Fernando

English

Etymology

Contraction of Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) or *friþuz (“peace”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)).

Pronunciation
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /fɝˈnændoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ændəʊ

Proper noun

Fernando

  1. A male given name from Spanish of Spanish origin. Diminutive: Nando, Fer

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: fer‧nan‧do
  • IPA(key): /peɾˈnando/, [pɪɾ̪ˈn̪an̪.d̪ʊ]

Proper noun

Fernando

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /feʁˈnɐ̃.du/ [feɦˈnɐ̃.du]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /feɾˈnɐ̃.du/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /feʁˈnɐ̃.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /feɻˈnɐ̃.do/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃du
  • Hyphenation: Fer‧nan‧do

Proper noun

Fernando m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌳 (fard, “journey”) + 𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳 (nand, “ready, prepared”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /feɾˈnando/ [feɾˈnãn̪.d̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ando
  • Syllabification: Fer‧nan‧do

Proper noun

Fernando m

  1. a male given name from Gothic

Derived terms

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Proper noun

Fernando (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. a male given name from Spanish
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic deriving from the given name, or from

Derived terms

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fernando is the 92nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 60,063 individuals.

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