Updated March 6, 2024 Table of contents Find Baby Names Family name origins & meanings English : variant of Free. Irish : Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó Saoraidhe (see Seery). In New England, an English equivalent of French Foissy (see Foisy). Translation of German Freimann (see Freiman). Famous people with this last name Morgan Freeman Appears on American Last Names and Meanings