Names

Occupational name for a tax collector, from Middle English ferme “rent, revenue, provision”, from Medieval Latin firma, ultimately from Old English feorm. This word did not acquire its modern meaning until the 17th century.

Means “wolf” in Hungarian.

Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian farina “flour”.

Occupational name meaning “dyer”, derived from German Farbe “colour”.

An occupational name meaning “woodcutter”, from Hungarian farag meaning “carve, cut”.

From a given name, ultimately the Germanic name Farvald.

From the Irish Ó Fionnáin meaning “descendant of Fionn”.

From Chinese 范 (fàn) meaning “bee”.

Derived from Germanic falke “falcon” and rad “counsel”.

From Old Norse falkr or Middle High German valke meaning “falcon”.