Nando (name) explained

Nando is a name for males - often in Switzerland (Graubünden) and Italy. It is often a short form (hypocorism) of Fernando.

Other forms are Ferdinand (male; Germanic) and Nándor (male; Hungarian) and Nanna/Nanda/Nande (female).

Etymology

Germanic

nantha → bold, reckless, brave

People named Nando

• Fernando García Puchades (born 1994) Spanish footballer commonly known as Nando
• Nando (footballer, born May 1967), Spanish footballer Fernando Martínez Perales
• Nando (footballer, born October 1967), Spanish footballer Fernando Muñoz García
• Nando (Mozambican footballer) (1982–2007), Mozambican footballer Fernando Paulo Matola
• Nando (Timorese footballer) (born 1985)
• Fernando Altimani (1893–1963), Italian racewalker
• Nandcoomar Nando Bodha (born 1954), Mauritian politician, former Minister of Tourism & Leisure and former Minister of Agriculture
• Fernando Nando Bruno (1895–1963), Italian actor
• Fernando Nando Cicero (1931–1995), Italian film director, screenwriter and actor
• Fernando Manuel Co (born 1973), Bissau-Guinean former footballer
• Nando de Colo (born 1987), French basketball player
• Nando de Freitas, Zimbabwean computer scientist and Oxford professor
• Fernando García Puchades (born 1994), Spanish footballer commonly known as Nando
• Nando Gatti (1927–?), South African lawn bowler
• Ferdinando Gentile (born 1967), Italian former basketball player
• Fernando Gómez Herrera (born 1984), Spanish footballer commonly known as Nando
• Fernando González Valenciaga (1921–1988), Spanish footballer better known as Nando
• Ferdinando Minoia (1884–1940), Italian racing driver
• Fernando Nando Maria Neves (born 1978), Cape Verdean footballer
• Fernando Nando Parrado (born 1949), Uruguayan plane crash survivor
• Fernando Orsi (born 1959), Italian football manager and former goalkeeper
• Fernando Quesada (born 1994), Spanish footballer
• Nando Rafael (born 1984), Angolan footballer
• Nando Reis (born 1963), Brazilian musician born José Fernando Gomes dos Reis
• Miguel Vera (1932–1952), United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
• Nando Wormgoor (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Nando Yosu (1939–2016), Spanish footballer Fernando Trío Zabala
• Nando Oswald (2002-present), Swiss person of public interest