# Fernand (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fernand/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,493 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,493 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | 5,221 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,812 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,476 |
| 1975 | 9 | 3,742 |
| 1977 | 12 | 3,266 |
| 1979 | 7 | 5,014 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,581 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,147 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,190 |
| 1988 | 9 | 4,921 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,312 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,469 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,627 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,475 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,043 |

## People named Fernand

- Fernandel, French actor and singer (1903-1971)
- Fernand Braudel, French historian and leader of the Annales School
- Fernand Léger, French painter (1881–1955)
- Fernand Cormon, French painter (1845-1924)
- Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter (1858–1921)
- Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian dramatist (1886-1970)
- Fernand Bouisson, French politician (1874-1959)
- Fernand de Montigny, Belgian fencer and hockey player (1885–1974)
- Fernand de Langle de Cary, French general (1849–1927)
- Fernand Buyle, Belgian footballer (1918-1992)
- Fernand Jourdant, French fencer (1903-1956)
- Fernand Widal, French physician (1862-1929)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.