[Surname] Re: My name (FAHRION)
by Andy ;—) (guest)
12/14/2005, 10:23 PM
Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000, has:
1. Latin translation of the German surname Hering ("herring"), from Lat. "fario" meaning "fish, maybe salmon trout" (unfortunately the word is not in my Latin dictionaries), here obviously with a Greek ending.
2. Alteration of Fabian