Fairhead Family History
Fairhead Name Meaning
from Middle English fair(e) ‘fair light in colour’ (see Fair ) + he(a)d heved ‘head’ for someone with light hair. perhaps occasionally from Middle English fair(e) ‘fair beautiful; light in colour’ (see Fair ) + hod(e) ‘hood’ for someone noted for his beautiful or light-coloured hood. Compare Greenhead .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016