The story
- Old English · derived fromfōdring“grazing”
- English todayFotheringham
Habitational surname from a minor place in Scotland, near Forfar, from Old English fōdring (“grazing”) + hām (“homestead”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfōdring all →
Fotheringhay
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.