Fairbrass
English edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps a nickname for a soldier or a tough man, from Old French fer (“iron; fierce, ferocious”) + brace (“arm”).
Proper noun edit
Fairbrass (plural Fairbrasses)
- A surname from Old French.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fairbrass is the 8846th most common surname in England, belonging to 704 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fairbrass”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.