Worfolk Family History
Worfolk Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire of Norman origin): nickname recorded as Wirefalch in the 12th century possibly from Middle English wirien ‘to slay kill brutally injure strangle’ (Old English wirigan + Anglo-Norman French falch fauc ‘falcon’). Alternatively it might be from a word akin in form and sense to Anglo-Norman French girfauc ‘gyrfalcon’ (a species of large falcon used for hunting herons) in which case the name may have been given to a family of hereditary falconers specialising in breeding and training the bird. The substitution of W- for (soft) G- is difficult to explain however. Compare Woolfolk .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022