As a nickname, Ferd is usually a short form of Ferdinand. Notable people so named include:
Ferd Burket (born 1933), American football player Ferd Crone (born 1954), Dutch politician Ferd Dreher (1913–1996), American football player Ferd Eunick (1892–1959), American baseball player Ferdinand Grapperhaus (born 1959), Dutch politician Ferdinand Havis (1846–1918), African-American slave, politician and businessman Ferd Hayward (1911–1988), Canadian racewalker Ferd J. Hess (1848–1928), American politician Ferd Johnson (1905–1996), American cartoonist Ferd Kayser (1833–1919), German mine manager Ferd Lahure (1929–2019), Luxembourgish football goalkeeper Ferd Wirtz (1885–1947), Luxembourgish gymnast
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