Northern English: hypercorrected form of Farrar,
occupational name for a smith or worker in iron. The original
-ar or -er ending of this name came to be regarded as an
error, and was changed to -ow.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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