Fery
Fery is a male given name and a family name.
Origin and meaning of the name
The name is a diminutive of Ferdinand , from Gothic frith 'protection, security' and nanth ' boldness, audacity', roughly equivalent to 'bold protector'.
The name came to Spain with the Visigoths and in the 16th century with the Habsburgs in German-speaking countries and soon became popular there.
Well-known namesake
First name
- Fery Gebauer (1901–1981), Austrian composer and publisher
- Fery Kletzer (1830–1878), Hungarian composer and cellist
family name
- John Fery (1859–1934), Austro-American landscape painter
- Klaus Fery (1893–1955), German actor
- Nikolaus Fery (1919–2016), German politician (CDU), MdL Saarland