Fallows - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Fallows \f(a)-llo-

is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "the fallow field". Place name. "Fallow" means "not planted". Before the discovery of crop rotation, farmers used to let fields lie fallow to gather moisture or to kill weeds. Journalist James Fallows.

Fallows has 1 variant form: Fallow.

Baby names that sound like Fallows are Wallis and Wallas.

Fallows is an uncommon first name for men but a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#47494 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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