as a Last Name
- 4,533
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Fernando
Meaning & Origins
Spanish and Portuguese: from a Germanic personal name composed of a metathesized form of frið ‘peace’ (or farð ‘journey’, ‘expedition’) + nanð ‘daring’, ‘boldness’. See also Ferdinand. This family name is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
| 7,403rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,533
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Fernando per capita
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