Fernandinho is a

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

of the name

Fernando Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

and means "Little Fernando" or "Fernando Jr." in

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

. Fernandinho may refer to:

Footballers

Fernandinho (footballer, born January 1981) Éldis Fernando Damasio, better known as Fernandinho (フェルナンジーニョ, born January 13, 1981), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. M ...

, Éldis Fernando Damasio, Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder * Fernandinho (footballer, born April 1981), Fernando Alves Santa Clara, Brazilian footballer who plays as a left-back, currently for São Caetano *

Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985) Fernando Luiz Roza (born 4 May 1985), known as Fernandinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Athletico Paranaense. He has captained the Brazil national team on many occasi ...

, Fernando Luiz Roza, Brazilian footballer who plays as a central midfielder, currently for Athletico Paranaense * Fernandinho (footballer, born August 1985), Fernando Galhardo Borges, Brazilian footballer who plays as a left-back * Fernandinho (footballer, born November 1985), Luiz Fernando Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer for Grêmio * Fernandinho (footballer, born 1991), Fernando Barros Bezerra Júnior, Brazilian footballer for Portimonense *

Fernandinho (footballer, born March 1993) Fernando Henrique da Conceição (), known as Fernandinho, Fernando Henrique or Fei Nanduo (; born 16 March 1993), is a professional footballer who last played as a winger for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou. Born in Brazil, he obtained Ch ...

, Fernando Henrique da Conceição, Brazilian footballer * Fernandinho (footballer, born July 1993), Fernando Augusto Rodrigues de Araujo, Brazilian footballer * Fernandinho (footballer, born February 1997), Fernando Camões de Araújo, Portuguese footballer * Fernandinho (footballer, born July 1997), Fernando José Marques Maciel, Brazilian footballer * Fernandinho (footballer, born 2003), Fernando Paiva Correa, Brazilian footballer

Futsal

Fernandinho (futsal player) Fernando Nascimento Cosme (born 1 July 1983), better known as Fernandinho, is a Brazilian futsal Sportsperson, player who last played for Kazakhstan club AFC Kairat, Kairat and the Brazil national futsal team, Brazil national team. Honours ;Din ...

(born 1983), Brazilian futsal player who plays as a pivot

Footballers

Futsal

See also