Ferol
Feminine
Ferol is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 618 girls against 10 boys since 1880.
Ferol is a rare name from the end of the nineteenth century, two syllables with a soft close. It sounds like Ferrol, the Galician port that has built Spain's warships for three centuries.
How old is the name Ferol?
Ferol first appears in US birth records in 1889 — 136 years ago. The typical Ferol alive today was born around 1922, making them about 103 years old. About 100 people named Ferol are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ferol most popular?
Ferol peaked in 1891, reaching #1006 nationally. See the whole 1891 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ferol
On a deep, sheltered ria on the coast of Galicia, the Spanish crown built its great naval arsenal in the eighteenth century, and Ferrol has been building warships ever since. Ferol, the American name, was not named for the port; it came from the soft two-syllable names of the late nineteenth century. But it shares its sound with a harbor sheltered from the Atlantic, which is a fine thing to echo.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Ferol may be a surname, the Spanish place name Ferrol, or a build of its own; the record does not say.
Pronouncing Ferol
FAIR-ul
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1889
- Most girls named
- 192122 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1006reached in 1891
- Change vs 1958
- 0.0%5 in 1963, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ferols among us
people named Ferol are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Ferol sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and unusual.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- Easy to write.
- People may hear 'feral', which can draw jokes.
- It reads as a nineteenth-century name.
- The spelling is recorded for a handful of boys, but it is a girl's name in the record.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ferols are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Ferol are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ferol in 2025?
- Ferol is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Ferol with classmates?
- Ferol will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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