Ferdinand

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Male Male Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

West Gothic name

1) Younger form of the Germanic name Fridunand [1] [2] [3]

2) Combination of FAR and NAND [1]

Related Names

     
Feerti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ferdin Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Ferdinand Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Ferdínand Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Ferdinanda Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Fernanda Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Fernande Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Fernando Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Fertti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nanda Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Nante Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Nantta Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nantte Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nantti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Veerti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Veertti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Vertti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Väärti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Fertram, Nandór

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

3 April

Sweden Sweden

3 April

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Ferdinand
Accusative: Ferdinand
Dative: Ferdinand / Ferdinandi
Genitive: Ferdinands

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: ca. 1540 [3]
Sweden: 1691 [2]

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway: 18th century - ca. 1930 [3]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 285 380
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 0 1 145 2072
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 117 n.a
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 1 n.a 3193
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[5][6][4][7]:Name statistics for Ferdinand(m)


Sources: [5] [6] [4] [7]

References

  1. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi