Fernande is a predominantly

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feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is the feminine form of the masculine given name

Fernand Fernand is a masculine given name of French origin. The feminine form is Fernande. Fernand may refer to: People Given name * Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist * Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer * Fernand Baldet (1885– ...

. People bearing the name Fernande include: * Fernande Albany (1889–1966), French actress *

Fernande Arendt Fernande Arendt (born 1891, date of death unknown) was a Belgian tennis player. She competed in the women's singles and doubles events at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olymp ...

(1891–), Belgian tennis player * Fernande Baetens (1901–1977), Belgian jurist and feminist *

Fernande Barrey Fernande Barrey (9 January 1893 in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – 14 July 1960 in Paris) was a French artist model and painter. Biography Fernande Barrey left her native Picardy in about 1908 and moved to Paris, where she survived as a child prost ...

(1893–1960), French artist's model and painter *

Fernande Bayetto Fernande Bayetto (9 October 1928 – 7 November 2015)Fernande Bochatay Fernande Bochatay (born 23 January 1946) is a former Swiss alpine skier. At the 1968 Winter Olympics, she won the bronze medal in Giant Slalom. Bochatay was the aunt of Swiss speed skier Nicolas Bochatay, who was killed on a training run at the ...

(born 1946), Swiss alpine skier * Fernande Brosseau, Canadian social activist *

Fernande Caroen Fernande Caroen (27 July 1920, Ostend – 16 April 1998, Ostend) was a Belgian freestyle swimmer. She participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the 400m freestyle event. She won two bronze medals in the same event at th ...

(1920–1998), Belgian freestyle swimmer * Fernande Decruck (1896–1954), French composer *

Fernande R.V. Duffly Fernande R. V. Duffly (born December 10, 1949) is an American lawyer and jurist from Massachusetts. She was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick in December 2010 to serve as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Patrick ...

(born 1949), Indonesian-American lawyer and jurist * Fernande Giroux, Canadian actress and jazz singer *

Fernande Grudet Fernande Grudet (6 July 1923 – 15 December 2015), also known as Madame Claude, was a French brothel keeper. In the 1960s, she was the head of a French network of call girls who worked especially for dignitaries and civil servants. Biograp ...

(also known as Madame Claude; 1923–2015), French brothel keeper * Fernande Keufgens (also known as Fernande Davis), 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 * Fernande Tchétché (born 1988), Ivorian footballer

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