Farnhill
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Farnol
Etymology
From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hyll (“hill”).
Proper noun
Farnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhills)
- A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE005465).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Farnhill is the 19544th most common surname in England, belonging to 235 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Farnhill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN