Ferdinand

Template:About Template:Infobox given name Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, abstract noun from root {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} "to fare, travel" (PIE {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, "to lead, pass over"), and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} "courage" or {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} "ready, prepared" related to Old High German {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} "to risk, venture."

The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom. It is reconstructed as either Gothic {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} or {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}. It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with Habsburg rule over Spain. Variants of the name include {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in Spanish, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in Catalan, and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in Portuguese. The French forms are {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Fernand, and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, and it is Ferdinando and Fernando in Italian. In Hungarian both {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} are used equally. The Dutch forms are {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} and Ferry.

There are numerous short forms in many languages, such as the Finnish {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.

There is a feminine Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian form, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.

<templatestyles src="Template:TOC_right/styles.css" />{{#if:|<templatestyles src="Template:TOC limit/styles.css" />}}

RoyaltyEdit

Aragón/León/Castile/SpainEdit

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)

PortugalEdit

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 statesEdit

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 (1577–1650) Prince-elector archbishop of Cologne, prince-bishop of Hildesheim, Liège, Münster, and Paderborn
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 statesEdit

Naples, Sicily and the Two SiciliesEdit

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 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 MontferratEdit

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

ParmaEdit

Ferdinand of Parma (1751–1802), Duke in 1765

TuscanyEdit

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

BulgariaEdit

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861–1948), knyaz (prince) 1887–1908, tsar (emperor) 1908–1918

RomaniaEdit

Ferdinand I of Romania (1865–1927), became King 1914

DenmarkEdit

Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1792–1863)

LebanonEdit

Ferdinand Tyan, Prince (c. late 19th-early 20th century)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Other peopleEdit

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
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (born 1957), 17th president of the Philippines
Ferdinand Penker (1950-2014), Austrian painter
Ferdinand "Thirdy" Ravena III (born 1996), Filipino basketball player
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 charactersEdit

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, 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
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

ReferencesEdit

Template:Reflist

Template:Given name

es:Fernando