Farnhill
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (surname): Farnol
Etymology
editFrom Old English fearn (“fern”) + hyll (“hill”).
Proper noun
editFarnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhills)
- A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE005465).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Farnhill is the 19544th most common surname in England, belonging to 235 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Farnhill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 552.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English