Ferdy or Ferdie is a given name, often a diminutive of the masculine given 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 ...
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People
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Ferdie Aston
Fitzmaurice "Ferdie" Thomas Drake Aston (18 September 1871 – 15 October 1926) was an English-born South African rugby union player. He was capped four times for South Africa, captaining them in three Tests.
Aston made his debut appearance fo ...
(1871–1926), English-born South African rugby union player
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Ferdie Bergh
Willem Ferdinand van Rheede van Oudtschoorn Bergh (2 November 1906 – 28 May 1973), better known as "Ferdie" Bergh, was a South African rugby union player.Cotton, p74Scrum.com player profile, retrieved 20 February 2010
Biography
He was origina ...
(1906–1973), South African rugby union player
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Ferdy Mayne
Ferdy Mayne (or Ferdie Mayne) (born Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel; 11 March 1916 – 30 January 1998) was a German-British stage and screen actor. Born in Mainz, he emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1930s to escape the Nazi regi ...
, German actor born Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel (1916-1998)
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Ferdie Pacheco
Fernando Pacheco Jimenez, M.D. (December 8, 1927 – November 16, 2017) known publicly as Ferdie Pacheco, was the personal physician and cornerman for world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali as well as numerous other boxing champions. ...
(born 1927), former personal physician and cornerman for Muhammad Ali and other boxing champions and TV analyst
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Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898), French-born British banker, art collector and politician
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Ferdie Schupp
Ferdinand Maurice Schupp (January 16, 1891 – December 16, 1971) born in Louisville, Kentucky, was a pitcher for the New York Giants (1913–19), St. Louis Cardinals (1919–21), Brooklyn Robins (1921) and Chicago White Sox (1922).
In 10 season ...
(1891–1971), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Fictional characters
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Ferdy Factual, aka "Nerdy Ferdy", a supporting character in the Berenstain Bears children's book series
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Ferdie Fieldmouse, Mickey Mouse's nephew
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Ferda Mravenec, a Czech literary and comics character, translated as Ferdy/Ferdi outside the Czech Republic and Slovakia
* Ferdy Fox, in ''
Rupert Bear
Rupert Bear is a British children's comic strip character and franchise created by artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the ''Daily Express'' newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival ''D ...
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* Ferdy the Frog, in ''
The Slow Norris'', a British children's television programme
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