Fernando Explained
Fernando |
Pronunciation: | pronounced as /pt-PT/ pronounced as /es/ |
Gender: | Male |
Feminine: | Fernanda |
Meaning: | courageous, adventurer, conqueror, and leader |
Origin: | Spain and Portugal |
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".[1] [2]
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- Fernando de Magallanes (Ferdinand Magellan), Portuguese explorer who organized the first circumnavigation of the world
- Fernando de Melo Viana, Brazilian politician
- Fernando de Moraes, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Martínez Perales, Spanish footballer
- Fernando Lucas Martins, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director
- Fernando Montiel, Mexican boxer
- Fernando Morales (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Morán, Spanish footballer
- Fernando Morán, Spanish politician
- Fernando Moresi, Argentine field hockey player
- Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
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Surname
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- Marcus Fernando, Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) Physician, Businessman, Philanthropist and Politician
- Mark Fernando (1941–2009), jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Merrill J. Fernando (1930–2023), Sri Lankan teamaker, founder of Dilmah tea
- Meryl Fernando (1923-2007), Sri Lankan Sinhala teacher, trade unionist, and politician
- Milroy Fernando, Sri Lankan MP and government minister
- Mignonne Fernando, Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, and pianist
- M. S. Fernando (died 1994), Sri Lankan musician
- Murdu Nirupa Bidushinie Fernando - Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
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- Sajan Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Samantha Fernando (born 1985), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Saman Piyasiri Fernando (died 1989), Sri Lankan Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna militant
- Simon Fernando Sri Chandrasekera (1829-1908), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman
- Sirimathi Mary Fernando (1932-1992), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress
- Sujith Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Suresh Fernando (born 1986), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Susil Fernando (born 1955), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Susitha R. Fernando, Journalist and the film critic for a Sri Lankan English-language daily newspaper
- Swithin Fernando (died 2009), Former Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Sylvia Fernando (1904-1983), Sri Lankan educator and family planning advocate
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Fictional characters
- Fernando Sucre, fictional character from the American television series Prison Break
Notes and References
- Book: 566. Patrick Hanks. Dictionary of American Family Names. 2003. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-977169-1.
- Book: Patrick Hanks. Richard Coates. Peter McClure. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. 2016. OUP Oxford. 978-0-19-252747-9. 902.