What Does The Name Fairchild Mean?
The name Fairchild could be used as a masculine name. This name has its origin in Old English. Fairchild means ‘fair-haired child’. Names have power in their meaning and they confer its characteristics on the person having a specific name. According to the census conducted in United States of America in 1990, the name Fairchild was rarely used as male first name. This was a very popular last name in United States. As a last name, Fairchild has two main variants. They arte as follows: Fairechild and Fairchilde. The first family using Fairchild as its last was found in Oxfordshire in England. Some of the people of this family later settled in Connecticut. Thomas Fairchild was the first one to settle in Connecticut.
