Farndale Name Meaning
From Farndale in Kirkby Moorside (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Farnedale in about 1160 and Farendale in 1207. The place-name derives from Old English fearn ‘fern bracken’ + dæl ‘valley’. Compare Varndell .
Varndell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Farthingdale in Lingfield (Surrey) which is recorded as le Farndelle and le Farendell in 1418. The placename appears to derive from a southern dialect variant of Old English fearn ‘fern’ + dell ‘pit dell valley’ but it may alternatively derive from Middle English ferthen-del faren-del ‘fourth part quarter of a virgate or acre of land’.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Arendale, Barnicle, Carnevale, Wardle, Martindale, Sandall, Harnage
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts