Freake: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Many Freake families will find their roots under Frech, the form most records use. The name is usually explained as “The bold man”. Records show Freake as one of the forms Frech took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Freake, so the heraldry linked to Frech is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Freake surname pack.