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Fal

Uncertain.

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Falco

Borrowed from Romance; from Italian Falco and Catalan Falcó.

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Faler

Americanized spelling of German Pfahler or Fehler.

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Faley

Probably a variant of Fawley.

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Falin

Variant of Fallon.

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* As a German, Jewish and Scandinavian/North Germanic surname, from German Falke, Yiddish פֿאַלקאַן (falkan), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish falk (“falcon”). Compare Valk. * As an English surname, variant of Faulks.

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Falvo

Borrowed from Italian Falvo.

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Fama

Learned borrowing from Latin fāma.

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Fames

From Latin fames (“hunger”).

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Fan

Shortening of Fanny, itself a short form of Frances.

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Fana

Borrowed from Spanish Faña.

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Fancy

From Old English.

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Fang

The county sense is from Mandarin 房 (Fáng). The surname sense could be from Mandarin 方 (Fāng), 房 (Fáng), 芳 (Fāng), 仿 (Fǎng) or 放 (Fǎng).

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Fanlu

From Mandarin 番路 (Fānlù).

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Fanny

Source etymology material for Fanny; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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Fano

Borrowed from Amharic ፋኖ (fano).

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Fanta

Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.

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Fanti

From the Fanti language.

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Fanø

From Danish Fanø, from the unattested noun fæn (“bog, muddy area”) (from Old Norse fen) + ø (“island”).

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Farah

Borrowed from Arabic فَرَح (faraḥ, “joy”).

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Faraj

Borrowed from Arabic فَرَج (faraj, “relief, respite, salvation”).

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Fargo

Named for Northern Pacific Railway director and Wells Fargo Express Company founder William Fargo.

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Farha

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْحَة (farḥa, “delight, pleasure”).

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Faro

From Portuguese Faro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Faaron.

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Faroe

From Danish Færø and Faroese Føroyar.

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Faron

Borrowed from French Faron.

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Farr

English surname, from Old English fearr (“bull”). As a German surname, of the same meaning and source (Farre).

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Farry

Variant of Ferry.

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Fars

Borrowed from Persian فارس (fârs), see it for more. Doublet of Pars.

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Farsi

Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārs⁠/) Middle Persian pʾls (/⁠pārs⁠/) Middle Persian -yk' (/⁠-īg⁠/) Middle Persian pʾlsyk' (/⁠pārsīg⁠/) Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī) ▲ Arabic فَارِسِيّ (fārisiyy)infl

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Farve

Perhaps a metathesized form of Favre.

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Faso

Borrowed from Italian Faso.

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Fata

* As an Italian surname, from Fato, a short form of the name Bonfato (see Bonifacio) or from fata (“fairy, preying pantis”). * As an Hungarian surname, from the old personal name Fáta.

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Fatah

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ), a reverse acronym (meaning literally "conquest, victory or an outcome") for حَرَكَة اَلتَّحْرِير اَلْوَطَنِيّ اَلْفِلَسْطِينِيّ (ḥaraka(t) at-taḥrīr al-waṭaniyy al-filasṭīniyy, “Palestinian Nati

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Fateh

From Arabic فَاتِح (fātiḥ).

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Fates

Plural of fate.

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Fauch

From French Fauch.

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Fauci

From the Sicilian surname Fauci, a surname derived from fauci (“sickle”).

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Faulk

* As a German surname, Americanized from Falk, Folk, Volk, and similar. * As an English surname, variant of Falk (see Faulks).

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Faulx

Probably a variant spelling of Faulks.

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Fauna

Feminine form of Faunus. Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w-, whence Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “beast”), Illyrian-related Daunus. Some refer it to faveō.

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Faure

Borrowed from French Faure.

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Faus

Borrowed from South German Faus.

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Faust

After Johann Georg Faust, German magician and alchemist.

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Faux

Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.

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Fava

Borrowed from Italian Fava.

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Faver

* As a French surname, variant of Favre or Lefèvre. Compare Favor. * As an English surname, variant of Feaver. * Also as an English surname, sometimes a nickname based on the noun favor. * Also as an English surname of B

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Favre

From French Favre.

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Fawzi

Borrowed from Arabic فَوْزِيّ (fawziyy), from فَوْز (fawz, “victory, triumph”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).

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Faxon

Unexplained.

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Faye

* (surname): Borrowed from French Faye or other languages.

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Fayle

* As a Manx surname, reduced variant of McPhail. * As an English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Fail.

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Fayne

A nickname, from Middle English fain (“joyful, happy”).

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Fayum

From Arabic الفَيُّوم (al-fayyūm), from Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), from Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”), from pꜣ (“the”) + ym (“lake”).

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Fazal

Borrowed from Arabic فَضْل (faḍl, “grace, blessing”). This surname is mostly found in Afghanistan.

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Fazio

Borrowed from Italian Fazio.

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Fe

Abbreviation, from forty-eighth, corresponding to one forty-eighth of a standard uncut sheet of paper.

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Feale

Borrowed from Irish Féil.

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Fear

* As an English surname, from an obsolete noun meaning "traveler," represented in the second half of Old English gefera (“comrade, companion”). * Also as an English surname, from the root of the adjective fierce, and occ

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Fears

Patronymic from Fear.

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Feast

From either Middle English fist (“fist”), perhaps a nickname for an aggressive person, or from Middle English fest (“fart”). The Baháʼí sense is a calque of Calque of Persian ضیافت (ziyâfat).

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Febo

Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Febo.

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Fecht

From the German and Dutch surname, from several toponyms containing the element Fecht (“fight”).

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FedEx

Blend of federal + express; abbreviated from the company’s former name, Federal Express.

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Fede

Borrowed from Italian Fede.

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Feder

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ Proto-Germanic *feþrō Proto-West Germanic *feþru Old High German fëdara Middle High German vëdere German Federbor. English

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Fedor

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁sós Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European

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Feeny

Variant of Feeney.

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Fees

Borrowed from German Fees, a variant of Feese.

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Feher

Borrowed from Hungarian Fehér.

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Feild

Variant of Field.

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Fein

From the German and Jewish (via Yiddish פֿײַן (fayn)) surname, from the adjective fein (“fine”), similar to the surname Fine.

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Feist

From the German surname for stout people; see feist (“fat”).

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Feixi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 肥西 (Féixī).

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Feku

See feku.

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Felch

Borrowed from German Felch.

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Felde

Borrowed from German Felde.

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Felix

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

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Fell

* As an English surname, from the noun fell (“crag, rocky highland”). * As an English, Jewish, and German surname, from Fell (“pelt, fur”) or its Yiddish equivalent. Compare Pilcher.

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Fells

Variant of Fell.

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Femia

Borrowed from Italian Femia.

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Fenby

Habitational surname from a village in Lincolnshire, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

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Fencl

Borrowed from Czech Fencl.

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Feng

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 灃 /沣 (Fēng) and, as the city and surname, its alternative form 豐 /丰 (Fēng).

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Fenit

From Irish An Fhianait. From an (the) + Irish [Term?].

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Fenn

* As an English topographic surname, from the noun fen. * As a south German surname, from Fenn (“bog, swamp”), related to the above. Compare Fehn. * As a Chinese surname, from 馮 /冯, compare Feng.

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Fenni

From Latin Fennī; compare Ancient Greek Φίννος (Phínnos). The name as used by Tacitus is unclear about whom it actually describes, but it may nevertheless be from Old Norse Finnr (“a Sami”). More at Fenni.

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Fens

A proprialization from the common noun fen.

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Fenxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 汾西.

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Fenyi

From Mandarin 分宜.

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Fera

Borrowed from Italian Fera.

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Ferez

Borrowed from Spanish Férez.

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Fermi

Etymology tree Latin Firmum Italian Fermo Italian Fermibor. English Fermi Borrowed from Italian Fermi.

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Fern

From fern; in the case of the surname, it was given to someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of these plants.

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Fero

* As a German surname, variant of Fiero. * As a Hungarian surname, from Feró, pet form of Ferenc (“Francis”).

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Ferri

Borrowed from Italian Ferri.

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Ferro

* As an Italian, Spanish (occasionally Sephardic Jewish), Portuguese, Maltese, Galician surname, all from the noun ferro (“iron”). * As an English surname, variant of Farrar.

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Ferry

Two main origins: * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearadhaigh (“descendant of Fearadhach”), a personal name probably derived from an adjective derivative of fear (“man”). * A metonymic occupational surname for a f

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Fess

From German Fess, a variant of Feese.

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Festa

Borrowed from Italian Festa.

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Fette

Borrowed from German Fette.

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Few

From a speech by Winston Churchill that included the phrase "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few".

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Fez

Etymology tree Berberder. Arabic فَاس (fās)bor. English Fez Borrowed from Arabic فَاس (fās).

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FiO2

Initialism of fraction [of] inspired + O₂ (“oxygen”). Etymology tree Old French fraccionbor. Middle English fraccioun English fraction Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Ge

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Fiat

From the Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”).

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Ficek

Borrowed from Polish Ficek.

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Fick

* As a North/Low German surname, from a pet form of the name Friedrich. * As an English surname, perhaps from an adjective meaning "to move quickly," see the verbs fidge, fig. Compare Figg. * Alternatively as an English

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Ficke

North/Low German surname, variant of Fick.

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Fico

Borrowed from Italian Fico.

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Fid

From FIDS (“Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey”), a former name of the British Antarctic Survey.

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Fidel

Borrowed from Spanish Fidel.

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Fidge

Variant of Fitch.

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Fido

From Spanish or Italian fido from Latin fīdus (“faithful”). Popularly claimed to be directly from Latin fīdō (“to trust, rely on”) instead of the Romance intermediary, but this might be folk etymology. The stereotypical

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Fiel

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from German Fiel, a variant of Viel. * Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Fiel, a nickname from fiel (“faithful, true”).

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Fier

Borrowed from Albanian Fier, from fier (“fern”). Alternatively borrowed from Italian fiera (“trade fair”) due to the arrival of Venetian merchants during the Renaissance.

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Fieri

From Italian Fieri.

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Fiero

* As an Italian surname, variant of Fierro. * As a German surname, Americanized from Führer (“guide, leader”). Compare Fero.

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Fife

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Fìobha, said to date back to the eponym Fib, one of the seven sons of the legendary Pictish king Cruithne. Possibly related to the Uip attested in the Pictish kings lists, in turn possibly r

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Fifer

Etymology tree English Fife Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós P

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Fifth

(Fifth Amendment): From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in US legal proceedings.

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Fig

Calque of Arabic التِين (at-tīn), after the first word of the sura.

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Figge

Borrowed from German Figge.

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Fiji

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *fiti Tongan Fisibor. English Fiji Borrowed from Tongan Fisi (historically pronounced with a palatal affricate, IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [ˈfit͡ʃi]), itself borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto‐Central P

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Filan

Two main origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of fial (“generous”). * Borrowed from Polish Filan, a derivative of Fila.

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Filer

Uncertain. Possibly an occupational surname from filer (one who files). The city in Idaho was named after Walter G. Filer.

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Fill

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Philip.

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Filla

Borrowed from Czech Filla.

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Filpo

Borrowed from Spanish Filpo; this surname is predominantly found in the Dominican Republic.

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Fina

Borrowed from Italian Fina.

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Finan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnáin (“descendant of Fionnán”), a personal name which derives from the diminutive form of fionn (“fair, blond”).

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Finau

A Tongan surname of unexplained origin.

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Fine

* As an English surname, from the adjective fine. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Finn. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Fein.

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Finer

Occupational surname for a refiner of metals.

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Finiș

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Finiș.

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Finn

From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gat

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Fiona

From Irish fionn (“fair, white”). In use before 1713. Popularized by James Macpherson (see 1765 quotation), and perhaps by the 19th-century Scottish writer William Sharp, who chose “Fiona Macleod” as his pen name. * (Sar

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Fipps

Variant of Phipps.

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Firpo

Borrowed from Italian Firpo. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.

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First

* As a German surname, variant of Fürst, Furst. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿירשט (firsht, “prince”), a rendition of the above. * As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, from the noun firšt (“prince”), a loanword from

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Firth

* As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”). * As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”). * As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the

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Fiser

Borrowed from Czech Fišer.

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Fish

From fish, a metonymic occupational surname for a fish seller or a nickname for someone who resembled a fish. It could also be an Americanized spelling of German Fisch.

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Fisk

English occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller, or a cognominal surname for someone thought to resemble a fish, from Old Norse fiskr (cognate with Old English fisc), from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.

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Fitch

English surname, possibly from Old French fiche (“iron post”). A connection with the noun fitch (“polecat”) is unlikely as the surname predates it by at least 300 years.

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Fitt

From Middle English fit (“proper, suited”), a nickname for a polite and amiable person.

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Fitz-

From Anglo-Norman fitz, from Old French fiz (modern fils), from Latin fīlius (“son”).

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Fiume

Borrowed from Italian Fiume, from Latin Flūmen, from flūmen (“river”).

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Fiver

From five + -er (“supporter”) or + -er (occupational suffix).

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Fixby

From Old Irish Fiach (a personal name) + Old Norse byr (“farm, village”).

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Fixit

Blend of Finland + exit, modeled after Brexit.

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Flach

* As a German surname, from Czech Vlach (“foreigner”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective Flach (“flat”), see the German entry below. * Also as a German surname, from Middle High German vlach (“smooth, straig

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Flack

From Middle English flack (“sod, turf”); see flag (sense 4).

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Flagg

Both the surname and village are from Old English flag (“slab”), itself borrowed from Old Norse flaga, from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).

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Flamm

South German and Jewish surname, from the noun Flamme. Possibly also a variant of Laflamme.

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Flarf

Coined by the poet Gary Sullivan.

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Flash

From flash.

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Flath

Borrowed from German Flath.

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Fleet

From fleet (“stream, estuary”).

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Fleur

French fleur (“flower”), name of a character in Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.

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Flink

* Swedish surname, from the adjective flink (“quick, agile”). * As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, from the adjective flink, meaning the same as above.

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Flip

Contraction of --- a clipping of Filipino.

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Fliss

Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Flis.

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Floch

From French Floc'h (from Breton for squire or page boy) or German, a variant of Flach.

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Flook

Various origins: * From the Old Norse personal name Flóki. * Altered spelling of German Fluck.

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Flora

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

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Floro

Borrowed either from Italian Floro or Spanish Floro.

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Flox

Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen.

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Floyd

Anglicisation of the Welsh name Lloyd, from Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).

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Flud

Variant of Flood.

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Fluhr

Borrowed from German Fluhr.

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Fluke

Variant of Flook.

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Fly

The Fly was first discovered by Europeans in 1845 when Francis Blackwood, commanding the corvette HMS Fly, surveyed the western coast of the Gulf of Papua. The river was named after his ship and he proclaimed that it wou

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Flye

Variant spelling of Flye.

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Flynn

Anglicized from Irish Ó Floinn, "descendant of Flann (red)".

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Flynt

From Middle English flynt.

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Fo

From Chinese 佛 (fó).

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FoD

Initialism of friend of Don. The homophony with food is a reference to the character being often depicted eating or talking about food.

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FoLC

Acronym of fan of Lois & Clark, seemingly chosen as a homophone of folk.

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Fobbs

Variant of Forbes.

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Foch

From French Foch.

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Foddy

As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), from fuad (“haste, hurriedness”).

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Foege

Uncertain: of German or Dutch origin.

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Foell

Borrowed from German Föll.

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Foism

From Fo + -ism.

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Foist

Fo + -ist

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Foix

Etymology tree Occitan Foisbor. French Foixbor. English Foix Borrowed from French Foix.

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Fok

* As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Focke, itself from Volk. * As a Cantonese surname, from Cantonese 霍 (fok3).

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Foley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Foghladha (“descendant of Foghlaidh”), a byname from foghlaí (“plunderer, pillager, marauder, robber”).

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Folk

* As a German surname, variant of Volk (“people, tribe”). * As an English surname, variant of Foulk, related to the noun folk, thus cognate with the above.

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Fong

Borrowed from Cantonese 方 (fong1), 房 (fong4), 馮／冯 (fung4), Taishanese 鄺／邝 (fong1), or other less common Chinese surnames.

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Font

Clipping of Fontainebleau.

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Fonzi

Borrowed from Italian Fonzi.

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Fonzo

Borrowed from Italian Fonzo.

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Foo

See foo. Used in this context by Jack Speer, originally for the fannish ghod of mimeography in the 1930s.

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Foong

Borrowed from Mandarin 馮／冯 (Féng) or Cantonese 馮／冯 (fung4).

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Foos

Americanized spelling of German Fuss.

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Foran

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fuartháin (“descendant of Fuarthán”), a personal name from fuar (“cold”).

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Force

From Old Norse fors or foss (“waterfall”).

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Fore

From the German surname, Americanized from Fahr, from the noun Fähre (“ferry”).

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Foree

Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Fauré; see Faure.

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