Given name
Ferd
“a courageous voyager”
Ferd is a variant of Ferdinand. One German interpretation is “a courageous voyager.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ferd is a variant of Ferdinand. One German interpretation is “a courageous voyager.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ferd is a variant of Ferdinand. Ferdinand has been associated with Spanish and Germanic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ferd is a variant of Ferdinand. The history of Ferdinand gives this family its wider story. Ferdinand has historical associations with royal or imperial families.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ferd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 689
- 689 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ferd
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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