Fernanda

Where Fernanda comes from

Fernanda hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,434 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Fernanda Torres born
    Brazilian actress and writer
  3. 1977
    Fernanda Lima born
    Brazilian actress
  4. 2009
    Peak, #258
    1,274 babies named Fernanda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #510.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Fernanda Torres · Brazilian actress and writer, born 1965
  • Fernanda Lima · Brazilian actress, born 1977
  • Fernanda Ribeiro · Athletics competitor, long distance runner, born 1969
  • Fernanda Garay · Brazilian volleyball player, born 1986
  • Fernanda Castillo · Mexican TV porn actress, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.