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 Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 741 on Nameberry

Ferelith Popularity

• 741 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Ferelith

• Ferelith or Forbhlaith Countess of Atholl, wife of David de Hastings
• Ferelith Hamilton Somerfield English dog show judge and author
• Ferelith Young Canadian actress
• Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes Lyon; Princess George Valdemar of Denmark; cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
• Fiona Ferelith Hodgson Baroness Hodgson of Abinger, British MP
• Ferelyth Wills British sculptor

Ferelith in Pop Culture

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