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Fernando

Pronounced /fɝˈnændoʊ/

Rank in 2024
#352
Born in 2024
951
Peak year
2006 · #151
Origin
Spanish

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 951 boys were named Fernando, about 1 in every 1,804.
  • It peaked in 2006 with 2,758 babies, ranked #151.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 102,317 boys have been named Fernando since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Fernando per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.5
    Gen X
  5. 0.8
    Millennials
  6. 1.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,720 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Silent: 2,755 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Boomers: 9,100 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,506 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Millennials: 24,818 babies, 0.82 per 1,000. Gen Z: 36,840 babies, 1.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,466 babies, 0.62 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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”)).

  • A male given name from Spanish; diminutive forms Fer, Nando.
Origin
Spanish
Say it
/fɝˈnændoʊ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.