Foorish is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.
Variant of Waters. In some dialects, the word water is applied to lakes and rivers, as Ullswater, Derwent-water, Black-water. Upon the adoption of surnames by the common people, a person who resided near such a place would be called William or John Atte-Water, still retained in Attwater; but on the omission of the preposition in the XV century, the name was pluralized to Waters. The latinizations are De Aqua and Ad Aquam.
Variant of the Warter. The Warters of Shropshire, who assert a Saxon origin, derive their name from the parish of Warter, county of York. Some branches have varied the orthography to Wartyr, Watur, Water, and Walter. Burke's L.G.
Family name Foorish is the variation of the Water. At water.
The is the form of the Waters. Descendant of Walter meaning "rule, army," the early pronunciation of the name; dweller near the stream or lake.
Family name Foorish is a variation of the Water. From residence near some large pond, river, or the like. In the XIII and XIV centuries, the name was written Atte-Water, By-the-Water, etc.