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Farebrother
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English
Etymology
From en ang fæġer fair, beautiful + ang brōþor brother, a nickname given to the brother of a fair person, or else to the better-looking of a pair of brothers. Alternatively, the surname may have been a nickname for a brother-in-law; compare fr beau-frère brother-in-law.
Proper noun
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en Old English.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Farebrother is the 16679th most common surname in England, belonging to 298 individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from nicknames