Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hernandez

/hɚnˈændɛz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: her-nan-dez
IPA: /hɚnˈændɛz/

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

From Spanish Hernández (“son of Hernando”), from Hernando, variant of Fernando (“Ferdinand”), of Germanic origin.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Hernández

Derived Forms

Diazhernandez Gomezhernandez Hernandezmarti

Rhymes With

fernandez

Questions

How do you pronounce hernandez?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɚnˈændɛz/.
What does hernandez mean?: A surname from Spanish.
Where does hernandez come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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