The fenn Surname
fenn Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area, from Middle English fenn ‘marsh’, ‘bog’.
- South German: topographic name from Old High German fenni, Middle Low German and Old Frisian fenne ‘bog’. Compare Fehn.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Jacob Fenn Plymouth Connecticut |
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| Fenns from Willenhall UK |
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| Violet Fenn, wife of Lloyd Fenn - obituary |
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| FENN Ipswich Suffolk |
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| Thomas Fenn in Surrey |
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