Given name & surname
Ferlin
“a man from the country”
Ferlin is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a man from the country.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a man from the country.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ferlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 257 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 176 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ferlin’s family of names
Ferlin has a related form in Ferlan. Ferlin has a related form in Ferlen. Ferlin has a related form in Ferlon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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