Fairhead
English
Etymology
Probably a nickname, from fair + headCategory:English compound terms#FAIRHEAD.
Proper noun
Fairhead (plural Fairheads)Category:English lemmas#FAIRHEADCategory:English proper nouns#FAIRHEADCategory:English countable nouns#FAIRHEADCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FAIRHEADCategory:Pages with entries#FAIRHEADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FAIRHEAD
- A surname transferred from the nicknameCategory:English surnames#FAIRHEADCategory:English surnames from nicknames#FAIRHEAD.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fairhead is the 7332nd most common surname in England, belonging to 894 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fairhead”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.