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Mcferrin “son of Fearán”
McFerrin is a surname from Irish.
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Mostly boys
83.3% boysBased on U.S. population records 16.7% girls
People named Mcferrin in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin What it means McFerrin goes back to Irish Mac Fearáin, meaning “son of Fearán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
Mcferrin’s family of names In English usage, Mcferrin as a surname has a related form in MCFERRAN. In English usage, Mcferrin as a surname has a related form in MCFERRAN. In English usage, Mcferrin as a surname has a related form in MCFERREN.
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Mcferrin Mcpheron Mcferren Mcferran Irish Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1 Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.