Ferd (nickname) explained

As a nickname, Ferd is usually a short form of Ferdinand. Notable people so named include:

• Ferd Burket (born 1933), American football player
• Ferd Crone (born 1954), Dutch politician
• Ferd Dreher (1913–1996), American football player
• Ferd Eunick (1892–1959), American baseball player
• Ferdinand Grapperhaus (born 1959), Dutch politician
• Ferdinand Havis (1846–1918), African-American slave, politician and businessman
• Ferd Hayward (1911–1988), Canadian racewalker
• Ferd J. Hess (1848–1928), American politician
• Ferd Johnson (1905–1996), American cartoonist
• Ferd Kayser (1833–1919), German mine manager
• Ferd Lahure (1929–2019), Luxembourgian football goalkeeper
• Ferd Wirtz (1885–1947), Luxembourgian gymnast