Given name
Nando
Nando is a masculine given name. It is used in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and 1 other language.
Original SpanishFernando
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Nando is a diminutive of Fernando.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nando through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 282 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.
Nando’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Nando is a diminutive of Fernando. In Filipino usage, Nando is a diminutive of Hernando. In Italian usage, Nando is a diminutive of Ferdinando.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Nando has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Nando comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nando
- Nando de ColoFrench basketball player (born 1987)
- Nando GonzálezSpanish footballer (1921-1988)
- Nando RafaelAngolan football playerborn 1984
- NandoSpanish footballerborn 1967
- Nando ParradoUruguayan TV presenter, businessman and former rugby union footballerborn 1949
- Nando PijnakerNew Zealand association football playerborn 1999
- Nando GazzoloItalian actor and voice actor (1928-2015)
- Nando YosuSpanish football player/manager/director (1939-2016)
- NandoCape Verdean association football playerborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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