Fernald - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Fernald \f(e)-rna-ld, fer-nald\ is a variant of Farnell (Old English), and the meaning of Fernald is "the fern hill".

The baby name Fernald sounds like Furnald, Farnall and Vernal. Other similar baby names are Bernald and Fernand.

Fernald is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#17354 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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