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farrand Name Meaning and History

  1. nickname for a person with gray hair or for someone who used to dress in gray, from Old French ferrant ‘iron-gray’ (a derivative of fer ‘iron’).
  2. from the medieval personal name Fer(r)ant, an Old French form of Ferdinand, which came to be associated with the color.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of farrand Families in the US in 1920
Number of farrand families
 23-44
 8-22		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 47 - Messages: 129
ThreadAuthorReplies
Jared Farrand Family of Vermont Ohio RBurdett 4
So many William Farrands! Randi Hamer 16
Andrew S. Farrand 1836-1904 MaryDempsey27 0
Max Farrand, the author Nickaroni5 2
Katharine E. FARRAND Dyer pettem 1
Farrand Harry Long 5
Farrands/Driscolls in Shiawassee Twp/Michigan pettem 0
FARRAND in Yorkshire to America dmspfld 5
Lucinda Farrand ancestors rrager1 10
Calvin Farrand eisgrig3 0
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