Given name & surname
Ferran
“a baker”
Ferran is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a baker.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a baker.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ferran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 170
- 152 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,170 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +153%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,170 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020; 1,019 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.
Ferran’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Ferran has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Fernando. In Catalan usage, Ferran has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ferdinand. In Catalan usage, Ferran has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Hernando.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ferran has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ferran
- Ferran AdriàCatalan chef (born 1962)
- Ferran SoléSpanish handball playerborn 1992
- CoroCatalan footballer (born 1983)
- Ferran JutglàSpanish association football player (born 1999)
- Ferran PolAndorran footballerborn 1983
- Ferran Sunyer i BalaguerSpanish mathematician (1912–1967)
- Ferran TerraSpanish alpine skierborn 1987
- Ferran MartínezSpanish basketball player (born 1968)
- Ferran BelSpanish politicianborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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