Nando
[ˈnændoʊ]Meaning
short form of Fernando or Ferdinando
Background Story
Nando is a short form of Fernando or Ferdinando. It is used in Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Frisian, German, Gothic, Hungarian and Medieval Italian, and in Tagalog it is a clipping of Fernando or Hernando, from Spanish. It is a masculine name, popular in Switzerland (Graubünden) and Italy, and is derived from the Germanic word nantha, meaning "bold, reckless, brave". Related forms are Ferdinand and Nándor, and the feminine forms Fernanda and Ferdinanda.
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