The story
- Old English · derived fromfæġer“beautiful, pleasant”
- English todayFairhall
A habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful, pleasant”) + healh (“corner, nook”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfæġer all →
fairFairfieldfayreFairfordFairhurstFarebrotherFairmead
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.