Ferry
Appearance
See also: ferry
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Irish surname): Farry
Etymology
[edit]Two main origins:
- A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearadhaigh (“descendant of Fearadhach”), a personal name probably derived from an adjective derivative of fear (“man”).
- A metonymic occupational surname for a ferryman or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ferry crossing, from Middle English feri (“ferry”).
Proper noun
[edit]Ferry (countable and uncountable, plural Ferrys)
- A surname.
- A census-designated place in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States.
- A township in Oceana County, Michigan, United States, named after Thomas W. Ferry.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ferry is the 3467th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10312 individuals. Ferry is most common among White (91.95%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ferry”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 568.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Census-designated places in Alaska, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Alaska, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Townships
- en:Places in Michigan, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Ohio, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- English surnames from Irish
- English surnames from Middle English