Famous bearers of this Spanish form of Ferdinand include Formula One driver Fernando Alonso, Chilean tennis player Fernando González and poet Fernando Pessoa.
'Fernando' is also the name of a song by the Swedish pop band ABBA.
Fernando is in the top 100 of the four American states that border Mexico (California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas), as well as being the 28th most popular name in Chile in 2006, and the 51st most popular in Spain.
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