HernÁN

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  • Spanish
Short form of HERNANDO.

HERNANDO   male   Spanish
Medieval Spanish form of FERDINAND. A famous bearer of this name was Hernando Cortés (1485-1547), a Spanish conquistador.
FERDINAND   male   German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements fardi "journey" and nand "daring, brave". The Visigoths brought the name to the Iberian Peninsula, where it entered into the royal families of Spain and Portugal. From there it became common among the Habsburg royal family of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria, starting with the Spanish-born Ferdinand I in the 16th century. A notable bearer was Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), called Fernão de Magalhães in Portuguese, who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the earth.
FULL FORMS
SPANISH: Fernando, Hernando
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ferdinand
CATALAN: Ferran
CZECH: Ferdinand
DUTCH: Ferdi, Ferdinand
ENGLISH: Ferdie, Ferdinand, Ferdy
FINNISH: Ferdinand, Veeti, Vertti
FRENCH: Ferdinand, Fernand
GERMAN: Ferdi, Ferdinand
HUNGARIAN: Ferdinánd, Nándor
ITALIAN: Ferdinando
POLISH: Ferdynand
PORTUGUESE: Fernando, Fernão
SLOVENE: Ferdinand
SPANISH: Nando
FEMININE FORMS
FRENCH: Fernande
GERMAN: Ferdinanda
ITALIAN: Ferdinanda, Fernanda
PORTUGUESE: Fernanda
SPANISH: Fernanda