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Farr


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Origin Of The Surname Farr

Meaning Of The Surname Farr

The One with the Fiery Temper

Interesting Facts About Farr

Farr come from the Old English word ‘farre’ meaning a bull. This surname could have been used as either a nickname or an occupational surname. Nicknames were an easy way to distinguish people and because of this many of them stuck as hereditary surnames. Farr would have been used as a nickname for a person who displayed ‘bull’ like qualities, for example someone with a temper. Alternatively it could have been given as a surname to a person who kept bulls for breeding.

Farr Statistics

Farr is the number 1351 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 7,791 share the surname Farr in the UK.

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