Hernando
Boy · ehr-NAHN-doh · Germanic
Hernando is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bold voyager”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hernando mean?
Germanic: old Spanish form of Fernando (Ferdinand)
“bold voyager”
Hernando de Soto led a Spanish expedition through the American Southeast, reaching the Mississippi in 1541.
- Say it
- ehr-NAHN-doh
Is Hernando a girl's or a boy's name?
Hernando is a boys' name.
How popular is Hernando in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1967, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Hernando in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hernando in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Nicknames for Hernando
- Nando
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