Farris

English

Proper noun

Farris (countable and uncountable, plural Farrises)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Farris is the 1179^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29877 individuals. Farris is most common among White (81.56%) and Black/African American (12.51%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Friars, friars

Italian

Etymology

From Sardinian farris (“barley flour”).

Proper noun

Farris m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sardinian

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From a reanalysis of Farrisvatnet as Farris + vatn; from Old Norse *Fareiðsvatn, where the first part is *Fareið, from far (“passage”) +‎ eið (“isthmus”). Last part from vatn (“water; lake”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²farːɪs/

Proper noun

Farris n

1. a lake in Larvik, Vestfold, and Siljan, Telemark, Norway

   Synonym: Farrisvatnet

Derived terms

• farris (“mineral water”)
• Farrisbekk
• Farrisbrua
• Farrisdalen
• Farriseidet
• Farriselva (“the Farris River”)
• Farriskilen