PHARAOH

PHARAOH. This name is borne by a Gipsy tribe, who believe themselves representatives of the great Egyptian dynasty ! Mr. Ferguson remarks : " I remember meeting with it in a secluded nook of the Lake district, and wondering much how the king of Egypt had found his way into our quiet valleys. But releasing the name from the associations of the spelling, it is nothing more than the old German name Faro." This our ingenious author connects with the A- Sax. «?■«, and 0. Norse fari, a traveller — not, after all, a bad name for a nomade of Gipsy blood,

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.