Fildes is an English toponymic surname from the regional name Fylde, the western part of the area Amounderness Hundred in Lancashire, England. The final -s appears to be a post-medieval excrescence.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Fildes

References

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 913. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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