Fernando
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Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is the most used surname in Sri Lanka. Fernando is a common surname among the Tamil speaking Paravars. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Fernando
- Given name.gender
- Male
- Given name.feminine
- Fernanda
- Given name.meaning
- courageous, adventurer, conqueror, and leader
- Given name.origin
- Spain and Portugal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- male given name
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- different from
- Fernando
- native label
- Fernando
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- F655
- Cologne phonetics
- 37662
- Caverphone
- FNNT11
- nickname
- Fernandinho
- language of work or name
- Galician
- transliteration or transcription
- Фернандо
- Commons category
- Fernando (given name)
- given name version for other gender
- Fernanda
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Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is the most used surname in Sri Lanka. Fernando is a common surname among the Tamil speaking Paravars. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".
==Given name== Fernando el Católico (1452–1516), king of Aragon
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