Nando (name)

Nando is a name for males - often in Switzerland (Graubünden) and Italy. It is often a short form (hypocorism) of Fernando.

Other forms are Ferdinand (male; Germanic) and Nándor (male; Hungarian) and Nanna/Nanda/Nande (female).

Etymology

Germanic: nantha → bold, reckless, brave

People named Nando
  • Fernando García Puchades (born 1994) Spanish footballer commonly known as Nando
  • Nando (footballer, born May 1967), Spanish footballer Fernando Martínez Perales
  • Nando (footballer, born October 1967), Spanish footballer Fernando Muñoz García
  • Nando (Mozambican footballer) (1982–2007), Mozambican footballer Fernando Paulo Matola
  • Nando (Timorese footballer) (born 1985)
  • Fernando Altimani (1893–1963), Italian racewalker
  • Nandcoomar Nando Bodha (born 1954), Mauritian politician, former Minister of Tourism & Leisure and former Minister of Agriculture
  • Fernando Nando Bruno (1895–1963), Italian actor
  • Fernando Nando Cicero (1931–1995), Italian film director, screenwriter and actor
  • Fernando Manuel Co (born 1973), Bissau-Guinean former footballer
  • Nando de Colo (born 1987), French basketball player
  • Nando de Freitas, Zimbabwean computer scientist and Oxford professor
  • Fernando García Puchades (born 1994), Spanish footballer commonly known as Nando
  • Nando Gatti (1927–?), South African lawn bowler
  • Ferdinando Gentile (born 1967), Italian former basketball player
  • Fernando Gómez Herrera (born 1984), Spanish footballer commonly known as Nando
  • Fernando González Valenciaga (1921–1988), Spanish footballer better known as Nando
  • Ferdinando Minoia (1884–1940), Italian racing driver
  • Fernando Nando Maria Neves (born 1978), Cape Verdean footballer
  • Fernando Nando Parrado (born 1949), Uruguayan plane crash survivor
  • Fernando Orsi (born 1959), Italian football manager and former goalkeeper
  • Fernando Quesada (born 1994), Spanish footballer
  • Nando Rafael (born 1984), Angolan footballer
  • Nando Reis (born 1963), Brazilian musician born José Fernando Gomes dos Reis
  • José Fernando Ramos Silva (born 1993), Portuguese footballer also known as Nando
  • Miguel Vera (1932–1952), United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
  • Nando Wormgoor (born 1992), Dutch footballer
  • Nando Yosu (1939–2016), Spanish footballer Fernando Trío Zabala
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