Fern

I've always loved this gorgeous name. It's pretty, unique, and graced with an irresistible southern charm. It's a perfect name.

My name is Fern and in general I love it. I think it suits me and I like having a more unusual name. Only annoying thing is that people always ask me to say it twice when I first meet them, some people find it difficult to say for some reason or think it’s strange. Most people love it though :)

I had a dear friend named Fern. She was a brilliant artist, very kind, clever and eccentric. She was completely bonkers though.
Great name with lovely associations :)

I like Fern very much, it's very soft, harmless, and gentle. It's a precious name to have.

A lovely alternative to more popular nature names like Lily and Holly. Fern sounds calm and gentle. It also makes a good middle name!

So pretty. I like it. :D.

I think this name is so underrated! Other nature themed names such as Willow, Holly, Rose etc are commonly used but I haven’t ever met anyone named Fern which I find strange.
If I ever have a daughter this name is top of the list, I think it sounds kind, intelligent, spiritual, down to earth and just all around lovely!
I can sort of understand the comments about it being too ‘hillbilly’ but I also think you could say the same for Daisy and hundreds of other names.
Fern is unusual but not too try hard:)

It's so pretty! It would be nice for a twin sister Hazel!

Probably one of the most beautiful nature names, alongside with Rose and Jasmine. :) I really wish my middle name was Fern: Athena Fern. Anyone and everyone with the name Fern, you are unique and special, and only YOU, know and understand that.

It's also the German word for "far away", but not used as a name in Germany.

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It would make a good name for a character, especially a fairy.

Fern is so pretty and earthy.

Probably my most favorite girl name! It's really cute, and it has this comforting nature feel to it if that makes sense. 100/10! :)

I LOVE this as a middle name. Not so much as a first.

Beautiful name!

So adorable, sweet, and pretty! I love this name, and I think any age can pull this off!

I was named Fern because of all the ferns that grew in the woods around the house where I lived as a child. I like my name, but it was definitely a challenge growing up (a LOT of teasing). Adults are much kinder. I, too, have been called Fran (sigh), and oftentimes Faith (I just roll with that one). I think having an unusual name makes me a stronger person; it suits me. I can’t picture myself being a Betsy or a Mary. Ferns rule!

Also makes for a sweet cow name.

I love this for a first or middle name. ❤️.

Meh, it's okay.

Ugh. SO dowdy!

Pretty.

To be named after a peaceful plant full of ancient destiny is a gift and a virtue.

I particularly like it as a middle name.

This sounds so unappealing and so outdated.

Despite Fern being a seemingly elegant name in most literary pieces using it, I can't help but associate it with something that's anything but that. Thanks to the popular cartoon series, "Adventure Time," this name now holds a different emotional significance, and a different meaning all together, since it was the used by a certain volatile plant based character. This character displays traits that go against the name's original meaning, with the biggest difference being the gender association. The Fern featured in the show is violent and over the top, not elegant and pristine.

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Honestly though, he's probably the best character out there with this name.

Most of the associations here are lovely. I help people by phone all day and people warm up to me almost immediately when they hear my name. I am tall and so are the prehistoric Giant Ferns. I like that.

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There was an Aunt Fern who gave the newlyweds a $10 check for their wedding gift (Barefoot in the Park). Not great. But my grandmother was a sweet Aunt Fern to so many, and my Mom and I refer to each other as Fern, our little private club (I'm a 3rd generation Fern).

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It only sounds ugly when people who are mad at me say it. I chuckle at my nicknames: Wernsie, Fernsie, Fernikins (to my Mom-mom), In-Fern-no (!), even Fringe (I had very creative friends). EVEN Fernella.

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I DON'T like being called Fran, Dawn or Pearl!

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So nice to read all these comments as there is no historical context for the name. This kind of gives me "roots." (Heh heh).

My dad's mom's mother was Dora Fern. I like the combo a lot. I would use Fern to honor her as a middle name.

Okay, but who would name someone a plant?

Fern: Down-to-earth. Honest. Elegant. Free-spirited. Classic. Youthful. Artistic.
A Fern is one of the oldest plants on the Earth. I actually like the Fern Gully and Charlotte's Web references, but they shouldn't deter you from Fern if you don't. Fern has a long history of use (since the 1880s), so there have been many other Ferns.

My grandmother's name. My great grandmother always had the plant for as long as I can remember. Almost sure she named her after her plant. But Fern is not a name I am fond of. It's a name that comes with a meanness attached to it.

I've always adored this sweet name. (♥ó㉨ò)ﾉ♡ Fern is a breathtakingly beautiful and elegant nature name. It's cool, classy, smart-sounding & respectable, plus it has a nice homey feel to it. :) I imagine a kind, honest and friendly person with this name. (^^)ｂI admit, I do think of the character Fern Arable who's in Charlotte's Web, BUT that association doesn't ruin this name in any way for me! (So please don't be put off from it because of the book as it'd be such a huge shame to do.)

Not referring to this name in particular, but has anyone noticed that a name you previously despised suddenly becomes beautiful when you meet someone you like who has it? It can change your whole concept of the name. (Moral; Don't despise ANY name! (Well, maybe manure or pigsty.))

My grandma's name is Fern and when she was young, people called her "Fernie" as a nickname. She didn't like her name because she wanted a popular name, though I love her name and it sounds calm and earthy, yet elegant.

I LOVE this name. It's a nature-related name that sounds AWESOME, and which is neither too common nor too outlandish.

Really cute name for anyone elder or child its youthful sounding which is greatly good.

Why oh why did E.B. White use this name? I HATE that book Charlotte's Web. Now the name seems so childish and "kids bookish" if you get what I mean. It would have been quite elegant, beautiful and artistic otherwise. I wish I could forget the association.

I think I like this name because of Charlotte's Web.

I'm the only person I know under 80 years old named Fern. I used to hate it when I was younger because, as simple as it looks, my name was always mispronounced. Everyone turned it into "Fran" or "Fren" somehow, even when I enunciated. In middle school people used to give me flak about having a weird inelegant name, and I still cringe whenever anyone says my name. Thankfully, High School students seem to be open to diversity. I've come to almost like the name in my old age (late teens).

I think this is a great name that would suit any age. I also prefer it to the more strange spelling Fearne.

It's beautiful but then ferns are beautiful things. I always picture a very free-spirited intellectual type.

The name 'Fern' is alright. I suppose one advantage of having it is that no-one ever forgets my name. Also, it can't be shortened. I would have preferred to have been called something with a little more of a meaning, myself. That description of a reclusive, sulky teenage girl is scarily accurate.

Despite the similarity to the surname of the horrendous Sally Kern, I like this name, but she has still managed to ruin it in the sense that I woulld no longer want to use it. For some reason, this name always makes me picture a sarcastic, eccentric, somewhat reclusive, long- and dark-haired, a tad sulky teenage girl in some movie.

I really don't find this name appealing. It was also a name of a character in the movie "Jawbreaker".

I think the name Fern is very beautiful.

I have a penpal in New Zealand named "Fern" and to me it sounds like a unique name. Only in German, "fern" means as much as "far away".