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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Man of valor

Family name origins & meanings

  • Northern English : hypercorrected form of Farrar, occupational name for a smith or worker in iron. The original -ar or -er ending of this name came to be regarded as an error, and was changed to -ow.

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