Fernando

See also: fernando

English

Etymology

From Spanish Fernando, a contraction of Ferdinando, equivalent to English Ferdinand. From Proto-Germanic *fardiz (journey) or *friþuz (peace) + *nanþaz (daring) (from the root of *ninþaną (to be daring)).

Pronunciation

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/ [peɾ̪ˈn̪an̪.d̪o]

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 (plural Fernandos, feminine Fernanda, feminine plural Fernandas)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

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

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /feɾˈnando/ [fɛɾˈn̪an̪.d̪o]
    • IPA(key): (with nativization) /peɾˈnando/ [pɛɾˈn̪an̪.d̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ando
  • Syllabification: Fer‧nan‧do

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.