Faucett EnglishLocational surname from various British places: Fawcett in Cumberland, Facit in Lancashire, Forcett in North Yorkshire, or Fa’side Castle in East Lothian, Scotland. The linguistic origins of the name arise variously from, in Cumberland and Lancashire, "multi-coloured hillside" in 7th century Old English
fag or
fah, "brightly coloured, variegated, flowery" with
side, "slope"; in North Yorkshire from Old English
ford, "ford", and
sete, "house, settlement"; or, reputedly, in East Lothian, "fox on a hillside"... [
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