Given name & surname
Hondo
“a warring man”
Hondo is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a warring man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a warring man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hondo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 99
- 99 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,064 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,064 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 174 as a first name in 2020; 110 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hondo’s family of names
Hondo has a related form in Honda. Hondo has a related form in Hondah. Hondo has a related form in Hondoh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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