The story
- Old English · derived fromfæġer“fair, beautiful”
- English todayFairhurst
Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire, from Old English fæġer (“fair, beautiful”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfæġer all →
fairFairfieldfayreFairfordFarebrotherFairhallFairmead
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.