Fallows Family History
Fallows Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land Middle English falwe falow falg(he) (Old English fealg fealh). This word was used to denote both land left uncultivated for a time to recover its fertility and land recently brought into cultivation. The name is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022