Fearn Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Arms linked to Fern and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Fearn

Fearn is an established spelling of the Scottish surname Fern. Its meaning, shared with Fern, is “Someone who came from Fearn (alder tree) in Scotland”.

Records show Fearn as one of the forms Fern took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Fearn ranked 22,056 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,175 people answering to the name. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.

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