Ferdinand

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Germanic languages, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but never popular in English.
• A moon of Uranus.

Origin

• From Spanish Ferdinando, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz or *friþuz + *nanþaz (from the root of *ninþaną).
• The moon is named after a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.