The farquhar Surname
farquhar Name Meaning and History
Scottish (Aberdeenshire): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Fhearchair ‘son of Fearchar’, a personal name composed of
the elements fear ‘man’ + car ‘loving’, ‘beloved’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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