Släkthistoria för Farndon
Farndon Vad efternamn betyder
from various places named with Old English fearn ‘fern bracken’ + dūn ‘hill’ such as East Farndon (Northants) West Farndon in Woodford Halse (also Northants) Farndon (Notts) Farndon (Cheshire) (Great) Faringdon (Berks) and adjacent Little Faringdon (Oxon) Faringdon alias Farringdon (Hants) Farringdon (Devon) and Farrington in Iwerne Courtney (Dorset) all of which share similar medieval spellings typically Ferendon Farendon and Farnedon and perhaps also from Farringdon in North Petherton or Farringdon Hill in Stogursey (both Somerset) for which secure medieval spellings are unavailable. This surname may have become confused with Farrington.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
