Férnando
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Férnando is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 30th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Contraction of Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) or *friþuz (“peace”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)).
- PTPortugal≈1 in 173(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 204
- PYParaguay≈1 in 250
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Férnando itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- #173 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 521 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 173 (inferred from the name graph)
523,152 named Fernanda, 2022
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Portugal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Fernando in AR Argentina, BR Brazil, US United States and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Contraction of Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) or *friþuz (“peace”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)).
Cited for this meaning 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Wiktionary
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Férnando counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #30 | 523,152as Fernanda | 1 in 405 | 556K | Fernando | 279 |
| AR Argentina | #41 | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 204 | 591 | Fernando | 225 |
| ES Spain | #24 | 191,965 | 1 in 261 | 197K | Fernando | 298 |
| PH Philippines | #119 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 590 | — | Fernando | 133 |
| US United States | #517 | 151,654 | 1 in 2.2K | 151K | Fernando | 521 |
| PT Portugal | #23 | ≈59,000 est. | ≈1 in 173 | listed | Fernando | 201 |
| PY Paraguay | #383 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 250 | — | Fernando | 94 |
| UY Uruguay | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 213 | 759 | — | 127 |
523,152 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022, counting the spelling fernanda. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Férnando mean, and where does it come from?
- Contraction of Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) or *friþuz (“peace”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 6 other sources.
- Is Férnando a male or female name?
- Férnando is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Férnando have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 523 thousand people named Fernanda, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Férnando?
- In Spain, the national register counted 191,965 people named Férnando, about 1 in 261 residents.
- How common is Férnando compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Férnando is the 30th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/f%C3%A9rnandoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Férnando” — the 30th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.