Editing Ferdinand

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Ferdinand 
| image= File:FerdinandCatholic.jpg
| caption= [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]]
| pronunciation={{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɜr|d|ɪ|n|æ|n|d}}<br>{{IPA|de|ˈfɛʁdinant|lang}}
| gender = Male
| meaning = "brave in journey"
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}}
'''Ferdinand''' is a [[Germanic name]] composed of  the  elements {{lang|gmw|farð}} "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic {{lang|gem-x-proto|farthi}}, abstract noun from root {{lang|gem-x-proto|far-}} "to fare, travel" (PIE {{lang|ine-x-proto|par}}, "to lead, pass over"), and {{lang|gmw|nanth}} "courage" or  {{lang|gmw|nand}} "ready, prepared" related to Old High German {{lang|goh|nendan}} "to risk, venture."

The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the [[Visigothic Kingdom]]. It is reconstructed as either [[Gothic language|Gothic]] {{lang|got|Ferdinanths}} or {{lang|got|Frithunanths}}. It became popular in [[German-speaking Europe]] only from the 16th century, with [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]] rule [[Habsburg Spain|over Spain]]. Variants of the name include {{lang|es|Fernán}}, {{lang|es|Fernando}}, {{lang|es|Hernando}}, and {{lang|es|Hernán}} in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], {{lang|ca|Ferran}} in [[Catalan language|Catalan]], and {{lang|pt|Fernando}} and {{lang|pt|Fernão}} in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]. The [[French language|French]] forms are {{lang|fr|Ferrand}}, ''[[Fernand (disambiguation)|Fernand]]'', and {{lang|fr|Fernandel}}, and it is ''[[Ferdinando (disambiguation)|Ferdinando]]'' and ''[[Fernando]]'' in [[Italian language|Italian]]. In [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] both {{lang|hu|Ferdinánd}} and {{lang|hu|Nándor}} are used equally. The [[Dutch language|Dutch]] forms are {{lang|nl|Ferdinand}} and ''[[Ferry (disambiguation)#Given name|Ferry]]''.

There are numerous short forms in many languages, such as the [[Finnish language|Finnish]] {{lang|fi|Veeti}}.

There is a feminine Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian form, {{lang|roa|Fernanda}}.
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== Royalty ==
=== Aragón/León/Castile/Spain ===
*[[Ferdinand I of Aragon]] (1380–1416) the Just, King in 1412
*[[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] (1452–1516) the Catholic, King in 1478
*[[Ferdinand I of León]] (1015–1065) the Great, King of León and Castile in 1037
*[[Ferdinand II of León]] (1137–1188), King of León in 1157
*[[Ferdinand III of Castile]] (1199–1252) the Saint, King of Castile in 1217 and of León in 1230
*[[Ferdinand IV of Castile]] (1285–1312) the Summoned, King of Castile in 1295 and of León in 1301
*Ferdinand V of Castile (1452–1516) the Catholic – see [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]]
*[[Ferdinand VI of Spain]] (1713–1759) the Learned, King of Spain in 1746
*[[Ferdinand VII of Spain]] (1784–1833), twice King of Spain: 1808 and 1813–1833
*[[Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria]] (1618–1641)

=== Portugal ===
*[[Ferdinand I of Portugal]] the Handsome (1345–1383), King in 1367
*[[Ferdinand II of Portugal]] (1816–1885), second husband of Queen Maria II
*[[Ferdinand, Count of Flanders]] (1188–1233), son of King Sancho I
*[[Ferdinand the Holy Prince]] (1402–1443), youngest son of King John I
*[[Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu]] (1433–1470), 2nd Duke of Viseu and 1st Duke of Beja, King Manuel's father
*[[Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda]] (1507–1534), 3rd son of King Manuel I of Portugal

=== Austria and German states ===
*[[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (1503–1564), Emperor in 1556
*[[Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria]] (1529–1595), Governor in the Kingdom of Bohemia in Prague (1547–1567) and sovereign of Tyrol and Further Austria (1564–1595), in Innsbruck since 1567
*[[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (1578–1637), Emperor in 1619
*[[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor]] (1608–1657), King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria
*[[Ferdinand I of Austria]] (1793–1875), Emperor of Austria in 1835
*[[Ferdinand of Bavaria (bishop)|Ferdinand of Bavaria]] (1577–1650) Prince-elector archbishop of Cologne, prince-bishop of Hildesheim, Liège, Münster, and Paderborn
*[[Ferdinand of Fürstenberg (1626–1683)|Ferdinand of Fürstenberg]] (1626–1683) Prince Bishop of Paderborn and Münster.
*[[Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick]] (1721–1792)
*[[Ferdinand Zvonimir von Habsburg]] (1997), Archduke of Austria, Grandson to late Otto von Habsburg of Austria

=== Italian states ===

==== Naples, Sicily and the Two Sicilies ====
*[[Ferdinand I of Naples]] (1423–1494), King in 1458
*[[Ferdinand II of Naples]] (1469–1496), King in 1495
*Ferdinand III of Naples – see [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]]
*[[Ferdinand IV of Naples]] – see [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]]
*Ferdinand I of Sicily – see [[Ferdinand I of Aragon]]
*Ferdinand II of Sicily – see [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]]
*[[Ferdinand III of Sicily]] – see Ferdinand [[List of monarchs of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies|I of the Two Sicilies]] 
*[[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] (1751–1825)
*[[Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies]] (1810–1859), King from 1830 to 1859

==== Mantua and Montferrat ====
*Ferdinand or [[Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua]] (1587–1626), Duke in 1612 
*Ferdinand or [[Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat]] (1652–1708), Duke in 1665

==== Parma ====
*[[Ferdinand of Parma]] (1751–1802), Duke in 1765

==== Tuscany ====
*[[Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (1769–1824), Grand Duke in 1790
*[[Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (1835–1908), Grand Duke from 1859 to 1860

=== Bulgaria ===
*[[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria]] (1861–1948), ''knyaz'' (prince) 1887–1908, ''tsar'' (emperor) 1908–1918

=== Romania ===
*[[Ferdinand I of Romania]] (1865–1927), became King 1914

=== Denmark ===
* [[Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark]] (1792–1863)

=== Lebanon ===
* Ferdinand Tyan, Prince (c. late 19th-early 20th century)<ref>{{cite book|last=Tyan|first=Ferdinand|date=1916|title=The entente cordiale in Lebanon|url=https://archive.org/details/ententecordialei00tyan|location=Adelphi Terrace, London|publisher=T. Fisher Unwin}}</ref>

== Other people ==
*Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., American basketball player who changed his name to [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]]
*[[Fernando Alonso]] (born 1981), Spanish racing driver
*[[Ferdinand Bol]] (1616–1680), Dutch Golden Age painter
*[[Fernand Braudel]] (1902–1985), French historian
*[[Ferdinand de Rothschild]] (1839–1898), British banker
*[[Ferdinand Budicki]] (1871–1951), Croatian automotive pioneer
*[[Ferdinand Porsche]] (1875–1951), German automotive engineer and founder of Porsche
*[[Ferd Burket]] (born 1933), American football player
*[[Ferdinand Coly]] (born 1973), Senegalese footballer
*[[Ferdinand Dennis]] (born 1956), Jamaican-born writer and broadcaster 
*[[Ferd Dreher]] (1913–1996), American football player
*[[Ferdinand Fabra]] (1906–2007), German football manager
*[[Ferdinand Foch]] (1851–1929), French marshal, Allied Supreme Commander in World War I
*[[Ferd Hayward]] (1911–1988), Canadian racewalker
*[[Ferran Hurtado]] (1951–2014), Spanish mathematician and computer scientist
*[[Ferdinand van Ingen]] (1933–2021), Dutch Germanist
*[[Ferdinand Jodl]] (1896–1956), German World War II general, brother of Alfred Jodl
*[[Ferd Johnson]] (1905–1996), American cartoonist
*[[Ferdinand Kozovski]] (1892–1965), Bulgarian politician and general
*[[Ferdinand Kvan Edman]] (born 1993), Norwegian middle-distance runner
*Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, better known as [[Jelly Roll Morton]] (1890–1941), American self-styled inventor of jazz
*[[Ferdinand de Lesseps]] (1805–1894), French developer of the Suez Canal
*[[Ferdinand Magellan]] (1480–1521), Portuguese sea captain (serving Spain), leader of the first expedition to sail around the world
*[[Ferdinand Marcos]] (1917–1989), 10th president of the Philippines
*[[Bongbong Marcos|Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.]] (born 1957), 17th president of the Philippines
*[[Ferdinand Penker]] (1950-2014), Austrian painter
*[[Thirdy Ravena|Ferdinand "Thirdy" Ravena III]] (born 1996), Filipino basketball player
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*[[Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler]] (1770-1845, Swiss-American surveyor
*[[Ferdinand Sauerbruch]] (1875–1951), German surgeon 
*[[Ferdinand de Saussure]] (1857–1913), Swiss linguist
*[[C. Ferdinand Sybert]] (1900–1982), Attorney General of Maryland and justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
*[[Ferran Torres]] (born 2000), Spanish footballer
*[[Ferd Wirtz]] (1885–1947), Luxembourgish gymnast
*[[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]] (1838–1917), German airship mogul
*[[Ferdinand Mannlicher]] (1848–1904), Austrian firearms designer
*[[Ferdinand Zylka]] (born 1998), German basketball player

==Fictional characters==
*[[Ferdinand von Aegir]], a character from the video game ''[[Fire Emblem: Three Houses]]'' and ''[[Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes]]''
*Ferdinand Griffon, main character played by Jean-Paul Belmondo in the movie ''[[Pierrot le fou]]''
*Ferdinand Vaněk, a vaguely autobiographical character in several plays by the Czech playwright [[Václav Havel]]
*[[Ferdinand (The Tempest)|Ferdinand]], a character in William Shakespeare's play ''The Tempest''
*Ferdinand the Bull, a mild-mannered bull in the children's book ''[[The Story of Ferdinand]]''
*Ferdinand the Bull, mascot of the [[Taranaki Rugby Football Union]] team
*[[Railway engines (Thomas & Friends)#Ferdinand|Ferdinand]], a character from the television series ''[[Thomas & Friends]]''
*Dr. Ferdinand, a character from the manga ''[[Steel Ball Run]]''
*Ferdinand, a character from the action-adventure game ''[[L.A. Noire]]''

== See also ==
*[[Ferd (nickname)]]
*[[Ferdy]], a list of people and fictional characters named or nicknamed Ferdy, Ferdie, or Ferdi
*[[Ferdinand Porsche (disambiguation)]]
*[[Ferdinando (disambiguation)]]
*[[Fernand (disambiguation)]]
*[[Fernando]]
*[[Fernández]]
*[[Hernández]]

==References==
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[[Category:German masculine given names]]
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