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_Fager._ _Fæger_, beauty, fair, beautiful.

_Farnham._ _Fearn_, a fern; _hám_, habitation. Habitation of the fern.

_Farr._ _Farr_, a wild boar.

_Farrington._ _Farringdún_, from _fearn_, a fern; _g_, for the sake of

euphony; _dún_, a hill. A hill of fern.

_Fell._ _Fell_, gall, anger, death, a skin, cruel, severe.

_Field._ _Feald_, a field, a fold.

_Fielding._ _Field_, Field; _ing_, descendant. Descendant of Field.

_Finch._ _Finc_, a small bird. Fink, Finck, Fenke, kindred forms.

_Firman._ _Fir_, the living, chief of living beings, man; _man_, man. The

living man.

_Fisk._ _Fisc_, a fish. Fiske, the more common name.

_Fleming._ _Fleming_, a runaway, a banished man. Flemming, another

spelling.

_Fletcher._ _Flett_, house, chamber, bed, hall, palace; _cher_ for _er_,

a personal suffix. A companion; a bed-fellow; a prince.

_Fogg._ _Fog_, agreement, compact.

_Foote._ _Fót_, a foot.

_Forsyth._ _Forthsíth_, death. Forsythe, another spelling of the name.

_Fotheringham._ _Fother_, a load, a burden; _ing_, son; _hám_, dwelling.

The home of the son of burden.

_Foulk._ _Folc_, folk, people. Foulke, an equivalent.

_Frederick._ _Freá_, a lord; _rice_, rich, powerful. A mighty lord.

_Frick._ Possibly a corruption of _Frig_, pronounced _Freeg_, the goddess

of love, the Saxon Venus, and wife of Odin.

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