Given name & surname

Fries

“fallow land”

Fries is a surname from French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Fries goes back to French friche, meaning “fallow land.”

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Where it comes from

Fries comes from French.

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How it developed

From French friche (“fallow land”).

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Fries’s family of names

In English usage, Fries as a surname has a related form in FRIEZE.

Walk Fries’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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78% boys · 22% girls

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Sibling ideas

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