The name Fernald is French and the Coat of Arms contains Silver with a red cross.
Spelling variations include: Vernet, Verneto, Varnot, Vorne, Verney, Fornet, Forner, Forneret, Fornerat, Vernett, Vernette, Vernay, Fernet and many more.
First found in Ille de France, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and were seated with lands and manor.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: including many of the name who migrated to the New World from the mid 17th century onward.
