Fasken Family History
Fasken Name Meaning
from Farskane in Rathven (Banffs) recorded as Farskin in 1366 Farskane in 1560 and Farskyne in 158 The first element of the place-name is probably Old Gaelic for ‘on over’ or an intensifying prefix; the second is perhaps sgàin ‘cleft’. The place-name is locally pronounced Fasken.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016