Given name & surname
Fermon
“having great strength”
Fermon is a variant of Fermin. One Spanish interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fermon is a variant of Fermin. One Spanish interpretation is “having great strength.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fermon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 257 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 12 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 5 in 1962. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1935.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fermon’s family of names
Fermon has a related form in Fermin. In Greek usage, Fermon as a surname is a transliteration of Φερμόν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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