Nando (name)
# 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
