Ferdinand

Ferdinand is a Germanic given name composed of the words for prepared and journey. It is particularly common in nations that were settled by the Visigoths: Fernando, Hernando, Ferran and Hernán in Spanish, and Fernando and Fernão in Portuguese. The Visigoths orignally pronounced it as Frithnanth, later it's latinzed form Frithunantus was pronounced that way by the Romans. According to Visigothic tradition it means "ardent for peace".

The French forms are Ferrand and Fernandel, and it is Ferdinando in Italian. In the United States the name has been Americanized into Fernie

Royalty and Nobility

Iberian peninsula

• Ferdinand I of Aragon — the Just; 1379–1416; became king 1412.
• Ferdinand II of Aragon — also known as Ferdinand V of Spain, the Catholic; 1453–1516
• Ferdinand I of Portugal — the Handsome; 1345–1383; became king 1367.
• Ferdinand II of Portugal — 1816–1885; became titular king 1837.
• Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon — the Great; ca.1000–1065, became king 1037.
• Ferdinand II of Leon — d. 1188; became king 1157.
• Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon — the Saint; ca.1198/1199–1252; became king of Castile 1217, of Leon 1230.
• Ferdinand IV of Castile and Leon — 1285–1312; became king 1295.
• Ferdinand VI of Spain — 1712–1759; became king 1746
• Ferdinand VII of Spain — 1784–1833; became king 1808
• Ferdinand of Austria, Cardinal-Infante of Spain — 1618–1641

Austrian and German states

• Ferdinand I of Austria — 1793–1875; became emperor 1835
• Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria
• Ferdinand III, Archduke of Austria — see Ferdinand III, grand duke of Tuscany.
• Ferdinand IV, Archduke of Austria, duke of Modena.
• Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, assassinated in Sarajevo 1914.
• Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick — 1721–1792.
• Fernando, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor — 1503–1564; became emperor 1556.
• Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor — 1578–1637; became emperor 1619.

Italian states

• Ferdinand I of Naples — ca.1424–1494; became king 1458.
• Ferdinand II of Naples — 1469–1496; became king 1495.
• Ferdinand III of Naples — see Ferdinand II of Aragon.
• Ferdinand IV of Naples — 1751–1825; first became king 1759.
• Ferdinand de Bourbon of Parma — 1751–1802; became duke 1765.
• Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies — see Ferdinand IV of Naples
• Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies — 1810–1859; became king 1830.
• Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany — 1769–1824; became grand duke 1790.
• Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany — b.1835; grand duke 1859–1860.

Balkan Peninsula

• Ferdinand I of Bulgaria — 1861–1948; knyaz (prince) 1887–1908, tsar (emperor) 1908–1918.
• Ferdinand I of Romania, — 1865–1927; became king 1914.

Other people

• Fernando Alonso, racing driver
• Ferdinand Bol, Ducth Golden Age painter
• Fernand Braudel, French historian
• Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
• Les Ferdinand, Rio Ferdinand and Anton Ferdinand, English footballers
• Ferdinand Foch, Allied Supreme Commander in World War I
• Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
• Fernando Guidicelli, Brazilian footballer
• Fernando Lamas, Argentine-American actor
• Ferdinand Magellan, sea captain, leader of first expedition to sail around the world
• Fernando Pisani, Hockey Player
• Ferdinand de Saussure, famous linguist
• Fernando Dinarte Santos Silva, Portuguese footballer
• Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
• Fernando Wood, New York City mayor
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin, airship mogul

Other meanings

• Ferdinand beer
• Ferdinand (horse) (1983–2002), racehorse
• Franz Ferdinand (band), from Scotland
• Ferdinand the Bull, eponymous character from The Story of Ferdinand, a children's book
• Ferd'nand, a comic-strip character syndicated by United Media
• Ferdinand (moon), a moon of Uranus
• Elefant, WWII German self-propelled antitank gun
• Ferdinand,_Vermont, a small town