ffrench

English

Etymology

A variant of French: in some blackletter typefaces, capital F looked like (and was later taken to be) two lowercase fs. Compare fforde, ffoulkes.

Proper noun

ffrench

1. An Irish barony, originally from Castle ffrench in Galway.
2. A surname: an English and Irish surname from the same source.

Usage notes

• Capitalisation and spelling sic.