_Farley._ _Far-líc_, from _fær_, sudden, fortuitous, wonderful, and
_líc_, like. Sudden; fortuitous; wonderful.
_Ferguson._ _Fergus_, Fergus; _sun_, son, Son of Fergus. See Fergus, page
25.
_Fetter._ _Feoter_, or _fetor_, a fetter.
_Fetterling._ _Feoter_, a fetter; _ling_, a termination denoting the
state or condition of a person. Bondage.
_Finan._ Ir. _fionn_, fair, white; _an_, a personal ending. A fair
person. Finian, kindred in derivation.
_Fitler._ _Fit_, or _fitt_, a song; _lár_, lore, learning, law. Song-lore.
_Forder._ _Ford_, a ford; _ere_, an agent. On who, or that which, fords a
stream.
_Fordham._ _Ford_, ford; _hám_, house. Ford-house.
_Fowler._ _Fugel-ere_, from _fugel_, a bird, a fowl, and _ere_, an agent.
One who pursues or traps wild fowl.
_Freeborn._ _Freó-bearn_, from _freó_, free, and _bearn_, born. One free
born.
_Fricka._ _Fríga_, Saxon Venus, the goddess of love. Or, which is more
likely, from _fricca_, a crier or preacher. Frick, from the same radix.
See Frick, page 70.
_Frost._ _Frost_, or _forst_, frost.
_Fry._ _Frý_, free, having liberty or authority. Frye, of similar
derivation.
_Fuller._ _Fullere_, from _fullian_, to whiten, and _ere_, an agent. One
that whitens anything; a bleacher.
_Fullerton._ _Fuller_, Fuller; _tún_, house. Home of Fuller.
_Fullom._ _Fúle-hám_, from _fúle_, foul, muddy, corrupt, and _hám_, a
house. A muddy house; a corrupt home. Fullum, a cognate term.