Where is Ferdinand from?

My guess is...

Cameroon

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10%

Indonesia

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5%

Nigeria

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3%

I'm 99% certain Ferdinand is Male.

According to a dataset of 4869, the average Ferdinand is around 65 years old.


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Learn about the name Ferdinand

Meaning of the name Ferdinand

From Ferdinando , the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements fardi "journey" and nand "daring, brave". The Visigoths brought the name to the Iberian Peninsula, where it entered into the royal families of Spain and Portugal. From there it became common among the Habsburg royal family of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria, starting with the Spanish-born Ferdinand I in the 16th century. A notable bearer was Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), called Fernão de Magalhães in Portuguese, who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the earth.

Characteristics of the name Ferdinand

OriginsGerman, English, Dutch, French, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
PronouncedFEHR-dee-nant(German)
GenderMasculine
Traitscomplex, strong, refined, serious, mature, classic, formal, upper class, strange, nerdy, wholesome

How do we know this about Ferdinand

(and is it secret spies?)

We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.