as a Last Name
- 20,272
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ferris
Meaning & Origins
Irish and Scottish: reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearghuis or Ó Fearghasa ‘descendant of Fearghus ’, or from the Scottish-Gaelic form of this personal name, Fearghus (see Fergus).
| 1,531st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,272
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Ferris per capita
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