Ferran (given name)
Ferran or Ferrán is a Catalan masculine given name of Germanic origin. The name was especially popular in Catalonia during the Middle Ages and modern use of the name is still heavily centered in eastern Spain. It is a variant of the original Ferdinand in Germanic or Fernando in Spanish.
As of 2023, it was the 214th most common male name in Spain with 13,083 people named Ferran in the country, with their average age being 31.7 years old. This included: 7,273 in the Province of Barcelona, 1,501 in the Province of Valencia, and 1,407 in the Province of Girona.
Notable people with the name include:
- Ferran Adrià, Spanish chef
- , Spanish artist
- , Spanish actor and director
- Ferran d'Aunés, Catalan mercenary
- Ferran Barenblit, Argentine museum curator
- Ferrán Bassas, Spanish basketball player
- Ferran Bel, Spanish economist, academic and politician
- , Spanish priest, theologian, journalist, translator, and writer
- Ferrán Bono, Spanish journalist and politician
- , Spanish lawyer, judge, amateur astronomer, and Valencian nationalist
- , Spanish writer and professor
- , Spanish businessman
- Ferrán Casarramona, Spanish astronomer
- , Spanish architect
- Ferran Corominas, Spanish footballer
- Ferran Costa, Spanish football manager
- , Andorran politician, businessman, and linguist
- , Spanish writer
- , Spanish painter and illustrator
- , Spanish politician
- Ferran Font, Spanish roller hockey player
- , Spanish photographer
- Ferran Gallego, Spanish historian and writer
- , Spanish historian, writer, and professor
- , Spanish artist
- Ferrán Giner, Spanish footballer
- Ferran Glenfield, Irish Anglican bishop
- , Spanish cyclist
- Ferran Hurtado, Spanish mathematician and computer scientist
- , Spanish swimmer
- Ferran Jutglà, Spanish footballer
- Ferran Latorre, Spanish mountaineer and adventurer
- Ferran Laviña, Spanish basketball player
- , Spanish basketball player
- , Spanish police officer
- Ferran Martínez, Spanish basketball player
- Ferrán Monzó, Spanish footballer
- Ferran Olivella, Spanish footballer
- , Spanish photographer
- Ferran Pol, Andorran footballer
- , Spanish lawyer, politician, and writer
- Ferrán Quetglas, Spanish footballer
- , Spanish actor, director, producer, and teacher
- , Spanish architect
- Ferran Ruiz, Spanish footballer
- , Spanish actor
- Ferrán Sarsanedas, Spanish footballer
- Ferran Sibila, Spanish football manager
- Ferran Solé, Spanish handball player
- Ferran Soriano, Spanish businessman
- Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer, Spanish mathematician
- Ferran Tacón, Spanish footballer
- Ferran Terra, Spanish alpine skier
- , Spanish writer and journalist
- Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer
- , Spanish aristocrat and politician
- , Spanish jurist, politician, historian and medievalist
- Ferran Velazco Querol, Spanish rugby union player
- , Spanish basketball player