Playfair Family History
Playfair Name Meaning
from Middle English plei-fere (-ifere) ‘companion playmate friend; also paramour’ or its Scots equivalent playfere; less likely from Middle English plei(en) ‘to play’ + fair(e) ‘fairly pleasantly courteously’ for which compare Gover .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016