Ferdinand Given Name
Origin	Germanic
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Ferdinand

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: Fernando, Hernando, and Hernán in Spanish, Ferran in Catalan, and Fernando and Fernão 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 and Fernandel, and it is Ferdinando in Italian. In the United States the name has been Americanized into Fernie.

Royalty and Nobility

Iberian peninsula

• Ferdinand I of Aragon — the Just; 1379–1416; became king 1412
• Ferdinand II of Aragon — also known as Ferdinand V of Spain, the Catholic; 1453–1516
• Ferdinand I of Portugal — the Handsome; 1345–1383; became king 1367
• Ferdinand II of Portugal — 1816–1885; became titular king 1837
• Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon — the Great; ca.1000–1065, became king 1037
• Ferdinand II of Leon — d. 1188; became king 1157
• Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon — the Saint; ca.1217, 1199–1252; became king of Castile 1217, of Leon 1230
• Ferdinand IV of Castile and Leon — 1285–1312; became king 1295
• Ferdinand VI of Spain — 1712–1759; became king 1746
• Ferdinand VII of Spain — 1784–1833; became king 1808
• Ferdinand of Austria, Cardinal-Infante of Spain — 1618–1641

Austrian and German states

• Ferdinand I of Austria — 1793–1875; became emperor 1835
• Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria
• Ferdinand III, Archduke of Austria — see Ferdinand III, grand duke of Tuscany
• Ferdinand IV, Archduke of Austria, duke of Modena
• Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, assassinated in Sarajevo 1914
• Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick — 1721–1792
• Fernando, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor — 1503–1564; became emperor 1556
• Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor — 1578–1637; became emperor 1619

Italian states

• Ferdinand I of Naples — ca.1424–1494; became king 1458
• Ferdinand II of Naples — 1469–1496; became king 1495
• Ferdinand III of Naples — see Ferdinand II of Aragon
• Ferdinand IV of Naples — 1751–1825; first became king 1759
• Ferdinand de Bourbon of Parma — 1751–1802; became duke 1765
• Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies — see Ferdinand IV of Naples
• Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies — 1810–1859; became king 1830
• Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany — 1769–1824; became grand duke 1790
• Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany — b.1835; grand duke 1859–1860

Balkan Peninsula

• Ferdinand I of Bulgaria — 1861–1948; knyaz (prince) 1887–1908, tsar (emperor) 1908–1918
• Ferdinand I of Romania — 1865–1927; became king 1914

Other people

• Ferran Adrià, 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

Places

• Ferdinand (moon), a moon of Uranus
• Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand), the largest city in Malta by area

In the United States:

• Ferdinand, Idaho
• Ferdinand, Indiana
• Ferdinand, Vermont

Other uses

• Ferdinand (horse) (1983–2002), racehorse
• The Story of Ferdinand, a children's book
• Franz Ferdinand (band), from Scotland
• Ferd'nand, a comic-strip character syndicated by United Media
• Elefant (originally named Ferdinand), WWII German self-propelled antitank gun

See also

• Ferdinando

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Ferdinand". Image Credit.

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