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Origin and popularity of the name FAIRFAX

Origin

Fairfax : English: nickname for someone with beautiful long hair from Middle English fair fax ‘beautiful tresses’. This was a common descriptive phrase in Middle English: the alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refers to ‘fair fanning fax’ encircling the shoulders of the doughty warrior.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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    Variants of name FAIRFAX

    FERREFACE FERREFAX FERFAX FARFAX FAIRFOX VERVAX