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Origin and popularity of the name FAULKNER

Origin

Faulkner : English: from Middle English fauconer fauk(e)ner falconer ‘falconer’ (Old French fau(l)connier) an occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (a common feudal service). Falconry was a tremendously popular sport among the aristocracy in medieval Europe and most great houses had their falconers. The surname could also have arisen as a metonymic occupational name for someone who operated the siege gun known as a falcon.

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

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