About the Fedder Surname

It is easy to miss Fedder in an index if you only search for Feder. At root, the name means “Dweller at the sign of the feather”.

Family crest and blazon

Looking for a Fedder coat of arms? Arms were granted to families, not to surnames, and our research shows which heraldic tradition fits yours.

A variant of Feder

Fedder adds “d” to Feder, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

About 740 people in the United States were recorded as Fedder in 2010, placing it 31,329 on the national list. Get the complete Fedder report, with a museum-style coat of arms.