Lanphear Surname Origin
'Lann-feur,' Gaelic, grass-land; Lann-fear, a pike-man. Lann, an inclosure; a house; a church; land; a sword. Feur, grass; fear, a man.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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