Furneaux

English

Etymology

English surname of Norman origin, from two places in Normandy called Fourneaux (literally the furnaces). Compare Furnace, Furnell.

Proper noun

Furneaux (plural Furneauxs)

  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Further reading

French

Etymology

Nearly absent from France with only three births since 1891.[1] Likely derived from English Furneaux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fyʁ.no/

Proper noun

Furneaux m or f by sense

  1. a surname from English
    Yvonne Furneaux, b. 1928

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