Given name & surname

Cardena

Cardena is a surname from Spanish.

Original SpanishCardeña

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cardena comes from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Spanish Cardeña.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cardena’s family of names

In English usage, Cardena as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Cardeña.

Walk Cardena’s family in the name graph

CardenaCardeña

The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Cardena, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Spanish

Cardona

“thistle”

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53% boys · 47% girls

Spanish

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Spanish

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No U.S. birth series

56% boys · 44% girls

Spanish

Cabeza

Cabeza is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English and Spanish.

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Spanish

Calzada

Calzada is a surname from Spanish.

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Spanish

Calica

“limestone”

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Spanish

Capilla

Capilla is a surname from Spanish.

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Basque

Arrona

Arrona is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Cardena’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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