Fennick — Family Name, Records and Arms

Some records give Fenwick; others give Fennick. Both point to the same English family name. The family name meaning is “farm in the fen”, the same as for Fenwick.

A variant of Fenwick

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Fennick has “n” where Fenwick has “w”. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Fenwicke.

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Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Fenwick and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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