Hernandez

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hernández in CL Chile, GT Guatemala and Эрнандес in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hernandez is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname1.2M records spelled Hernandez17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Hernández, Hern-Andez, Hernàndez, Hernandéz, Hérnandez

• Catalan surname567K records spelled Hernandez13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Hernández, Hernàndez, Hernãndez, Hernandéz, Hernândez

• Portuguese surname156K records spelled Hernandez105 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Spain, Philippines

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Hernández, Hernàndez, Hèrnandez, Hërńäńdëz, Hërnändez

• Swahili surname29K records spelled Hernandez3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: Swahili, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Hernández

• Croatian surname8.1K records spelled Hernandez30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Philippines, Croatia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Hernández, Hërńandëž, Hêrnändêž, Hěrnándëž, Hèrnândêž

• Turkish surname7.6K records spelled Hernandez3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Philippines, Türkiye

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Hernández

79 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hernandez is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• patronymic from the personal name Hernando (see Fernando). This surname also became established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there, and as a result of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century, many of whom moved to Italy.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Fernando

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In German, Spanischer Familienname zu Ferdinand; 291 Belege.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In Italian, Variante di Fernandez

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fidel Sánchez Hernándezb. 1917SVPresident of El Salvador (1917-2003)
• Patrick Hernandezb. 1949FRFrench singer
• Gutib. 1976ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer and football manager
• Xavi Hernándezb. 1980ESSpanish footballer and manager (born 1980)
• Andrés Guardadob. 1986MXnot in their usual nameMexican association football player
• Javier Hernándezb. 1988MXMexican association football player (b. 1988)
• Georgina Rodríguezb. 1994ARnot in their usual nameArgentine-Spanish model (born 1994)
• Rodri Hernándezb. 1996ESSpanish association football player (born 1996)
• Theo Hernándezb. 1997FRFrench footballer (born 1997)
• Sheldon Rileyb. 1999AUnot in their usual nameAustralian singer (1999-)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 255 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hernandez?

We estimate roughly 1.7 million people bear Hernandez (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Hernandez have the most bearers?

Hernandez is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled hernandez.

How common is Hernandez compared with other names?

In Mexico, Hernandez is the most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Hernandez mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘Son of Hernando’, a Spanish form of Fernando (Ferdinand).