plank, temporary bridge; fence".
Falasca ItalianPossibly from a dialectical word
falasca meaning "straw", referring to someone's build or hair, or possibly an occupation of making things out of straw.
Falces Spanish (Philippines)Falces is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. In Basque the town is called Faltzes. It has a population of around 2500 inhabitants. It is well known for the famous "encierro del pilon", which is a running of the bulls made even more dangerous due to it being run down a narrow road of a steep hill... [
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Falcon JewishPossibly derived from the German
Falke, meaning "falcon."
Faliszek PolishA notable bearer of this name is Chet Faliszek, an American videogame writer who has worked for companies like Valve and Bossa Studios, having been involved in the story writing for series such as Half-Life, Portal, and Left 4 Dead.
Falkenhagen GermanHabitational name from any of several places named from Old High German falke meaning "falcon" + hag meaning "hedge", "fencing". A place so named is documented west of Berlin in the 14th century.
Fallah PersianDerived from Arabic فلاح
(fallah) meaning "farmer, peasant".
Fallahi PersianDerived from Arabic فلاح
(fallah) meaning "farmer, peasant".
Fallon IrishAnglicized form of the surname
Ó Fallamhain meaning "descendant of
Fallamhan", the name being a byname meaning "leader" (derived from
follamhnas meaning "supremacy").
Fallow English, JewishEnglish: topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land, Middle English
falwe (Old English
f(e)alg). This word was used to denote both land left uncultivated for a time to recover its fertility and land recently brought into cultivation.... [
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Falone ItalianMeaning uncertain, possibly from a dialectical word for a row of grapes or tomatoes.
Falotico ItalianFrom southern Italian falotico ‘eccentric’, ‘strange’, Greek kephalōtikos, a derivative of Greek kephalē ‘head’.
Falso ItalianNot much history is known for Falso however, it was common surrounding Napoli, Lazio, Latin, and Roma. It means False, phony, fake. Because of this, the surname has spread globally especially to United States of America and Brazil... [
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Fältskog SwedishCombination of Swedish
fält "field" and
skog "forest". Agnetha Fältskog (b. 1950) is a Swedish singer and former member of ABBA.
Falzon MalteseDerived from Maltese
falz meaning "false, fraudulent", used as a nickname for someone who was known for lying or being false.
Fanara ItalianA Sicilian occupational name from Greek
φαναράς (
fanarás) "lampmaker", ultimately from
φανός (
fanós) "torch, lamp".
Fanciulacci ItalianProbably means "bad child", from Italian
fanciullo "child" and the pejorative suffix
-accio.
Fancourt EnglishDerived from the English surname
Fancourt, which originated in the county of Bedfordshire in England.
Fane EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for a well-disposed person (from Old English
fægen "glad, willing"), or from a medieval Welsh nickname for a slim person (Welsh
fain). This is the family name of the earls of Westmorland.
Fang ChineseFrom Chinese 方
(fāng) referring to Fang Shu, a minister and adviser to King Xuan of the Western Zhou dynasty. Alternately it may have come from a place called Fang Shan (方山), which existed in what is now Henan province.
Fang ChineseFrom Chinese 房
(fáng) referring to the ancient state of Fang, which existed in what is now Henan province.
Fang HmongFrom the clan name
Faj or
Faaj associated with the Chinese character 黃
(huáng) (see
Huang).
Fanjoy CelticSuch As Dales, Danes Of Ireland, From A House And Line Of What Would Be Called, Mythical.... [
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Fanning IrishThe roots of the name are unclear. It seems the name is Native Irish Gaelic. It is thought to be derived from the Gaelic name Ó Fionnáin which means "fair".
Fanshawe EnglishMeant "person from Featherstonehaugh", Northumberland (now known simply as "Featherstone") ("nook of land by the four-stones",
four-stones referring to a prehistoric stone structure known technically as a "tetralith")... [
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Fantasia ItalianFrom Italian
fantasia meaning "imagination", possibly a nickname for a person who had a vivid imagination, or from the personal name
Fantasia, the feminine form of
Fantasio. Known bearers include American sociologist Rick Fantasia and Australian footballer Orazio Fantasia (1995-).
Fantauzzi ItalianTuscanized form of a surname named for the eponymous settlement at the coordinates 42°28'9N, 12°52'36E.
Fanthorpe EnglishFan means "From France" and Thorpe is a Middle English word meaning "Small Village, Hamlet"
Fanti ItalianDerived from the given name
Fante, or another name containing the medieval element
fante "child, boy".
Fantuzzi Emilian-Romagnol, ItalianA surname derived from the medieval name "Fantino", which is a diminutive of "Fante", usually meaning "infant" or "child", but it was also used to refer to a "foot soldier".
Faraday IrishFrom Irish Gaelic
Ó Fearadaigh "descendant of
Fearadach", a personal name probably based on
fear "man", perhaps meaning literally "man of the wood". A famous bearer was British chemist and physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867).
Farahani PersianIndicated a person from the county of Farahan in Markazi province, Iran, of unknown meaning.
Faran HebrewThe name of a desert mentioned in the Bible where Ishmael settled after his wanderings with his mother Hagar. The Israelites also came to this desert on their journey from the Sinai desert.
Farano Italian, SicilianPossibly deriving from a town
Faranò in province of Messina, Sicily. Possible variant of Surname
faran which comes from Irish surnames
Ó Fearáin,
Ó Faracháin, or
Ó Forannáin.
Farge FrenchReduced or Americanized form of La Farge/Lafarge.
Faria Portuguese, ItalianFaria is a Portuguese surname. A habitational name from either of two places called Faria, in Braga and Aveiro. ... [
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Farias PortugueseHabitational name from any of various places in Portugal called Faria.
Farish Scottish"Farish" derives from "Fari" meaning "Farrier".This unravells to many decades ago when people forged shoes for horses,people who were extremly skilled blacksmiths and named "farrier".This group of "farriers" named "Farish" lived in the highlands of the cool misty moors of scotland-the mighty country,who unleashed highly educated citizens who dispersed all over britain.
Farissol Judeo-ProvençalAbraham ben Mordecai Farissol was a Jewish-Italian geographer, cosmographer, scribe, and polemicist. He was the first Hebrew writer to deal in detail with the newly-discovered Americas, born in Avignon in 1451.
Fariza ItalianOriginal from Rome, Roman conquerors went to Iberia in about 140 B.C. and named a town in Iberia
Fariza which was a tree. This town still exists today, and was also mentioned in the book 'El Cid'... [
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Farkash HebrewHebrew transcription of
Farkas, famous bearer is Israeli singer and actress Amit Farkash (or Farkas)
Farley Irishanglicized form of the Gaelic surname O'Faircheallaigh.
Farley Englishhabitational name from any of various places called
Farley of which there are examples in Berkshire Derbyshire Hampshire Kent Somerset Gloucestershire Staffordshire Surrey Wiltshire Shropshire and Sussex... [
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Farlow EnglishHabitational name from a place in Shropshire so named from Old English
fearn "fern" and
hlaw "hill tumulus".
Farman English(i) from an Old Norse personal name denoting literally a seafarer or travelling trader, brought into English via French; (ii) "itinerant trader, pedlar", from Middle English
fareman "traveller"
Farmani PersianFrom Persian فرمان
(farman) meaning "decree, command, order".
Farmer IrishAnglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic
Mac an Scolóige "son of the husbandman", a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.
Farnum EnglishEnglish and Irish. The origins of the Farnum name lie with England's ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It comes from when the family lived at Farnham, in several different counties including Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Suffolk, and the West Riding of Yorkshire... [
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Farnworth EnglishFarnworth is a combination of two words: old-English
fearn meaning "fern" and
worth, making the full meaning of Farnworth "settlers from a place where ferns are abundant." The oldest known record of the surname was in Farnworth with Kearsley (modern-day Farnworth), Lancashire in 1185... [
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Farooqi MuslimMuslim: Arabic family name (Fārūqī), denoting someone descended from or associated with someone called Farooq , in particular a descendant of the khalif ῾Umar.
Farquaad Popular CultureMeaning unknown, as a surname it is born by Lord Maximus Farquaad, main antagonist of the 2001 animated fantasy comedy film Shrek.
Farragut Breton, French, Catalan, AmericanA Breton-French surname of unknown origin. A notable bearer was American naval flag officer David Farragut (1801-1870), who is known for serving during the American Civil War. His father was of Catalan ancestry... [
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Farrar English (British)Northern English: occupational name for a smith or worker in iron, from Middle English and Old French farrour, ferour, from medieval Latin ferrator, an agent derivative of ferrare ‘to shoe horses’, from ferrum ‘iron’, in medieval Latin ‘horseshoe’... [
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Farrow EnglishNorthern English: hyper-corrected form of
Farrar, occupational name for a smith or worker in iron. The original -ar or -er ending of this name came to be regarded as an error, and was changed to -ow.
Farrugia MalteseDerived from Maltese
farruġ meaning "chicken", used as a name for someone who kept chickens.
Farthing English(i) "someone who lives on a 'farthing' of land" (i.e. a quarter of a larger area); (ii) from a medieval nickname based on
farthing "1/4 penny", perhaps applied to someone who paid a farthing in rent; (iii) from the Old Norse male personal name
Farthegn, literally "voyaging warrior"
Fasano ItalianProbably from Italian
fasani "pheasant", a nickname for someone who resembled the bird in appearance or (lack of) intelligence, who hunted them, or who lived in an area populated by them. ... [
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Fass GermanFrom Middle High German faz, German Fass 'cask', 'keg', hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of casks and kegs, or a nickname for someone as rotund as a barrel. German: variant of Fasse, Faas.
Fassbinder GermanVariant of
Kiefer 2, from German
Fass "barrel, keg, cask" and
binder "girder, tie". Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982) was a German filmmaker, dramatist and actor, considered as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement.
Fast German, SwedishEither a short form of a name starting with the element
fast meaning "steadfast, firm", or a nickname for a reliable steadfast person.
Fastolf EnglishFrom the Old Norse male personal name
Fastúlfr, literally "strong wolf". It was borne by Sir John Fastolf (1380-1459), an English soldier whose name was adapted by Shakespeare as "Falstaff".