Last name origin & meaning: Northern English: habitational name from Fawcett in Cumbria or
Facit in Lancashire, both named from Old English fāh
‘(brightly) colored’ + sīde ‘slope’, ‘hillside’. A further
possible source, Forcett in North Yorkshire, is named from Old English
ford ‘ford’ + set ‘animal fold’. Famous people with this last name:
Farrah Fawcett This name appears in the following lists:
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