Ferris
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning iron worker; from Ferrum.
Ferris by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Ferris. In the US, 51 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 53 babies in 1922, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ferris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ferris
Names that are said the same way as Ferris, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Ferris, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ferris
Nobody has voted for Ferris yet
Vote for Ferris and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Ferris