Etymology

Fernyhough

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English fearniġ
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromfearniġ“ferny”
  2. English todayFernyhough

Habitational surname from a minor place near Endon, Staffordshire, from Old English fearniġ (“ferny”) + healh (“nook, corner”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfearniġ all →

ferny

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.