Ferran

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ferran is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name16K records spelled Ferran7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Ferrán, Fërrän, Ferrãn

• a separate given name994 records spelled Ferran3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Ferrán, Ferràn

• Arabic given name424 records spelled Ferran4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States

  Also written Ferràn, Ferrán, Ferrãn

• Hindi given name313 records spelled Ferran6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United Kingdom, India

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Ferrán, Fërran, Ferràn

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ferran is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, forma apocopada de Ferrante ou Ferrando

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• Panadero

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Galician, third-person plural present indicative of ferrar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

MX CDMX — Nombres registrados en Registro Civil (2000–present) — 24 years between 2000–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ferdinand I of Aragonb. 1380ESnot in their usual nameAragonese king
• Ferdinand II of Aragonb. 1452ESnot in their usual nameKing of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, and Valencia (1452-1516)
• Fernando de Borbón y Bragançab. 1824ESnot in their usual nameSpanish royalty (1824–1861)
• Michael Baigentb. 1948NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand writer (1948–2013)
• Ferran Adriàb. 1962ESSpanish chef (born 1962)
• Ferran Martínezb. 1968ESSpanish basketball player (born 1968)
• Ferran Polb. 1983ADAndorran footballer
• Corob. 1983ESnot in their usual nameCatalan footballer (born 1983)
• Ferrán Soléb. 1992ESSpanish handball player
• Ferran Jutglàb. 1999ESSpanish association football player (born 1999)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 206 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ferran?

We estimate roughly 14 thousand people bear Ferran (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Ferran have the most bearers?

We estimate about 13 thousand people bear Ferran in Spain, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled ferran.

How common is Ferran compared with other names?

In Spain, Ferran is the 410th most common given name of 161,694 given names recorded there.

Is Ferran a male or female name?

Ferran is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ferran mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand or Spanish Fernando