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Fernando

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Ferdinand.

PronunciationSpanish /feɾ.ˈnan.do/; European Portuguese /fɨɾ.ˈnɐ̃.du/; Brazilian Portuguese /feh.ˈnɐ̃.du/
Usage languagesGalician, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#387

Meaning and history

Fernando is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian form of Ferdinand.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 2,758 births, rank #151
2007: 2,687 births, rank #157
2008: 2,383 births, rank #164
2009: 2,126 births, rank #179
2010: 1,953 births, rank #189
20112011: 1,706 births, rank #209
2012: 1,482 births, rank #243
2013: 1,429 births, rank #254
2014: 1,404 births, rank #264
2015: 1,348 births, rank #272
20162016: 1,245 births, rank #289
2017: 1,142 births, rank #306
2018: 1,093 births, rank #311
2019: 1,065 births, rank #315
2020: 938 births, rank #342
20212021: 906 births, rank #358
2022: 976 births, rank #342
2023: 970 births, rank #344
2024: 952 births, rank #352
20252025: 819 births, rank #387

Fernando moved from #352 to #387 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2006, with 2,758 births.