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Herculano

Herculano is a given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.

Original LatinHerculanus

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Herculano comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Herculanus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Herculano through the years

Babies since 1880
16
16 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1926
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02.557.51019401960198020002025Highest share 19260.0
Herculano in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1926–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 265 as a first name in 2020; 103 as a surname in 2010.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Herculano’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Herculano has a conventional equivalent in the French form HERCULAN. In Portuguese usage, Herculano has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Herculanus. In Portuguese usage, Herculano has a conventional equivalent in the Catalan form Herculà.

Walk Herculano’s family in the name graph

HerculanoErcolanoHerculanHerculanusΗρακλήνοςهرقلHerkulanHerculà

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Herculano has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

Latinwhere Herculano comes from · 1 name

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Across languages 7

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

People named Herculano

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