Fairfield

Masculine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Blond-haired

Boy name variations

Fairfax
Fair
Fayrfax
Fax

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of various places, for example Fairfield in Derbyshire or Kent, both named from Old English as fæger ‘beautiful’ + feld ‘open country’, or Fairfield in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English fō ‘hog’ + feld.
  • John Fairfield was an immigrant to Charlestown, MA, in 1635.

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