Throughout the world, Fernald (Fernald 
) is a rare masculine given name. The first name Fernald is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, Philippines, where it is a very rare boy's name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare primarily masculine, but scarcely girly name. More prevalently, Fernald is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Fernald | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, United States, Suriname, Netherlands |
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merritt lyndon fernald American botanist (1873-1950), US (b. 1873) |
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| woodbury m. fernald (b. 1813) |
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| merritt caldwell fernald (b. 1838) |
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| nathe fernald |
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