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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Faircloth English (American)
Variant of Fairclough.

Fairfax English
From a nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Old English fæger "beautiful, pleasant" and feax "hair".

Fancher English (American)
Corruption of Fanshaw.

Farlee English
Variant of Farley.

Farleigh English
Variant of Farley.

Farley English
Habitational name from any of various places called Farley in England, from Old English fearn "fern" and leah "woodland, clearing" meaning "fern clearing".

Farrer English
Variant of Farrar.

Faye French, English
Variant of Fay 1 and Fay 2.

Fazakerley English
Habitational name for a person from a town of Fazakerley in Liverpool, derived from Old English fæs "border, fringe", æcer "field", and leah "woodland, clearing"... [more]

Featherstonhaugh English
Indicates a person lived in or near Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, England. From Old English feðere "feather", stān "stone", and healh "corner."

Fell English
From Middle English fell ”high ground”, ultimately derived from Old Norse fjall, describing one who lived on a mountain.

Fellowes English
Variant of Fellows.

Fernald English
Altered form of French Fernel.

Fernley English
Variant of Fearnley.

Fernly English (Rare)
Variant of Fernley.

Ferrand French, English
This French surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval French masculine given name Ferrand, which was a variant form of the name Fernand, itself a contraction of Ferdinand.... [more]

Fettiplace English (British)
Means “make room” from Anglo-French fete place, probably a name for an usher.

Finkley English
Habitational name for a person from the hamlet of Finkley in Hampshire, derived from Old English finc "finch" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Fiske English, Norwegian
From the traditionally Norwegian habitational surname, from the Old Norse fiskr "fish" and vin "meadow". In England and Denmark it was a surname denoting someone who was a "fisherman" or earned their living from selling fish.

Flanders English
Given to a person who was from Flanders in the Netherlands (compare Fleming).

Flemyng English (Rare)
Variant of Fleming.

Fling Irish, English
Perhaps derived from Flynn.

Flook English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Flóki.

Flury English
Variant of Fleury.

Forde English, Irish
Variant of Ford. This is a very common spelling in Ireland.

Forton English
Habitational name from any of the places named Forton in England, from Old English ford "ford" and tun "enclosure, town".

Foxworth English
Variant of Foxworthy, a habitational name derived from the unattested Old English given name Færoc and worþig "estate, enclosure, homestead".

Fray French, English
From the German surname Frey or the Old French given name FRAY.

Fredrickson English, Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Fredrick", sometimes used as an Americanized spelling of Fredriksson or Fredriksen.

Friedman English (American), Jewish
Americanized form of Friedmann as well as a Jewish cognate of this name.

Fullerton English
Habitational name from a place in Scotland. Derived from Old English fugol "bird" and tun "settlement, enclosure".