Ferdynand is a Polish variant of the Germanic name

Ferdinand Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

. Ferdynand means "bold protector".

People named Ferdynand

Ferdynand is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (27 May 1876 – 3 January 1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist. He is known for his books about Lenin and the Russian Civil War in which he participated. ...

(1876–1945), Polish writer, journalist, traveller, explorer and university professor *

Ferdynand Arczyński Ferdynand Marek Arczyński (December 8, 1900 in Kraków – 1979 in Warsaw), cryptonym "Marek" or "Lukowski", was one of the founding members of an underground organization Żegota (Council for Aid to Jews) in German-occupied Poland, from 1942 t ...

(1900–1979), founding member of Żegota in German-occupied Poland (1942–1945) *

Ferdynand Radziwiłł Prince Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł (1834 in Berlin – 1926 in Rome) was a Polish nobleman and Polish-German politician. He was the son of Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł and Leontyna von Clary und Aldringen. Through his paternal grandmot ...

(1834–1926), Polish nobleman and Polish-German politician *

Ferdynand Ruszczyc Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870–1936) was Polish painter, printmaker, and stage designer. He was a member of the aristocratic Ruszczyc de Lis family. Biography Born in the village of Bohdanów (then Russian Empire, now Belarus), Ruszczyc spent his ...

(1870–1936), Polish painter, printmaker, and stage designer *

Ferdynand Zarzycki Ferdynand Zarzycki (1888, in Tarnów – 1958, in Chicago, Illinois) was a Polish general and politician. He fought in the Polish Legions in World War I The Polish Legions ( pl, Legiony Polskie) was a name of the Polish military force (the first ...

(1888–1958), Polish general and politician *

Karol Ferdynand Vasa Prince Charles Ferdinand Vasa ( pl, Karol Ferdynand Waza; 13 October 1613 in Warsaw – 9 May 1655 in Wyszków), was a Polish prince, priest, Bishop of Wrocław from 1625, bishop of Płock from 1640 and Duke of Opole from 1648 to 1655. Biograph ...

(1613–1655), Prince-Bishop of Breslau/Wrocław, bishop of Płock and Duke of Oppeln Opole * Stanisław Ferdynand Rzewuski (1737–1786), Polish noble (szlachcic)

People named Ferdynand

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