Given name & surname
Hermenegildo
Hermenegildo is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hermenegildo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 91
- 91 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,210 as a first name in 2020; 427 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hermenegildo’s family of names
Hermenegildo shares a linguistic root with Ermenegilde. Hermenegildo has a related form in Ermenegildo. Hermenegildo shares a linguistic root with Ermenegildo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hermenegildo has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hermenegildo
- Hermenegildo Anglada CamarasaSpanish artist (1872-1959)1871–1959
- Hermenegildo Capeloexplorer and Portuguese Naval admiral (1841-1917)
- Hermenegildo GonzálezGalician noble850–943
- Hermenegildo GutiérrezSpanish noble842–920
- Hermenegildo Giner de los RíosSpanish writer and politician1847–1923
- Hermenegildo SantosAngolan basketball player (born 1990)
- Hermenegildo SábatUruguayan-Argentine caricaturist (1933-2018)
- Hermenegildo Ramírez SánchezMexican Roman Catholic prelate1929–2022
- Héctor AcostaArgentine cyclist1933–1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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