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Fairfax
OriginEnglish
Meaning"blond"
GenderBoy & girl
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About Fairfax
If this name makes you think of Victorian novels, it's because Fairfax was part of Mr Rochester's name in Jane Eyre, and the surname of a minor character in Jane Austen's Emma. It has a distinctly aristocratic feel, despite its straightforward meaning. Fairfax is also a city in Virginia.
Fairfax for girls
Place name and surname that sounds a tad snooty.
Pronounced FAIR-faks.
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Famous Fairfaxs
- Thomas Fairfax (3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron)Boy
1612,71, English general, commander of the Parliamentary army during the Civil War
Fairfax in pop culture
- Edward Fairfax RochesterBoy
the Byronic hero of Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" (1847)
- Harlan Fairfax CarruthersBoy
from the movie "Down in the Valley"
- FairfaxGirl
Virginia
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