Where is the last name Ferrell from?

Question

My mothers maidan name is Ferrell, and my brother and I wanted to know where the name Ferrell came from.

Answer 1

scotish

Answer 2

It's derived from ferrit

Answer 3

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name.

Ferrell Name Meaning and History

Irish: variant of Farrell.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

will ferell

Answer 5

italy duh!

Answer 6

idk but my dad works for ferrell gas and its a propain co.

Answer 7

its Willian

Answer 8

It's English/Irish...

Answer 9

if you go to http://www.4crests.com it comes upo with the crest and geneaolgy of the name, good luck

Answer 10

it's irish. means brave.

Answer 11

Is that like anything close to feral, as in wild? Cool name!!

Answer 12

It is a varient of Farrell which is Irish. Farrell means the following

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghail ‘descendant of Fearghal’, a personal name composed of the elements fear ‘man’ + gal ‘valor’.

While most of the people come from Ireland some were also from England, Scotland and even Germany. Most of them were farmers in the U.S. They saled from Liverpool England and Queenstown, Ireland. As too be expected most of them settled in New York.

Answer 13

Land of Ire, Ireland