Given name & surname
Fergie
“the first and supreme choice”
In English use, Fergie is a shortened form of Fergus. One interpretation is “the first and supreme choice.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Fergie is a shortened form of Fergus. One interpretation is “the first and supreme choice.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Fergie as a surname is a diminutive of Fergus. In English usage, Fergie as a surname is a diminutive of Ferguson.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fergie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 151
- 0 boys · 151 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,368 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,368 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 220 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fergie’s family of names
Fergie is an affectionate form of Fergus. In English usage, Fergie is a shortened form of Ferguson. Fergie has a related form in Fergus.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Fergie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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