English
Fairhead
Probably a nickname, from fair + head.
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to attach’
Proto-Germanic *fagraz ‘appropriate’
Proto-West Germanic *fagr ‘beautiful’
Old English fæġer ‘beautiful’
Middle English fayr ‘beautiful’
English fair
Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’
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Proto-Germanic *haubudą ‘head’
Proto-West Germanic *haubud
Old English hēafod ‘head’
Middle English heed ‘head’
English head
Today it means
name A surname transferred from the nickname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Fairhead