Meaning of the nameFernandes

Male
Germanic origin
Fer-nan-des

Fernandes is a Portuguese surname, formed from Fernando with the suffix -es, 'son of', also used as a given name.

Meaning

The meaning of Fernandes is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 4,372
Rank in Brazil: #3,011
Median age: 48 years
2010 Census: 5,603; people

Fernandes in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Fernandes, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (884 people).

88 women 4,284 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Fernandes is most common

States with the highest share of people named Fernandes in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	787	0.002%
Minas Gerais	348	0.002%
Bahia	297	0.002%
Paraná	297	0.003%
Pernambuco	264	0.003%
Ceará	185	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	181	0.001%
Pará	181	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	172	0.002%
Mato Grosso	172	0.005%
Paraíba	165	0.004%
Goiás	162	0.002%
Santa Catarina	161	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	136	0.005%
Sergipe	111	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	101	0.003%
Alagoas	98	0.003%
Espírito Santo	93	0.002%
Amazonas	88	0.002%
Maranhão	87	0.001%
Piauí	79	0.002%
Tocantins	59	0.004%
Distrito Federal	52	0.002%
Rondônia	49	0.003%
Roraima	21	0.003%
Acre	18	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Fernandes

Wiktionary records Fernandes as a surname coming from Old Galician-Portuguese Fernandez and analyzes it as Fernando + -es, 'son of'. Fernando comes from Germanic, and Behind the Name gives as roots 'peace' or 'journey' plus 'boldness', with the first root uncertain; for that reason the meaning of Fernandes is not fixed. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,372 people named Fernandes, almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Sources

Wiktionary: Fernandes · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Fernando · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Ferdinand · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Fernandes

What does the name Fernandes mean?

The meaning of Fernandes is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Fernandes in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,372 people with the first name Fernandes, which ranks it number 3,011 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Fernandes a boy's or a girl's name?

Fernandes is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 88 women and 4,284 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Fernandes?

Fernandes is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Fernandes most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.005% of the state's population is named Fernandes (111 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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