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    Ferdinand

    FER-dih-nand

    Meaning

    Bold voyager; Adventurous journey

    Germanic origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Ferdinand voyages by faith — obeying without knowing, committing the way unto God, the bold traveler whose inheritance awaits at the journey's end.

    Verses · King James Version

    “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.”

    Hebrews 11:8

    “Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”

    Psalm 37:5

    Most used in the 1880s (US records)

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