Names

From Italian fosco meaning “dark”, from Latin fuscus. This was a nickname for a person with dark features.

From a nickname meaning “(sovereign) prince” in German. The word fürst itself is derived from Old High German furisto “first”.

From the name of the Italian region of Friuli, in the northeast of Italy, which is derived from the name of the Roman town of Forum Iulii meaning “forum of Julius”.

Occupational name for a baker, derived from Bulgarian фурна (furna) meaning “oven”.

Means “rope maker” in Romanian.

From the name of the English town of Foulden, Norfolk, meaning “bird hill” in Old English.

Derived from the given name Fülöp.

Occupational name for a fuller, a person who thickened and cleaned coarse cloth by pounding it. It is derived via Middle English from Latin fullo.

Denoted a person who was from Fukui prefecture in Japan.

From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning “wisteria” and 原 (wara) meaning “field, plain”.