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Girl · English
Fern
Say it: FURN
Meaning
The plant, from Old English fearn.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in America from the late 19th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 37,353 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1903, about 1 in 949 girls
- 133 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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