Ferry.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A census-designated place in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States.
A township in Oceana County, Michigan, United States, named after Thomas W. Ferry.
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio, United States.
Where this word comes from
Two main origins: * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearadhaigh (“descendant of Fearadhach”), a personal name probably derived from an adjective derivative of fear (“man”). * A metonymic occupational surname for a ferryman or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ferry crossing, from Middle English feri (“ferry”).
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