Nando (name)
Nando is a name for males, popular in Switzerland and Italy. It is often a short form of Fernando. It is derived from the Germanic word nantha, meaning bold, reckless, brave.
Other forms are Ferdinand and Nándor and Nanna/'Nanda/Nande'.
People named Nando include
- Fernando Altimani, Italian racewalker
- Ferdinando Nando Angelini, Italian actor
- Nandcoomar Nando Bodha, Mauritian politician, former Minister of Tourism & Leisure and former Minister of Agriculture
- Fernando Nando Bruno, Italian actor
- Fernando Nando Cicero, Italian film director, screenwriter and actor
- Fernando Nando Có, Bissau-Guinean former footballer
- Nando de Colo, French basketball player
- Nando de Freitas, Zimbabwean computer scientist and Oxford professor
- Fernando Nando García, Spanish footballer commonly known as Nando
- Nando Gatti, South African lawn bowler
- Ferdinando Gentile, Italian former basketball player
- Fernando Nando Gómez, Spanish footballer commonly known as Nando
- Fernando Nando González, Spanish footballer better known as Nando
- Ferdinando Minoia, Italian racing driver
- Fernando Nando Maria Neves, Cape Verdean footballer
- Fernando Nando Parrado, Uruguayan plane crash survivor
- Fernando Orsi, Italian football manager and former goalkeeper
- Fernando Quesada, Spanish footballer
- Nando Rafael, Angolan footballer
- Nando Reis, Brazilian musician born José Fernando Gomes dos Reis
- Miguel Vera, United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
- Nando Wormgoor, Dutch footballer
- Nando Yosu, Spanish footballer Fernando Trío Zabala