Ferry

Meaning

Proper Noun

• CDP Denali Borough (borough) Alaska (state) US (country).
• (unincorporated) community Greene County (county) Ohio (state) US (country).

Origin

• 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.
• A metonymic occupational surname for a ferryman or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ferry crossing, from Middle English feri ("ferry").