Farnhill

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Farnol

Etymology

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hyll (“hill”).

Proper noun

Farnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhills)

1. A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE005465).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Farnhill is the 19544^th most common surname in England, belonging to 235 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Farnhill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 552.