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Surnames Starting with F: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 3)

281 family names beginning with F. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Fabbri
    Italy

    Smiths, craftsmen

  • Faber
    Germany

    Smith (Latin)

  • Fabian
    England

    A descendant of Fabian (bean-grower)

  • Fabiani
    Italy

    From the personal name Fabiano

  • Fabre
    France

    Smith

  • Fabri
    Germany

    The worker in metals, a smith

  • Fabris
    Italy

    Smith

  • Fabyan
    England

    A descendant of Fabian (bean-grower)

  • Fagundes
    Portugal

    Son of Facundo

  • Fahey
    Ireland

    Descendant of Fathach

  • Fahy
    Ireland

    Descendant of Fathach

  • Fair
    England

    Handsome, fair

  • Fairbairn
    Scotland

    Fair child

  • Fairbanks
    England

    "fair bank or slope"

  • Fairchild
    England

    Beautiful child

  • Fairclough
    England

    "fair ravine"

  • Fairfax
    England

    Fair hair

  • Fairfield
    England

    Someone who came from Fairfield (beautiful field or hog field)

  • Fairhurst
    England

    "fair wooded hill"

  • Fairley
    England

    Someone from Fairlie, Fairlee or Fairley

  • Fairweather
    England

    Cheerful, sunny-tempered

  • Fajardo
    Spain

    "from Fajardo"

  • Falcão
    Portugal

    "falcon"

  • Falco
    Italy

    "falcon", a falconer

  • Falcón
    Spain

    Falcon

  • Falcone
    Italy

    Falcon, falconer

  • Falconer
    England

    Someone who kept and trained falcons or hawks to hunt game

  • Falconi
    Italy

    Falconer

  • Falk
    Germany

    Falcon

  • Fall
    England

    A dweller at, or near, the Fal, a river in Cornwall

  • Fallon
    Ireland

    Descendant of Fallamhan (ruler)

  • Fanelli
    Italy

    Little Fano / shrine

  • Fanning
    Ireland

    Anglo-Norman family

  • Fantasia
    Italy

    A nickname for an imaginative or whimsical person

  • Faraday
    England

    Uncertain

  • Farber
    Germany

    Someone who dyed cloth

  • Farfán
    Spain

    Returned Christian soldier

  • Faria
    Portugal

    "from Faria"

  • Farina
    Italy

    Flour; miller

  • Farinella
    Italy

    A diminutive linked with flour, for a miller's helper

  • Farinelli
    Italy

    Little flour

  • Farino
    Italy

    Someone who ground grain, a miller

  • Farley
    England

    Fern clearing

  • Farmer
    England

    Tax farmer, or farmer

  • Farnham
    England

    Fern homestead

  • Farnsworth
    England

    Fern enclosure

  • Farnworth
    England

    "enclosure with ferns"

  • Farr
    England

    Bull

  • Farrall
    Ireland

    A grandson of Fearghal (super valor)

  • Farrand
    England

    A descendant of Ferrand, a contraction of Ferdinand (journey, venture)

  • Farrar
    England

    Smith, farrier

  • Farrell
    Ireland

    Descendant of Fearghal, "man of valour"

  • Farrington
    England

    Place name

  • Farris
    Scotland

    Son of Fergus, or horseman

  • Farrow
    England

    A young pig keeper or a nickname

  • Farwell
    England

    Someone who came from Farewell (beautiful stream), in Staffordshire

  • Fasano
    Italy

    Someone from Fasano, or a nickname from the pheasant

  • Faulkner
    England

    Falconer

  • Faure
    France

    Smith

  • Faust
    Germany

    Fist

  • Fava
    Italy

    "broad bean"

  • Favro
    Italy

    A northern Italian form connected with the smith

  • Fawcett
    England

    Multicoloured hillside

  • Fay
    Ireland

    Beech tree

  • Fazi
    Italy

    Someone who acted as a watchman or sentinel

  • Fazio
    Italy

    From Bonifazio, good fate

  • Fears
    England

    Someone who was a companion or friend to another

  • Fede
    Italy

    Faith or a shortened personal name

  • Federici
    Italy

    From the personal name Federico (Frederick)

  • Feeney
    Ireland

    Descendant of Fiannaidhe

  • Feio
    Portugal

    Ugly

  • Feitosa
    Portugal

    Place of ferns

  • Feld
    England

    A dweller at land free from wood, a field

  • Feldman
    Germany

    Field man

  • Feldmann
    Germany

    Field man

  • Feldt
    Germany

    A dweller in the field

  • Feliciano
    Spain

    Happy, fortunate

  • Felix
    Spain

    Lucky, happy

  • Feller
    Germany

    A dealer in furs or hides

  • Fellowes
    England

    Partner, companion

  • Felt
    Germany

    A dweller in the field

  • Feltman
    Germany

    The worker in the field or open country

  • Feltmann
    Germany

    The worker in the field or open country

  • Felton
    England

    Farm in open land

  • Feltz
    Germany

    The large, or tall, man

  • Fenn
    England

    A dweller at the marsh, or fen

  • Fenne
    England

    A dweller at the marsh, or fen

  • Fennell
    England

    Fennel seller

  • Fenner
    England

    A dweller at the marsh, or fen

  • Fenstermacher
    Germany

    Someone who made windows

  • Fenton
    England

    Farm by a fen

  • Fenwick
    England

    "farm in the fen"

  • Ferber
    Germany

    A dyer or painter

  • Ferguson
    Scotland

    Son of Fergus ("man of vigour")

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.