Ferdinand

German

"bold voyager"

Ferdinand Origin and Meaning

Variation of Fernando

Ferdinand Rank in US Top 1000

# 986 in the US

Ferdinand Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1688 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ferdinand

• 1688 Nameberry 2025
• 140 Germany 2016
• 58 Austria 2024

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Famous People Named Ferdinand

• Ferdinand I and II Kings of Portugal
• Ferdinand I and II Kings of Aragon
• Ferdinand II King of Leon
• Ferdinand I III and IV, Kings of Castile and Leon
• Ferdinand V and VI Kings of Spain
• Ferdinand I and II Holy Roman Emperors
• Ferdinand I and II Kings of Naples
• Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Antonio Pasquale Giovanni Nepomuceno Serafino Gennaro Benedetto) and II (Ferdinando Carlo) Kings of the Two Sicilies
• Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe Coburg and Gotha), King of Bulgaria
• Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad) King of Romania
• Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Charles Leopold Joseph Francis Marcelin) Emperor of Austria
• Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos 10th President of the Philippines
• Ferdinand Édouard Buisson French winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese explorer
• Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch Marshal of France during WWI
• Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure Swiss linguist
• Ferdinand Porsche Czech auto engineer and founder of Porsche
• Ferdinand von Lindemann German mathematician
• Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michael Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard von Habsburg Austrian racing driver
• Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. birth name of Kareem Abdul,Jabbar, American basketball player
• Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe aka Jelly Roll Morton American jazz musician
• Ferdinand Marie Vicomte de Lesseps, French diplomat of the Suez Canal
• Ferdinand Budicki Croatian auto pioneer
• Ferdinand Bol Dutch painter
• Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria Archduke of Austria whose assassination began WWI
• Ferdinand Maria Ludwig Franz von Assisi Isabellus Adalbert Ildefons Martin Bonifaz Joseph Isidro Prince of Bavaria, Infante Ferdinand of Spain
• Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans duc d'Alençon, cousin of Queen Victoria
• Ferdinand Georg August Prince of Saxe,Coburg and Gotha, German general
• Ferdinand François Philippe Marie Laurent d'Orléans Duc de Montpensier
• Ferdinand Philippe of Orleans Prince Royal of France
• Ferdinand Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro (Ferdinando Maria Andrea Alfonso Marcus Borbone)
• Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin Prince of Hohenzollern

The name Ferdinand in Pop Culture

• Ferdinand character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest
• Ferdinand the Bull a mild mannered bull in The Story of Ferdinand
• Ferdinand Griffon main character in movie Pierrot le fou
• Ferdinand a railway engine on animated series Thomas & Friends
• Ferdinand Vaněk a vaguely autobiographical character in several plays by Václav Havel
• Ferdinand Hollie character on TV series "NYPD Blue"
• Ferdinand the duck in film "Babe"
• Ferdinand character on TV series Orphan Black
• Ferdinand main character in Disney film "Ferdinand"
• Ferdinand "Foggy" Nelson character in Marvel's Daredevil series
• Franz Ferdinand Scottish band
• Ferdinand von Aegir character in Fire Emblem Three Houses video game

International Variations of the name Ferdinand

• Fernão Portuguese
• Fernán Spanish
• Ferdi Spanish
• Hernando Spanish
• Ferrando Italian
• Nando Spanish
• Ferni Spanish
• Ferdo Spanish
• Fernando Spanish
• Ferdinando Spanish
• Nándor Hungarian
• Ferdynand Slavic
• Fernand French
• Fernandeo Spanish
• Ferdynandy Slavic
• Nandru Romanian
• Fernandu French
• Ferdino Spanish
• Ferrante French
• Ferrand French