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Fernando - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Fernando

[ 3 syll. fer-nan-do, fe-rna-ndo ] The boy name Fernando is pronounced as FerNAENDow or FerNAANDow KEY. Fernando is used mostly in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. It is of Gothic origin. Fernando is a form of the English, French, and German name Ferdinand.

Fernando is popular as a baby boy name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1900s. At the modest height of its usage in 2006, 0.126% of baby boys were given the name Fernando. It had a ranking of #151 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.110% and its ranking #164, and it was the most frequently used within all boy names in its family.

Baby names that sound like Fernando include the French name Fernand and the German name Freimut.

KEY: English pronunciation for Fernando: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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