Nando (name)

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

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