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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish and English (of Norman origin) : nickname for someone who affected an ornate style of dress, from Old French frisel, fresel ‘decoration’, ‘ribbon’, ‘tassel’, ‘fringe’ (a diminutive of frese, of Germanic origin).
  • Irish and English (of Norman origin) : Anglicized form of Friseal, Scottish Gaelic form of Fraser.

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