As the Spanish and Portuguese form of Ferdinand, Fernando means ‘bold protector’. It originated from the Gothic words ‘frith’ for ‘protection’ and ‘nanth’ for ‘boldness, daring’.
Fernando is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Fernando isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Fernando ranks 288. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 7 were named Fernando. In the entire USA, approximately 96,957 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Fernando. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
As the Spanish and Portuguese form of Ferdinand, Fernando means ‘bold protector’. It originated from the Gothic words ‘frith’ for ‘protection’ and ‘nanth’ for ‘boldness, daring’.
Gothic is an ... extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. The oldest documents in Gothic date back to the 4th century.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter F is quite rare as a first letter for boys' names: only 1.5% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an F. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With eight letters, the name Fernando is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 1.5% of all boys' names begin with an F, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average. However, individual boys' names with F are really popular, the most common currently being Frank.
If your name is Fernando and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Fernando, you can simply say:
Fox
Elephant
Rocket
Nut
Apple
Nut
Dinosaur
Orange
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Fernando
Fernando
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
F
E
R
N
A
N
D
O
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
F
E
R
N
A
N
D
O
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Fernando sounds like this:
