Fernando

Fernando

Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	courageous, adventurer

Fernando may mean:

• An Italian, Portuguese or Spanish given name equivalent to English Ferdinand, meaning "to be courageous"; adventurer.

As a first name

• Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete
• Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet and writer
• Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver and double World Champion
• Fernando Botero, Colombian artist
• Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor
• Fernando de Moraes, South Melbourne F.C. footballer
• Fernando Delgadillo, Mexican singer
• Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish film actor and director
• Fernando Fernández, Spanish football (soccer) player
• Fernando Gallego, Spanish painter
• Fernando Garcia, Portuguese film director
• Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
• Fernando Gonzalez, Argentine baller
• Fernando Jácome, Colombian freestyle swimmer
• Fernando Lopez, Filipino statesman
• Fernando Morales, Mexican football (soccer) player
• Fernando Morales, Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Fernando Moresi, Argentine field hockey player
• Fernando Morientes, Spanish football (soccer) player
• Fernando Pérez, Cuban film director
• Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and writer
• Fernando Rech, Adelaide United FC footballer
• Fernando Retayud, Colombian boxer
• Fernando Rielo, Spanish poet and philosopher
• Fernando Soler, Mexican film actor and director
• Fernando Torres, Spanish football (soccer) player(Liverpool F.C,Spain F.C)
• Fernando Valenzuela, MLB pitcher
• Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
• Fernando Serrano, American Real Estate
• Fernando Sucre, A fictional character from the American Television Series, Prison Break

As a middle name

• Julian Fernando Casablancas, vocalist and songwriter of the band The Strokes.

As a surname

• Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer.
• Don Fernando

Misc

• Fernando, satirical character created by Billy Crystal (based on Fernando Lamas)
• "Fernando", 1976 song by ABBA
• Ferdinand, any of various royalty or nobility known by their given names

See also

• Cirque Fernando, a former Parisian circus
• Ferdinando
• Hernando
• Luís Fernando