Farren Family History
- Farren Name Meaning
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Faracháin ‘descendant of Farachán’, a personal name perhaps derived from Ánrothán (see Hanrahan) with the addition of an initial F-. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearáin, from a diminutive of fear ‘man’ or of the personal name Fearadhach (see Ferry). Possibly also English: according to Reaney, a nickname composed of Old English fæger ‘fair’ + hine ‘servant’ or an occupational name from Old English fearr ‘bull’ + hine, i.e. ‘bull keeper’. Possibly also German: from Middle High German var(r)e ‘(young) bull’, ‘steer’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 154,648 Historical Documents with Farren on Ancestry
- 56,601 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 35,338 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,651 Military Records
- 5,318 Immigration Records
- 51,740 Member Trees
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Number of Farren families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Farren families
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16 - 30 6 - 15 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Farren census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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