Meaning of the nameHernando

Male
Germanic origin
Her-nan-do

Hernando is a spelling of the name Ernando, which means “Spanish form of Ferdinand, from 'peace' and 'boldness'”.

Meaning

“Spanish form of Ferdinand, from 'peace' and 'boldness'”

Meaning of the name Ernando, of which Hernando is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Hernando · Behind the Name: Ferdinand

People (2022): 1,752
Rank in Brazil: #5,603
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 1,661; people

Hernando in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hernando, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (506 people).

0 women 1,747 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Hernando is most common

States with the highest share of people named Hernando in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Minas Gerais 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%
Ceará 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	334	0.001%
Minas Gerais	310	0.002%
Bahia	136	0.001%
Pernambuco	133	0.002%
Ceará	110	0.001%
Goiás	106	0.002%
Piauí	75	0.002%
Amazonas	68	0.002%
Maranhão	66	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	61	0.000%
Pará	39	0.001%
Paraná	37	0.000%
Paraíba	34	0.001%
Distrito Federal	31	0.001%
Espírito Santo	29	0.001%
Santa Catarina	24	0.000%
Alagoas	24	0.001%
Mato Grosso	23	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	20	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	17	0.001%
Tocantins	17	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	15	0.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Hernando

Keeps the initial H of the Spanish form.

About the name Ernando

Behind the Name presents Hernando as a medieval Spanish form of Ferdinand, a name that comes from Fredenandus, a Latinized form of a Gothic name, and combines friþus ('peace', possibly farþa, 'journey') and nanþa ('boldness'). Wiktionary records Hernando as a Spanish masculine name, derived from Old Spanish Hernando. In Brazil, the spelling without the H, Ernando, is the most common in the group: IBGE recorded 5,636 people named Ernando in the 2022 Census, with a median age of 40. The origin of Ernando as a spelling of its own is uncertain.

Other spellings of Ernando

Spelling	People (2022)
Ernando	5,636
Hernando	1,752

Sources

Behind the Name: Hernando · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Ferdinand · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Hernando · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Hernando

What does the name Hernando mean?

Hernando means “Spanish form of Ferdinand, from 'peace' and 'boldness'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Ernando, of which Hernando is a spelling.

How many people are named Hernando in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,752 people with the first name Hernando, which ranks it number 5,603 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Hernando a boy's or a girl's name?

Hernando is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,747 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Hernando?

Hernando is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Hernando most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.002% of the state's population is named Hernando (310 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hernando?

Ernando. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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