Släkthistoria för Varey
Varey Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Farrar. Compare Margrett Farrer 1585 Katheryn Varey 1591 in IGI (Kendal Westm); John Vary 1663 William Farrar 1675 in York Freemen's Register (York); Robert Farrah 1665 Anne Varo 1708 Jno. Varey 1716 in IGI (Barwick in Elmet WR Yorks); John Farrah 1689 John Varey 1696 Tho. Varah 1724 in IGI (Leeds WR Yorks). perhaps from Middle English varay verrei verri werr(e)i (Old French veraie varei Anglo-Norman French verri) ‘truthful upright trustworthy’. As Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames points out the NR Yorks name appears to have a different origin from that in (1) while the 16th-century spellings for the Rotherham name (implying a long vowel or diphthong) also look more like this name than that in (1) where a short vowel is more usual. However the two names may easily have been confused especially in S Yorks.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
