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Fernande

Fernande is a predominantly French language feminine given name. It is the feminine form of the masculine given name Fernand. People bearing the name Fernande include:Fernande Albany (1889–1966), French actress Fernande Arendt (1891–19??), Belgian tennis player Fernande Baetens (1901–1977), Belgian jurist and feminist Fernande Barrey (1893–1960), French artist's model and painter Fernande Bayetto (1928–2015), French alpine skier Fernande Bochatay, Swiss alpine skier Fernande Brosseau, Canadian social activist Fernande Caroen (1920–1998), Belgian freestyle swimmer Fernande Decruck (1896–1954), French composer Fernande R.V. Duffly, Indonesian-American lawyer and jurist Fernande Giroux, Canadian actress and jazz singer Fernande Grudet, French brothel keeper Fernande Keufgens, Belgian World War II resistance member Fernande de Mertens (1850–1924), Belgian-French painter Fernande Olivier (1881–1966), French artist's model painter Fernande Sadler (1869–1949), French painter and engraver Fernande Saint-Martin (1927–2019), Canadian art critic, museologist, semiologist, visual arts theorist and writer Fernande Tassy (1903–1952), French fencer

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Fernande
GenderFemale
LanguageFrench
Name day27 June (France)1
Other names
Variant formsFernand (masculine), Fernanda, Fernando, Ferdinand
DerivedFrom the Germanic elements faran ('to drive', 'to travel') and nanþi ('bold', 'daring')2

Fernande is a predominantly French language feminine given name. It is the feminine form of the masculine given name Fernand. People bearing the name Fernande include:

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References

  1. "French Name Days". NameDayCalendar. 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. Seibicke, Wilfried (29 May 1996). Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Bd.1, A-E (in German). De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3110144451.