Fernando

What Fernando means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Fernando yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 2,758 babies; 819 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Fernando?

US: Falling: down from #272 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1786 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2006, when 2,758 boys got the name (#151 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,086 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 27,194 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (1.28 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.23 per 1,000 boys), CA (1.12 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Fernando is #387 in the US and #2269 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Fernando were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Fernando

Boys

• Jesus#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2004, with 6,472 babies; 2,078 in 2025
• Cesar#385Editor’s note 824 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Luis#144Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Marcos#516Editor’s note Down from #408 in 2015 to #516 in 2025 in the US
• Alejandro#195“defender of man”^*

For a sister

• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Carmen#389Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 2,440 babies; 798 in 2025
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Fernando’s. Rank is US 2025.