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Italian Baby Names
Fernanda

English translation/equivalent: Ferdinanda

Origin: Traced to the Visigoth name Frithunanths, composed of frithu "security, friendship, peace" and nanths "audacious, brave," and meaning "courageous in securing peace."

Name Day/Onomastico: May 30—in memory of St. Ferdinand III, king of Castile and Leon (died 1252).

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Fernando

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