Fern

English

"plant name"

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.

Fern Rank in US Top 1000

# 821 in the US

Fern Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 369 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Fern

• 369 Nameberry 2025
• 423 Unique 2023
• 334 England 2023
• 197 Scotland 2022

20 Names Similar to Fern

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Fern.

• Opal
• Birdie
• Marigold
• Clover
• Lark
• Bee
• Posey
• Maple
• Magnolia
• Rue
• Dove
• Juno
• Tallulah
• Lavender
• Pearl
• Primrose
• Goldie
• Juniper
• Meadow
• Wednesday

Famous People Named Fern

• Fern Margaret Price Britton English TV presenter
• Fern Michaels (born Mary Ruth Kuczkir) American romance novelist
• Fern Fitzgerald American actress
• Fern Emmett American actress
• Fern Isabel Coppedge American painter
• Fern Sutherland New Zealand actress

The name Fern in Pop Culture

• Fern Arable a character from book/film "Charlotte's Web"
• Fern Finn's doppelganger made of grass from Adventure Time
• Fern the Green Fairy from the "Rainbow Fairies" book series
• Fern Mayo a character from the film "Jawbreaker"
• Fern a character from an episode of "Sex and The City"
• Fern Vance Brantley a character from "A woman called Fancy" by Frank Yerby
• Fern Kensi's nickname from Deeks on "NCIS: Los Angeles"
• Fern character in the book "Goodbye Amanda The Good"
• Fern character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Fern Walters a character from TV's "Arthur"
• "Fern Gully " animated movie