Ferdinand

English

Etymology

From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)).

• (Uranus): The moon is named after a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
• (Philippines): Named after Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɝdn̩.ænd/, /ˈfɝdən-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːdɪnænd/, /-nənd/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Fer‧di‧nand

Proper noun

Ferdinand (countable and uncountable, plural Ferdinands)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.
2. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Uranus.
3. A number of places in the Philippines, named after former president Ferdinand Marcos:
   1. A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
   2. A barangay of Marcos, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

Related terms

• Ferdinand E. Marcos
• Fernando

Ferdinand Marcos

• Ferdinand E. Marcos
• Marcos

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: ফার্ডিনান্ড (pharḍinanḍ)
• Bulgarian: Фердина́нд m (Ferdinánd)
• Catalan: Ferran (ca)
• Chinese: 費迪南德 / 费迪南德 (Fèidínándé), 斐迪南 (zh) (Fěidínán), 費迪南 / 费迪南 (Fèidínán)
• Czech: Ferdinand (cs)
• Danish: Ferdinand
• Extremaduran: Fernandu
• Finnish: Veeti (fi)
• French: Fernand (fr)
• Galician: Fernán (gl) m, Fernando (gl)
• Georgian: ფერდინანდი (perdinandi)
• German: Ferdinand (de)
• Greek: Φερδινάνδος (el) (Ferdinándos)
• Hungarian: Ferdinánd (hu), Nándor (hu)
• Italian: Ferdinando (it) m
• Latin: Ferdinandus
• Norwegian: Ferdinand (no)
• Persian: فردیناند
• Polish: Ferdynand (pl)
• Portuguese: Fernão (pt) m, Fernando (pt)
• Russian: Фердина́нд (ru) m (Ferdinánd)
• Sicilian: Firdinannu m, Firnannu m
• Spanish: Fernando (es), Hernando (es), Hernán (es), Fernán (es)
• Swedish: Ferdinand

moon of Uranus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天衛二十四 / 天卫二十四 (Tiānwèi Èrshísì)

• Japanese: ファーディナンド (ja) (Fādinando)

See also

• barangays of Baguio

  • Abanao - Zandueta - Chugum - Kayang - Otek
  • Alfonso Tabora
  • Ambiong
  • Andres Bonifacio
  • Andres Bonifacio - Caguioa - Rimando
  • Asin
  • Atok Trail
  • Aurora Hill Proper, Malvar Sergeant Floresca (former name)
  • Bakakeng Central
  • Bakakeng Norte
  • Bal Marcoville
  • Bayan Park Village
  • BGH Compound
  • Brookside
  • Brookspoint
  • Cabinet Hill - Teachers Camp
  • Camdas
  • Camp 7
  • Camp 8
  • Camp Allen
  • Campo Filipino
  • Campo Sioco, Ferdinand Marcos (former name)
  • City Camp Central
  • City Camp Proper
  • Country Club Village
  • Cresencia Village
  • Dizon - Manzanillo
  • Dominican - Mirador
  • Dontogan
  • DPS Compound
  • East Bayan Park
  • East Modern Site
  • East Quirino Hill
  • Engineers Hill
  • Fairview
  • Ferdinand, Happy Homes - Campo Sioco (former name)
  • Gabriela Silang
  • General Emilio F. Aguinaldo - Lower Quirino Magsaysay
  • Gibraltar
  • Greenwater Village
  • Guisad Central
  • Guisad Surong
  • Happy Hallow
  • Happy Homes - Old Lucban
  • Harrison Claudio Carantes
  • Hillside
  • Holy Ghost Extension
  • Holy Ghost Hill Proper
  • Honeymoon-Holyghost
  • Imelda Marcos, La Salle (former name)
  • Imelda Village
  • Irisan
  • Kabayanihan
  • Kagitingan
  • Kayang Extension
  • Kayang Hilltop
  • Kias
  • Legarda-Burnham-Kisad
  • Leonila Hill, West Bayan Park (former name)
  • Liwanag Loakan
  • Loakan Apugan
  • Loakan Proper
  • Lopez Jaena
  • Lourdes Extension
  • Lourdes Proper Subdivision
  • Lower Dagsian
  • Lower General Luna
  • Lower Lourdes
  • Lower Magsaysay
  • Lower Quirino Hill
  • Lower Rock Quarry
  • Lualhati
  • Lucnab
  • Magsaysay Private Road
  • Malcolm Square-Perfecto, Jose Abad Santos (former name)
  • Manuel Roxas
  • Middle Quezon Hill Subdivision
  • Middle Quirino Hill
  • Middle Rock Quarry
  • Military Cut-Off
  • Mines View Park
  • MRR - Queen of Peace
  • New Lucban
  • North Central Aurora Hill
  • North Sanitary Camp
  • Outlook Drive
  • Pacdal
  • Padre Burgos
  • Padre Zamora
  • Palma-Urbano, Cariño - Palma (former name)
  • Phil-am
  • Pinget
  • Pinsao Pilot Project
  • Pinsao Proper
  • PMA Fort Del Pilar
  • Poliwes
  • Pucsusan
  • Quezon Hill Proper
  • Rizal Monument Area
  • Saint Joseph Village, Navy Base (colloquial)
  • Salud Mitra
  • San Antonio Village
  • San Luis - Balsigan
  • San Luis Village
  • San Roque Village
  • Santa Escolastica Village
  • Santo Niño - Slaughter
  • Santo Rosario
  • Santo Tomas Proper
  • Santo Tomas School Area
  • San Vicente
  • Scout Barrio
  • Session Road
  • SLU-SVP Housing Village
  • South Central Aurora Hill
  • South Drive
  • South Sanitary Camp
  • Teodora Alonzo
  • Trancoville
  • Upper Dagsian
  • Upper General Luna
  • Upper Magsaysay
  • Upper Market Subdivision
  • Upper Quezon Hill
  • Upper Quirino Magsaysay
  • Upper Rock Quarry
  • Victoria Village
  • West Modern Site
  • West Quirino Hill
• barangays of Marcos, Ilocos Norte

  • Cacafean
  • Daquioag
  • Elizabeth
  • Escoda
  • Ferdinand
  • Fortuna
  • Imelda
  • Lydia
  • Mabuti
  • Pacifico
  • Santiago
  • Tabucbuc
  • Valdez

Albanian

Proper noun

Ferdinand m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Ferdinand

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Ferdinand	Ferdinandi
accusative		Ferdinandin
dative/ablative	Ferdinandi	Ferdinandit

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛrɟɪnant]

Proper noun

Ferdinand m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Declension

Declension of Ferdinand (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ferdinand	Ferdinandové
genitive	Ferdinanda	Ferdinandů
dative	Ferdinandovi, Ferdinandu	Ferdinandům
accusative	Ferdinanda	Ferdinandy
vocative	Ferdinande	Ferdinandové
locative	Ferdinandovi, Ferdinandu	Ferdinandech
instrumental	Ferdinandem	Ferdinandy

Danish

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Faroese

Proper noun

Ferdinand m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Usage notes

Patronymics

• Ferdinand's son: Ferdinandsson
• Ferdinand's daughter: Ferdinandsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Ferdinand
accusative	Ferdinand
dative	Ferdinandi
genitive	Ferdinands

German

Etymology

From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʁdinant/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Ferdinand m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ferdinands, plural Ferdinande or Ferdinands)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Declension

Declension of Ferdinand [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ferdinand	die	Ferdinande, Ferdinands
genitive	eines	des	Ferdinands	der	Ferdinande, Ferdinands
dative	einem	dem	Ferdinand	den	Ferdinanden, Ferdinands
accusative	einen	den	Ferdinand	die	Ferdinande, Ferdinands

Norwegian

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Ferdinand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrdinand/

Proper noun

Ferdinand m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Declension

Declension of Ferdinand
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ferdinand	Ferdinandovia
genitive	Ferdinanda	Ferdinandov
dative	Ferdinandovi	Ferdinandom
accusative	Ferdinanda	Ferdinandov
locative	Ferdinandovi	Ferdinandoch
instrumental	Ferdinandom	Ferdinandmi

Derived terms

• Ferdiš, Ferdiško
• Ferdo, Ferdko
• Nando, Nandko

Further reading

• “Ferdinand”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

Proper noun

Ferdinand c (genitive Ferdinands)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Turkish

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. (astronomy) Ferdinand