Fairhall
English
Alternative forms
- Fairall
Etymology
A habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful, pleasant”) + healh (“corner, nook”).
Proper noun
Fairhall (plural Fairhalls)
- A surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fairhall is the 10532nd most common surname in England, belonging to 559 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fairhall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN