The fellows Surname
fellows Name Meaning and History
English: patronymic from Fellow, from Middle English
felagh, felaw late Old English feolaga
‘partner’, ‘shareholder’ (Old Norse félagi, from
fé ‘fee’, ‘money’ + legja to lay down). In Middle
English the term was used in the general sense of a companion or
comrade, and the surname thus probably denoted a (fellow) member of a
trade guild. Compare Fear 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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