Farquhar

Farquhar ( listen ) is a surname of Scottish origin, derived from fearchar ("man") and car ("beloved").^[1] Farquharson is a further derivation of the name, meaning "son of Farquhar". The name originated as a given name, but had become established as a surname by the 14th century.^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

Europeans

• Farquhar O'Beolan, First Earl of Ross
• Anthony Farquhar, Roman Catholic Auxiliary bishop
• Farquhar baronets, British aristocrats
• Gary Farquhar, Scottish footballer
• George Farquhar (1678–1707), Irish dramatist
• George Farquhar (priest) (died 1927), Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
• Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar, Honor recipient
• Kellyanne Farquhar, Scottish actress
• Meg Farquhar, British professional golfer
• Regan Farquhar, birth name of rapper Busdriver
• Ryan Farquhar, competitive motorcycle racer
• Simon Farquhar (born 1972), Scottish playwright
• William Farquhar (1774–1839), Scottish major-general of the East India Company

North Americans

• Danny Farquhar (born 1987), American baseball pitcher
• Francis P. Farquhar, president of the Sierra Club and author of Place Names of the High Sierra
• John M. Farquhar (1832–1918), United States Representative from New York and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• John Hanson Farquhar (1818–1873), United States Representative from Indiana
• Norman von Heldreich Farquhar (1840–1907), rear admiral in the United States Navy, for whom the USS Farquhar (DE-139) and USS Farquhar (DD-304) are named
• Marilyn Farquhar, American cellular biologist
• Robert W. Farquhar, American spaceflight mission specialist
• Robin Hugh Farquhar, Canadian academic leader
• Shawn Farquhar, Canadian illusionist
• Thomas Farquhar, Canadian politician
• William Henry Farquhar (1813–1887), prominent citizen of Montgomery County, Maryland

Australians

• David Farquhar (composer) (1928–2007), a New Zealand composer
• Graham Farquhar, plant physiologist and biophysicist
• Murray Farquhar (1918–1993), magistrate, convicted and jailed in 1985 for corrupt influence

References

1. Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary (2013), p. 142.
2. David Dobson, The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America (2003), p. 41.

See also

• Farquhar MacTaggart, medieval Scottish magnate
• Farquahr, an American folk band
• Farquahr, an American progressive-punk band
• Ffarquhar, a fictional location in The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry
• MacFarquhar
• Robert Farquhar (disambiguation)