Etymology

Fairburn

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English fearn
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfearn“fern”
  2. English todayFairburn

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + burna (“stream”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfearn all →

fernFarleyFarnhamFarehamFernleyFarlowFarnworthFarnleyFarncombeFarndishFarnhill

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.