Fern (name)
Fern is an English topographic name from the Old English ‘’fearn’’. It refers to someone who lives among ferns. The name is used as a given name and a surname.[1][2] The name is in use primarily in English-speaking countries. There were 133 newborn American girls named Fern in 2020.[3]
 “The Fern Gatherer” by Charles Sillem Lidderdale, 1877. | |
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | English |
| Meaning | plant name |
Notable people with the name Fern or Ferns include:
Given name
- Fern Andra (1893-1974), American actress
- Fern Battaglia (1931-2001), American baseball player
- Fern Bell (1913-2000), American baseball player
- Fern Brady (born 1986), Scottish comedian
- Fern Britton (born 1957), English television presenter
- Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956), Canadian poet
- Fern Schumer Chapman (born 1954), American journalist
- Fern Coppedge (1883-1951), American painter
- Fern Cunningham, American sculptor
- Fern Deacon (born 1998), English actress
- Fern Emmett (1896-1946), American film actress
- Fern Ferguson, American baseball player
- Fern Fitzgerald (born 1947), American actress
- Fern Gauthier (1919-1992), Canadian ice hockey player
- Fern Headley (1901-1956), American ice hockey player
- Fern Hobbs (1883-1964), American attorney
- Fern Holland (1970-2004), American lawyer
- Fern Hunt (born 1948), American mathematician
- Fern Jones (born 1923), American gospel singer
- Fern Kinney (born 1949), American singer
- Fern Kupfer (born 1946), American author
- Fern LeBlanc (born 1956), French professional ice hockey player
- Fern Majeau (1916-1966), French ice hockey player
- Fern Mallis (born 1948), American consultant
- Fern Michaels (born 1933), American author
- Fern Hubbard Orme (born 1903), American politician
- Fern Perreault (born 1927), French ice hockey player
- Fern Persons (1910-2012), American film actress
- Fern Rahmel (1914-2009), Canadian writer
- Fern Riddell (born 1986), British historian
- Fern Rivard (1946-1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Fern Flanagan Saddler (born 1955), American judge
- Fern Sawyer (1917-1993), American cowgirl
- Fern Shaffer (born 1944), American painter
- Fern Shubert, Republican political figure
- Fern Shumate (1910-2003), American writer
- Fern Shollenberger (1923-1977), American baseball player
- Fern M. Smith (born 1933), American judge
- Fern Blodgett Sunde (1918-1991), Canadian wireless radio operator
- Fern Sutherland (born 1987), New Zealand actress
- Fern Villeneuve (1927-2019), Canadian aviator
- Fern Whelan (born 1988), English footballer
Stage name
- Fern (rapper) (born 1979), Puerto Rican rapper
Surname
- Charlie Fern, American speechwriter and journalist
- Cody Fern, Australian actor, screenwriter
- Fanny Fern, pseudonym of American writer Sara Willis Parton
- Fritzi Fern, motion picture actress from Akron, Ohio
- George Fern, English footballer
- Harold Fern, British president of swimming's world governing body FINA
- Henry Ferne, Chaplain Extraordinary to Charles I
- Joseph J. Fern, first Mayor of Honolulu
- Rodney Fern (1948–2018), English footballer
- Ronald Ferns, English illustrator, designer, cartoonist and surrealist painter
- Tan Paey Fern, Singaporean table tennis player
- Tom Fern, English footballer
Fictional characters
- Fern Arable, from E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
- Fern the Green Fairy, one of The Rainbow Fairies from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
- Fern Martin from the film The Hard Man
- Fern Mayo/Vylette from Jawbreaker, 1998 black comedy film
- Fern Walters, from the children's book and animated television series Arthur
- Fern, from Magical × Miracle
References
- Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 566. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
- Seary, E.; Kirwin, William (1 November 1998). Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-7735-6741-2.
- https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi
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