Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Latin : Iron Boy name variations Ferrys Ferrell Ferrel Faris Farris Feris Ferrice Ferrise Ferryce Ferriss How Popular Is The Name Ferris Family name origins & meanings Irish and Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearghuis or Ó Fearghasa ‘descendant of Fearghus’, or from the Scottish-Gaelic form of this personal name, Fearghus (see Fergus).English : variant of Farrar.