Given name & surname
Ferrell
“a brave man; a hero”
Ferrell is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a brave man; a hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a brave man; a hero.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ferrell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,073
- 1,911 boys · 162 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 57 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 48 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,000 as a first name in 2020; 32,159 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.
Ferrell’s family of names
Ferrell has a related form in Ferrel. Ferrell has a related form in Ferel. Ferrell has a related form in Ferell.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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