Ferelith

Scottish
"true sovereignty"

Ferelith Origin and Meaning

The name Ferelith is a girl's name of Gaelic, Scottish, Irish origin meaning "true sovereignty".

Ferelith is an unusual yet deeply-rooted Scottish girl's name, also found in ancient Ireland and drawn from the Gaelic Forbhlaith or Forbflaith. While it went through a period of dormancy after the Middle Ages, there are some modern women named Ferelith, including actress Ferelith Young and Princess of Denmark Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon.

Ferelith Popularity

Famous People Named Ferelith

  • Ferelith or ForbhlaithCountess of Atholl, wife of David de Hastings
  • Ferelith Hamilton SomerfieldEnglish dog show judge and author
  • Ferelith YoungCanadian actress
  • Anne Ferelith Fenella BowesLyon; Princess George Valdemar of Denmark; cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Fiona Ferelith HodgsonBaroness Hodgson of Abinger, British MP
  • Ferelyth WillsBritish sculptor

Ferelith in Pop Culture

  • Ferelithcharacter in White Crow (2010) by Marcus Sedgwick
  • Ferelitha 1903 novel by Victor Hay, 21st Earl of Errol (whose daughter, born a year later, was named Rosemary Constance Ferelith)

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