# ffrench

> English word · Proper noun

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ffrench