Fern

English

"plant name"

Updated Mon Sep 02 2024

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Fern Origin and Meaning

The name Fern is a girl's name meaning "plant name".

Of all the botanicals, Fern has been one of the slowest to move back from the front parlor into the nursery, despite the appealing girl character in the children's classic Charlotte's Web. Fern was most popular from the turn of the last century through the 1940s, reaching a high of #152 in 1916. We can certainly see her rejoining the long list of popular greenery names.

Reality TV stars Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald recently named a daughter Fern, which could easily give it a boost.

# 821 in the US

Fern Rank in US Top 1000

# 365 on Nameberry

Fern Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Fern Popularity

365Nameberry2024
423Unique2023
341England2021
197Scotland2022

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Famous People Named Fern

Fern Margaret Price BrittonEnglish TV presenter
Fern Michaels (born Mary Ruth Kuczkir)American romance novelist
Fern FitzgeraldAmerican actress
Fern EmmettAmerican actress
Fern Isabel CoppedgeAmerican painter
Fern Andra (born Vernal Edna Andrews) American actress and director
Fern SutherlandNew Zealand actress

Fern in Pop Culture

Fern Arablea character from book/film "Charlotte's Web"
FernFinn's doppelganger made of grass from Adventure Time
Fernthe Green Fairy from the "Rainbow Fairies" book series
Fern Mayoa character from the film "Jawbreaker"
Ferna character from an episode of "Sex and The City"
Fern Vance Brantleya character from "A woman called Fancy" by Frank Yerby
FernKensi's nickname from Deeks on "NCIS: Los Angeles"
Ferncharacter in the book "Goodbye Amanda The Good"
Ferncharacter in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
Fern Waltersa character from TV's "Arthur"
"Fern Gully" animated movie