| Fernando |
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| Gender |
Male |
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| Origin |
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| Word/name |
Spain and Portugal |
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| Meaning |
courageous, adventurer, conqueror, and leader |
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Fernando may mean:
- A Spanish and Portuguese given name equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand or Vernon, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".[1]
First name
- Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon
- Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete
- Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet and writer
- Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver
- Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer
- Fernando Antogna, Argentine track and road cyclist
- Fernando Balzaretti (1946–1998), Mexican actor
- Fernando Botero, Colombian artist
- Fernando Bujones, ballet dancer
- Fernando Cabrera (baseball), MLB pitcher
- Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager
- Fernando Camargo, Colombian road cyclist
- Fernando Chui Sai On, Macanese statesman; current Chief Executive of Macau
- Fernando Collor de Mello, Brazilian former president
- Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
- Fernando Cortez, Major League Baseball Player
- Fernando de Araújo (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor
- Fernando de Melo Viana, Brazilian politician
- Fernando de Moraes, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Climent, Spanish rower
- Fernando Delgadillo, Mexican singer
- Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish film actor and director
- Fernando Fernández (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Gallego, Spanish painter
- Fernando García (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando González (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Haddad, Brazilian politician
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian former president
- Fernando Jácome, Colombian freestyle swimmer
- Fernando Lamas, Argentinian actor and director
- Fernando Larraín, Chilean actor and comedian
- Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer
- Fernando Lopez, Filipino statesman
- Fernando Martínez Perales, Spanish 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
- Fernando Ochoaizpur, Bolivian footballer
- Fernando Ortiz, Ecuadorian ethnologist
- Fernando Pérez (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and writer
- Fernando Rech, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Redondo, Argentinian footballer
- Fernando Retayud, Colombian boxer
- Fernando Rielo, Spanish poet and philosopher
- Fernando Serrano, Colombian statesman
- Fernando Solabarrieta, Chilean journalist
- Fernando Baudrit Solera, Costa Rican jurist
- Fernando Soler, Mexican film actor and director
- Fernando Sucre, fictional character from the American television series Prison Break
- Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
- Fernando Valades, Mexican composer, pianist and singer
- Fernando Valenzuela, MLB pitcher
- Fernando Vargas, Mexican American boxer
- Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
- Fernando Vergara, Chilean football player and manager
Surname
- Akshu Fernando (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricket batsman who plays for Panadura
- Basil Fernando, Sri Lankan jurist, author, poet, human rights activist
- C. Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Kurunegala in 1992/93
- Chandra Fernando, (died 1988), Sri Lankan Tamil Roman Catholic priest and human rights activist
- Charitha Buddhika (also known as Buddika Fernando) (born 1980), Sri Lankan international cricketer (2001–03)
- Chitra Fernando (1935–1998), Sri Lankan female writer and critic
- Clancy Fernando (1938–1992), Sri Lankan admiral and Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
- C. T. Fernando (1921–1977), Sri Lankan musician
- Damian Fernando (born 1982), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Dilhara Fernando (born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Dinesh Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Dinusha Fernando (born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Don Fernando (born 1948), actor and director
- D. T. Fernando, Sri Lankan lyricist
- Elmo Fernando, Sri Lankan announcer with Radio Ceylon
- Eric Fernando, SLBC English-language broadcaster
- Frank Marcus Fernando (1931–2009), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Bishop of Chilaw
- G. Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Gratien Fernando (1915–1942), Sri Lankan mutineer
- Hasantha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Hemasiri Fernando, Vice President of Commonwealth Games Federation, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
- Hennadige Francisco Fernando, a.k.a. Puran Appu, Sri Lankan anticolonial rebel
- Hugo Fernando (1912–1999), Sri Lankan film personality
- Johnston Fernando, Sri Lankan politician
- Kenneth Fernando, Former Anglican bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Lalithamana Fernando (born 1962), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Lloyd Fernando (1926–2008), Malaysian author and professor at the University of Malaya in the English Department
- Lushan Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Mark Fernando (1941–2009), Jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Milindu Fernando (born 1986), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Milroy Fernando, Sri Lankan MP and government minister
- Mignonne Fernando, Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, and pianist
- M. S. Fernando (died 1994), Sri Lankan musician
- Nayana Fernando (born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-law and women’s rights activist from Sri Lanka
- Nisal Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Nishantha Fernando (born 1970), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Nita Fernando, Sri Lankan actress
- Percy Fernando, Sri Lankan Army officer
- Prosper Fernando, Sri Lankan announcer with Radio Ceylon
- Ranjit Fernando (born 1944), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Rohan Fernando, Canadian visual artist, painter, and film maker
- Sajan Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Samantha Fernando (born 1985), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Saman Piyasiri Fernando (died 1989), Sri Lankan Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna militant
- Sanjaya Fernando (born 1982), One of the two coaches of the first ever Sri Lanka women's Water polo team
- Shalindra Fernando (born 1984), Sri Lankan politician
- 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
- Tyronne Fernando (1941–2008), Sri Lankan politician
- Upekha Fernando (born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Vijita Fernando, Sri Lankan journalist, translator, and fiction writer
- Wirantha Fernando (1959-2000), Sri Lankan cricketer
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