Farren Family History
Farren Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Faracháin ‘descendant of Farachán’ a personal name perhaps derived from Ánrothán (see Hanrahan ) with the addition of an initial F-. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearáin from a diminutive of fear ‘man’ or from Ó Fearadhaigh and the personal name Fearadhach (see Ferry ). English: from either Middle English fair(e) far(e) ‘fair’ (see Fair ) or fear(r) ‘steer ox’ + hin(e) ‘servant’ either as a nickname for a good or attractive servant or as an occupational name for a servant who looked after oxen (see Farr ). English: variant of Farrand .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022