Family name origins & meanings
- English : nickname for a sociable person, from Middle English fe(a)re ‘comrade’, ‘companion’ (Old English (ge)fēra).
- English : nickname for a proud or haughty person, from Middle English fere ‘proud’ (Old French fier).
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