Furness

• Furnas

• The placename is of Old Norse origin, from the obsolete futh (“rump”) + nes (“headland”), possibly referring to Piel Island. The surname is from the place.

• As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Furneaux, Furnace.

• As a Norwegian surname, old variant of Furnes, from several farmstead names derived from Old Norse fura (“pine”) + nes (“headland”).

Furness

1. A peninsula in south-west Cumbria, England, historically part of Lancashire.
2. A surname.

• Furness Vale

• ^ Mills, David (2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press.