as a First Name
From the vocabulary word denoting the plant (Old English fearn). Modern use of this word as a given name dates from the 19th century, when it is also recorded occasionally as a boy's name in the United States. In some instances the given name may be a transferred use of the surname derived in the medieval period from the vocabulary word.
| 1,215th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,031
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 27,169
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Fern per capita
- 1916
- marked the height of its popularity
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