Ferdinand

English

Etymology

From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)).

The moon is named after a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɝdn̩.ænd/, /ˈfɝdən-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːdɪnænd/, /-nənd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Fer‧di‧nand

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.
2. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus.
3. Places in the Philippines, named after former president Ferdinand Marcos:
   1. A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines

      Synonym: Happy Homes - Campo Sioco — old name

      Coordinate terms: Abanao - Zandueta - Chugum - Kayang - Otek, Alfonso Tabora, Ambiong, Andres Bonifacio, Andres Bonifacio - Caguioa - Rimando, Asin, Atok Trail, Aurora Hill Proper, BGH Compound, Bakakeng Central, Bakakeng Norte, Bal Marcoville, Bayan Park Village, Brookside, Brookspoint, Cabinet Hill - Teachers Camp, Camdas, Camp 7, Camp 8, Camp Allen, Campo Filipino, Campo Sioco, City Camp Central, City Camp Proper, Country Club Village, Cresencia Village, DPS Compound, Dizon - Manzanillo, Dominican - Mirador, Dontogan, East Bayan Park, East Modern Site, East Quirino Hill, Engineers Hill, Fairview, Ferdinand, Gabriela Silang, General Emilio F. Aguinaldo - Lower Quirino Magsaysay, Gibraltar, Greenwater Village, Guisad Central, Guisad Surong, Happy Hallow, Happy Homes - Old Lucban, Harrison Claudio Carantes, Hillside, Holy Ghost Extension, Holy Ghost Hill Proper, Honeymoon-Holyghost, Imelda Marcos, Imelda Village, Irisan, Kabayanihan, Kagitingan, Kayang Extension, Kayang Hilltop, Kias, Legarda-Burnham-Kisad, Leonila Hill, Liwanag Loakan, Loakan Apugan, Loakan Proper, Lopez Jaena, Lourdes Extension, Lourdes Proper Subdivision, Lower Dagsian, Lower General Luna, Lower Lourdes, Lower Magsaysay, Lower Quirino Hill, Lower Rock Quarry, Lualhati, Lucnab, MRR - Queen of Peace, MRR Queen of Peace, Magsaysay Private Road, Malcolm Square-Perfecto, Manuel Roxas, Middle Quezon Hill Subdivision, Middle Quirino Hill, Middle Rock Quarry, Military Cut-Off, Mines View Park, New Lucban, North Central Aurora Hill, North Sanitary Camp, Outlook Drive, PMA Fort Del Pilar, Pacdal, Padre Burgos, Padre Zamora, Palma-Urbano, Phil-am, Pinget, Pinsao Pilot Project, Pinsao Proper, Poliwes, Pucsusan, Quezon Hill Proper, Rizal Monument Area, SLU-SVP Housing Village, Saint Joseph Village, Salud Mitra, San Antonio Village, San Luis - Balsigan, San Luis Village, San Roque Village, San Vicente, Santa Escolastica Village, Santo Niño - Slaughter, Santo Rosario, Santo Tomas Proper, Santo Tomas School Area, Scout Barrio, Session Road, South Central Aurora Hill, South Drive, South Sanitary Camp, Teodora Alonzo, Trancoville, Upper Dagsian, Upper General Luna, Upper Magsaysay, Upper Market Subdivision, Upper Quezon Hill, Upper Quirino Magsaysay, Upper Rock Quarry, Victoria Village, West Modern Site, West Quirino Hill — barangays of Baguio

   2. A barangay of Marcos, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

      Coordinate terms: Cacafean, Daquioag, Elizabeth, Escoda, Ferdinand, Fortuna, Imelda, Lydia, Mabuti, Pacifico, Santiago, Tabucbuc, Valdez — barangays of Marcos

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: ফার্ডিনান্ড (pharḍinanḍ)
• Catalan: Ferran (ca)
• Chinese: 费迪南德 (fèidínándé), 斐迪南 (zh) (fěidínán), 费迪南 (fèidínán)
• Czech: Ferdinand (cs)
• Danish: Ferdinand
• Extremaduran: Fernandu
• Finnish: Veeti (fi)
• French: Fernand (fr)
• Galician: Fernán (gl) m, Fernando (gl)
• Georgian: ფერდინანდი (perdinandi)
• German: Ferdinand (de)
• Greek: Φερδινάνδος (el) (Ferdinándos)
• Hungarian: Ferdinánd (hu), Nándor (hu)
• Italian: Ferdinando (it) m
• Latin: Ferdinandus
• Norwegian: Ferdinand (no)
• Persian: فردیناند
• Polish: Ferdynand (pl)
• Portuguese: Fernão (pt) m, Fernando (pt)
• Russian: Фердина́нд (ru) m (Ferdinánd)
• Sicilian: Firdinannu m
• Spanish: Fernando (es), Hernando (es), Hernán (es), Fernán (es)
• Swedish: Ferdinand

moon of Uranus

• Japanese: ファーディナンド (ja) (Fādinando)

See also

• Ferdinand E. Marcos

 

Czech

Proper noun

Ferdinand m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Declension

Declension of Ferdinand (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ferdinand	Ferdinandové
genitive	Ferdinanda	Ferdinandů
dative	Ferdinandovi, Ferdinandu	Ferdinandům
accusative	Ferdinanda	Ferdinandy
vocative	Ferdinande	Ferdinandové
locative	Ferdinandovi, Ferdinandu	Ferdinandech
instrumental	Ferdinandem	Ferdinandy

Danish

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Faroese

Proper noun

Ferdinand m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Usage notes

• son of Ferdinand: Ferdinandsson
• daughter of Ferdinand: Ferdinandsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Ferdinand
Accusative	Ferdinand
Dative	Ferdinandi
Genitive	Ferdinands

German

Etymology

From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”) + *nanþaz (“daring”) (from the root of *ninþaną (“to be daring”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʁdinant/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Ferdinand m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ferdinands)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Norwegian

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Ferdinand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrdinand/

Proper noun

Ferdinand m pers (genitive singular Ferdinanda, nominative plural Ferdinandovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Declension

Declension of Ferdinand

	singular	plural
nominative	Ferdinand	Ferdinandovia
genitive	Ferdinanda	Ferdinandov
dative	Ferdinandovi	Ferdinandom
accusative	Ferdinanda	Ferdinandov
locative	Ferdinandovi	Ferdinandoch
instrumental	Ferdinandom	Ferdinandmi

Derived terms

• Ferdiš, Ferdiško
• Ferdo, Ferdko
• Nando, Nandko

 

Further reading

• “Ferdinand”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swedish

Proper noun

Ferdinand c (genitive Ferdinands)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand

Turkish

Proper noun

Ferdinand

1. (astronomy) Ferdinand