MacFalls is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: MacFalls
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Family name MacFalls is the variant of Vallee. Dweller in a depression between ranges of hills or mountains.

MacFalls is variation of MacPhail. The son of Paul meaning "small".

MacFalls is the derivation of the Fall. One who came from Falkenberg meaning "falcon mountain," a city in Sweden.

Lastname MacFalls is an adaptation of the Vail. Dweller in the valley.

A modification of Fall. In the North of England the nameis frequently of Gipsy origin. See Faw - A celebrated Gipsy family or clan in Scotland. King James V. issued an edict on behalf of Johnnie Faw, "lord and erle of Little Egypt." 'Faw or fa' is a Scottish verb for "to obtain," which, considering the acquisitive habits of this wandering race, is appropriate enough

2. The De Fall of the Hundred Rolls shows a local origin.

Surname is the derivation of Vale. A valley, a low ground. Johnson designates this a poetical word.

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