Fernando

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English

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Etymology

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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)).

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Proper noun

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Fernando

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

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Fer‧nan‧do
  • IPA(key): /peɾˈnando/ [peɾ̪ˈn̪an̪.d̪o]

Proper noun

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Fernando

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Fernando m (plural Fernandos)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Fernando m

  1. a male given name from Gothic

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Anagrams

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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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

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Statistics

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