Ferne
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Ferne is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “fern”. In 2025 it ranked 789th for girls in the UK (50 babies).
What does Ferne mean?
English: spelling of Fern
“fern”
Spelling of Fern, from the English plant name.
- Say it
- FURN
Is Ferne a girl's or a boy's name?
Ferne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ferne in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #789among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 5,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the UK were named Ferne, making it the 789th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 745th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 73 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ferne in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 296 girls in the UK were given Ferne or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #203, up from #789 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.
Ferne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #789 |
| 2024 | 40 | #947 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 63 | #650 |
| 2021 | 69 | #607 |
| 2020 | 54 | #745 |
| 2019 | 73 | #603 |
| 2018 | 73 | #617 |
| 2017 | 55 | #784 |
| 2016 | 60 | #736 |
| 2015 | 42 | #933 |
| 2014 | 46 | #891 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Ferne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Ferne
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