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Ferdinand is a Germanic given name composed of the words for prepared/protection/safety (frithu) and journey/boldness/recklessness (nantha). It is particularly common in nations and regions that were settled by the Visigoths: Fernán, Fernando, Hernando, and Hernán in Spanish, Ferran in Catalan, and Fernando and Fernăo in Portuguese.

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Ferdinand is a Germanic given name composed of the words for prepared/protection/safety (frithu) and journey/boldness/recklessness (nantha). It is particularly common in nations and regions that were settled by the Visigoths: Fernán, Fernando, Hernando, and Hernán in Spanish, Ferran in Catalan, and Fernando and Fernăo in Portuguese. The Visigoths originally pronounced it as Frithnanth, later its Latinized form Frithunantus was pronounced that way by the Romans. According to Visigothic tradition it means "ardent for peace."
The French forms are Ferrand, Fernand, and Fernandel, and it is Ferdinando in Italian. The Finnish version is Veeti. In the United States the name has been Americanized into Fernie.
Royalty and Nobility
Aragon
Leon/Castille/Spain
Portugal
- Ferdinand I of Portugal, the Handsome (1345–1383), king in 1367
- Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816–1885), second husband of queen Maria II. Consort prince (1836) and Consort king (1837)
- Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders, son of king Sancho I
- Ferdinand the Holy Infante, king John I younger son, died in Morocco, prisoner of the Moors
- Infante Ferdinand, 2nd Duke of Viseu and 1st Duke of Beja, king Manuel's father
- Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso, 3rd male son of king Manuel I of Portugal
- Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza, son of Afonso I, 1st Duke of Braganza
- Ferdinand II, 3rd Duke of Braganza, son of Ferdinand I
- Ferdinand of Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Real, grandson of King Ferdinand I of Portugal
Austria and German States
Tuscany
Naples/Two Sicilies
Parma
- Ferdinand de Bourbon of Parma (1751–1802), duke in 1765
Bulgaria
Romania
Other people
- Ferran Adriŕ, Catalan chef
- Fernando Alonso, Spanish racing driver
- Ferdinand Bol, Dutch Golden Age painter
- Fernand Braudel, French historian
- Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
- Les Ferdinand, Rio Ferdinand and Anton Ferdinand, English footballers
- Ferdinand Foch, French, Allied Supreme Commander in World War I
- Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
- Fernando Guidicelli, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Lamas, Argentine American actor
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll Morton" Lamothe, American self-styled inventor of jazz
- Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese-Spanish sea captain, leader of first expedition to sail around the world
- Ferdinand Marcos, tenth president of the Philippines
- Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer
- Fernando Pisani, Canadian-Italian Hockey Player
- Ferdinand de Saussure, French linguist
- Fernando Dinarte Santos Silva, Portuguese footballer
- Fernando Torres, Spanish football player
- Fernando Wood, New York City mayor
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German airship mogul
- Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. (Lew Alcindor), American basketball player who changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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