English: habitational name from any of various places, for example
Fairfield in Derbyshire or Kent, both named from Old English as
fæger ‘beautiful’ + feld ‘open country’, or Fairfield
in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English fo ‘hog’
+ feld.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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