The name of an 11th C emperor of Spain and king of Castile and León, the birth name of a 12th C Italian saint, a 12th C king of León, a 13th C king of Castile and León, a 13th-14th C king of Castile and León, a 14th C king of Portugal, a 15th C king of Aragon, two 15th C kings of Naples, a 15th-16th C king of Aragon, Castile, and León, and a 16th C Holy Roman emperor and king of Germany, Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia.
The name reached Spain via the Visigoths, and spread throughout the rest of Europe in the 16th C as a result of the Habsburgs, who are the cause of its use in the Low Countries.
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1550 Ferdinand MPSA p. 67;
1552 Ferdinand ibid. p. 68;
1566 Ferdinand ibid. p. 75;
1568 Ferdinand ibid. p. 76;
1569 Ferdinand ibid. p. 76;
1570 Ferdinand ibid. p. 77;
1589 Ferdinand ibid. p. 85;
1590 Ferdinand ibid. p. 86;
1591 Ferdinand ibid. p. 86;
1592 Ferdinand ibid. p. 87;
1593 Ferdinand ibid. p. 87;
1597x1598 Ferdinandus BoonenGes p. 326
- Early New High German
- ● 1572 Ferdinanden (dat) MHCG2 342
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1574 Ferdinandus AuFr Dotignij;
1575 Ferdinandus ibid. Dotignij;
1579 Ferdinandus ibid. Dottegnie;
1581 Fernandus ibid. Dottenij;
1585 Ferdinandus ibid. Sampsons
- Early Modern English
- ● 1581? Fardinando COmar-vol5 p. 127;
1583 Fernando bruton1 p. 45;
1592 Ferdinando DEmar-vol2 p. 25
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1069 Ferrandus (nom) StVdM-II 717;
1378 Fernandus (nom) hanquetvol1 2279
- Middle French
- ● 1392 Ferrant MemBret-II col. 601;
1421 Ferrant favier 1144;
1504 Fernande MHCG2 279
- ◑ 1392 Ferrandin MemBret-II col. 603
- Hungary
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- Latin
- ● 1317 Ferdinandus (nom) CDH-VIII-II III
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1376 Feradi (gen) DouGen1 p. 216,
Ferandi (gen) ibid. p. 221;
1470 Ferdinando (abl) RCCaetani6 1192;
1477 Ferdinandi (gen) CatTir1 108;
1478 Ferdinando (abl) RCCaetani6 2720;
1522x1532 Ferdinandus (nom) DSF p. 52, 35;
1527 Ferdinandi (gen) Rome1527 p. 84;
1542 Ferdinandi (gen) PNC 7;
1543 Fernandez (gen) ibid. 9
- ◑ 1522x1532 Ferrandina (nom) DSF p. 58, 29
- Italian
- ● 1429–1430 Ferando DiaryLMA p. 231,
Ferrando ibid. p. 243;
1513x1521 Ferrante LeoX p. 29
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1573 Ferdinando MagMiddelburg-1560,
Fernando ibid.;
1574 Ferdinando ibid.;
1575 Ferdinande ibid.,
Ferdinandus ibid.;
1576 Fernando ibid.;
1577 Ferdinando ibid.;
1578 Ferdinando ibid.,
Ferdinandus ibid.;
1579 Ferdinandus ibid.;
1582 Ferdinando ibid.;
1583 Fernando ibid.;
1584 Ferdinando ibid.;
1586 Fernando ibid.;
1587 Ferdinando ibid.;
1588 Fernando ibid.;
1589 Ferdinando ibid.;
1590 Ferdinando ibid.;
1591 Ferdinando ibid.;
1593 Ferdinando ibid.;
1594 Ferdinando ibid.;
1595 Ferdinando ibid.;
1596 Ferdinando ibid.;
1597 Ferdinando ibid.;
1598 Ferdinando ibid.;
1599 Ferdinando ibid.
- Portugal
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- Latin
- ● 1152 Ferdinandus (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 3;
1162 Ferdinandus (nom) ibid. no. 7;
1189 Fernandi (gen) ibid. no. 9,
Fernando (abl) ibid. no. 9,
Fernandus (nom) ibid. no. 9;
1190 Fernandi (gen) ibid. no. 8;
1209 Fernandi (gen) ibid. no. 10,
Fernandis (gen) ibid. no. 10,
Fernando (dat) ibid. no. 10,
Fernandus (nom) ibid. no. 10;
1211 Ferdinandis (gen) ibid. no. 6,
Fernandi (gen) ibid. no. 6,
Fernandus (nom) ibid. no. 6;
1217 Fernamdus (nom) ibid. no. 21,
Fernandes (gen) ibid. no. 21,
Fernandi (gen) ibid. no. 21,
Fernandus (nom) ibid. no. 21
- Portuguese-Galician
- ● 1225 Fernandes (gen) PHGCRP-I no. 15
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1068 Fredinandus (nom) CDSS I;
1074 Ferrandez (gen) ibid. II,
Ferrandus (nom) ibid. II;
1124 Fernand (nom) ibid. III,
Fernandez (gen) ibid. III,
Fernando (dat) ibid. IV,
Ferrand (abl) ibid. V,
Ferrando (nom) ibid. IV,
Ferrant (gen) ibid. V;
1145 Fernandez (gen) AnnOPraem-2 col. ccccxxvi,
Fernando (abl) ibid. col. ccccxxvi;
1276 fernandi (gen) CDGH XLVI,
fernando (dat) ibid. XLVI;
1490 Ferrandi (gen) carbonell-I p. 44;
1492 Ferrandi (gen) ibid. p. 65
- Catalan
- ● 1488 Ferrando carbonell-I p. 19;
1510 Errando valencia1510 4531,
Ferrando ibid. 3123
- Old Spanish
- ● 1068 Fredinandiz (gen) CDSS I,
Fredinando (nom) ibid. I;
1225 Ferrand PHGCRP-I no. 15,
Ferrandes (gen) ibid. no. 15
- Spanish
- ● 1326 Fernan deMoxo;
1330 Fernan ibid.,
Ferran ibid.;
1331 Fernan ibid.;
1334 Fernan ibid.;
1336 Fernan ibid.;
1376 Fernando (nom) SanzSerrano;
1496 Fernando olite1496 p. 182;
1524 Hernamdo PHGCRP-III no. 134,
Hernando ibid. no. 134;
1540 Fernán SanzSerrano;
1567 Fernando ibid.,
Hernando ibid.;
1575 Hernan Catalogo-5.2 3816,
Hernando ibid. 3810;
1576 Hernan ibid. 3955,
Hernando ibid. 3875
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Ferdinand". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Ferdinand.