ffrench

English

Etymology

A variant of French: in some blackletter typefaces, capital F looked like (and was later taken to be) two lowercase fs. Compare fforde, ffoulkes.

Proper noun

ffrench

  1. An Irish barony, originally from Castle ffrench in Galway.
  2. A surname: an English and Irish surname from the same source.

Usage notes
  • Capitalisation and spelling sic.
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