Ferdinand

English

Etymology

From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) or *friþuz (“peace”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)). See also Frankish *Fardinanth.

The moon is named after a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɝdn̩ˌænd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːdɪˌnænd/
• Hyphenation: Fer‧di‧nand

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but never popular in English.
2. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus.

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: ফার্ডিনান্ড (pharḍinanḍ)
• Catalan: Ferran (ca)
• 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)
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• Hungarian: Ferdinánd (hu)
• Norwegian: Ferdinand (no)
• Persian: فردیناند
• Polish: Ferdynand (pl)
• Portuguese: Fernão (pt) m, Fernando (pt)
• Russian: Фердина́нд (ru) m (Ferdinánd)
• Sicilian: Firdinannu m
• Spanish: Fernando (es), Hernando (es), Hernán (es)
• Swedish: Ferdinand

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Czech

Proper noun

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

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Danish

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

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Faroese

Proper noun

Ferdinand m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Usage notes

• son of Ferdinand: Ferdinandsson
• daughter of Ferdinand: Ferdinandsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Ferdinand
Accusative	Ferdinand
Dative	Ferdinandi
Genitive	Ferdinands

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

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Slovak

Etymology

From German Ferdinand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrdinand/

Proper noun

Ferdinand m (genitive singular Ferdinanda, nominative plural Ferdinandovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Declension

Declension of Ferdinand

	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, 2024

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Swedish

Proper noun

Ferdinand c (genitive Ferdinands)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand