Friend

Meaning

Noun

1. A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends. (See also Friends.)
2. Brand name of a spring-loaded camming device, now used to refer to any such device, often uncapitalized, as friend.

Name

A surname transferred from the common noun.

Synonyms

Quaker

crony

friend

valentine

well-wisher

Etymology

Cognate with German: Freund

Cognate with Dutch: Vriend

Cognate with Slovenian: Prijatelj

In summary

English surname, from the noun friend, or adaptations of it in other languages such as German Freund, Dutch Vriend, Slovene Prijatelj.