Ferris as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ferris

What is the meaning of the name Ferris ?

The baby name Ferris is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈfɛrɪs/ (FER-is).

Ferris is Irish in Origin.

Ferris is a given name and surname of mixed roots. In the Gaelic tradition it stands as an Anglicised offshoot of Fergus (Gaelic Fearghas), composed of fear “man” and gus “vigor, courage,” yielding the sense “man of strength/courage.” As an English surname used as a forename, it can also trace to the Norman de Ferrers family and to occupational bynames from Latin ferrum “iron,” evoking the smith or ironworker. In modern usage, some bearers reflect the Arabic Faris (“knight, horseman”), occasionally rendered as Ferris in English.

As a first name Ferris appears in British and American records from the 19th century through the present, with spurts in visibility from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) and the Ferris wheel’s inventor, G. W. G. Ferris Jr. Variants and related forms include Farris, Ferriss, Ferrers (surname), Fergus, Fearghas, and Faris/Fares.