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Etymology of Fernand

What does the name Fernand mean?

The Irish surname Fernand is an Anglicization of a few different Gaelic names, such as "Ó Faracháin," "Ó Fearáin," and "Ó Forannáin." 1

Early Origins of the Fernand family

The surname Fernand was first found in County Donegal (Irish: Dún na nGall), northwest Ireland in the province of Ulster, sometimes referred to as County Tyrconnel.

Early History of the Fernand family

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Fernand Spelling Variations

Irish names were rarely spelled consistently in the Middle Ages. Spelling variations of the name Fernand dating from that time include Fearon, Feron, Feran, Farren and others.

Early Notables of the Fernand family

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Fernand Ranking

France, the name Fernand is the 9,377th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 2

Fernand migration to the United States +

The 19th century saw a great wave of Irish families leaving Ireland for the distant shores of North America and Australia. These families often left their homeland hungry, penniless, and destitute due to the policies of England. Those Irish immigrants that survived the long sea passage initially settled on the eastern seaboard of the continent. Some, however, moved north to a then infant Canada as United Empire Loyalists after ironically serving with the English in the American War of Independence. Others that remained in America later joined the westward migration in search of land. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, though, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America, and those who arrived were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. In fact, the foundations of today's powerful nations of the United States and Canada were to a larger degree built by the Irish. Archival documents indicate that members of the Fernand family relocated to North American shores quite early:

Fernand Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jean Baptiste Fernand, aged 22, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Fernand (post 1700) +

  • Mentionnons Fernand Nault (1920-2006), Canadian dancer and choreographer in Montréal, awarded the Order of Canada (1977)
  • Raymond Fernand Loewy (1893-1987), American industrial designer
  • Aimé Fernand Cesaire (b. 1913), West Indian poet and playwright
  • Fernand Nault OC, CQ (1920-2006), Canadian dancer and choreographer
  • Fernand Baudin (1918-2005), Belgian graphic designer, book designer, author, typographer, and teacher
  • Fernand Lalonde (1932-2024), Canadian lawyer and politician representing the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1984
  • Fernand Joseph St. Germain (1928-2014), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island (1961-1989)
  • Fernand Joseph St. Germain (b. 1928), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1952-60; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1961-89; Defeated, 1988 4
  • Fernand Chapsal (1862-1939), French lawyer, administrator and politician, Minister of Commerce in 1926 and (1937-1938), and Minister of Agriculture in 1938
  1. MacLysaght, Edward, More Irish Families. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-0126-0)
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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