The fairfax Surname
fairfax Name Meaning and History
English: nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Middle
English fair feax ‘beautiful tresses’. This was a common
descriptive phrase in Middle English; the alliterative poem Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight refers to ‘fair fanning fax’ encircling
the shoulders of the doughty warrior.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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