Northern English: habitational name from Fawcett in Cumbria or
Facit in Lancashire, both named from Old English fah
‘(brightly) colored’ + side ‘slope’, ‘hillside’. A further
possible source, Forcett in North Yorkshire, is named from Old English
ford ‘ford’ + set ‘animal fold’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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