The story
- Old French · derived fromfer“iron; fierce, ferocious”
- English todayFairbrass
Perhaps a nickname for a soldier or a tough man, from Old French fer (“iron; fierce, ferocious”) + brace (“arm”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fairbrass
Today it means: A surname from Old French. Full definition →
Old French fer