Given name & surname
Hernandez
“a bold adventurer”
Hernandez is a variant of Hernando. One Spanish interpretation is “a bold adventurer.”
Original SpanishHernández
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hernandez is a variant of Hernando. One Spanish interpretation is “a bold adventurer.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Hernandez as a surname developed from Hernández.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hernandez through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 114
- 114 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 11 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,128 as a first name in 2020; 1,013,895 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.
Hernandez’s family of names
In English usage, Hernandez as a surname developed from the Spanish form Hernández. Hernandez has a related form in Hernando. In Filipino usage, Hernandez as a surname has a related form in Fernando.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hernandez has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Hernandez comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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