The farrar Surname
farrar Name Meaning and History
Northern English: occupational name for a smith or worker in iron,
from Middle English and Old French farrour, ferour, from
medieval Latin ferrator, an agent derivative of ferrare
‘to shoe horses’, from ferrum ‘iron’, in medieval Latin
‘horseshoe’. Compare Ferrier and Farrow.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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