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 ...

. It may refer to:

People

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 *

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 *

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) * Ferdie Pacheco (born 1927), former personal physician and cornerman for Muhammad Ali and other boxing champions and TV analyst *

Ferdinand de Rothschild Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (17 December 1839 – 17 December 1898), also known as Ferdinand James Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild, was a British Jewish banker, art collector and politician who was a member of the prominent Rothschild family of ...

(1839–1898), French-born British banker, art collector and politician *

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

* Ferdy Factual, aka "Nerdy Ferdy", a supporting character in the Berenstain Bears children's book series * Ferdie Fieldmouse, Mickey Mouse's nephew *

Ferda Mravenec Ferda (means "Ferdinand the Ant", translated as Ferdy/Ferdi outside of the Czech Republic and Slovakia) is a Czech literary and comics character, an anthropomorphic ant created by Ondřej Sekora, who both wrote and illustrated the stories. It was ...

, 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 ...

'', a children's comic strip * Ferdy the Frog, in ''

The Slow Norris ''The Slow Norris'' is a British children's television programme that aired on CITV from 4 September 1995 to 23 December 1999. The programme portrayed moral tales and fables through various anthropomorphized creatures. The show was produced by ...

'', a British children's television programme {{given name Masculine given names Hypocorisms