Etymology

Ferris

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Today it means: A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Fergus and/or from the Norman surname Ferrers. Full definition →

Norman Ferrers ← French fer
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  1. French · derived fromfer“iron”
  2. Norman · derived fromFerrers
  3. English todayFerris

English surname, from Norman Ferrers, from the toponymic Ferrières, from French fer (“iron”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.