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What does Ferdinand mean?
Ferdinand 
▼ as a boys' name is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Ferdinand is "ready journey". The original form is Ferdinando, which is of Germanic Visigothic origin, from fard "journey" (or frid "peace") and nand "ready, prepared". The name appears as Ferdenandus in Latin, and in early use "rn" and "rr" are used interchangebly, which led to the forms Ferrand or Ferrant. In Spain, it was used in forms starting with "H" instead of "F". It appeared in England in the 16th century, with Mary I's Spanish husband Philip II. Explorers Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando Cortez; former Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos.
ASSOCIATED WITH peace, england, 16th century
Variations
VARIANTS Ferd, Ferdi, Ferdie, Ferdinando, Ferdo, Ferdy, Ferdynand, Fernan, Fernand, Fernandas, Fernande, Fernando, Hernan, Hernando, Nando, Nandy
FEMININE FORM Fernanda
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ferdinand Gray (F.G.), ..
How popular is Ferdinand?
Ferdinand is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#845 out of 1220, Top 69%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#12616 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ferdinand entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its highest position of #276 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Ferd, Fernand, Fernando (#310 A YEAR AGO) and Hernan are the popular varying forms of Ferdinand. These relations of Ferdinand were favored 2 decades ago (AVERAGE #1425) and are now significantly less widespread (#1662, DOWN 57.4%), with the form Ferdinand becoming less trendy.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Bertrand, Derland, Farand, Farrand, Farrimond, Farrimund, Fermin, Fernald, Ferran, Ferrin, Finan, Freeland, Furnald, Mariland (see Maryland) and Marriland (see Maryland). These names tend to be less frequently used than Ferdinand.
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