as a Last Name
- 3,457
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Fern
Meaning & Origins
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of ferns, from Old English fearn ‘fern’ (sometimes used as a collective noun).
| 9,380th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,457
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Fern per capita
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