Hernán

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title: "Hernán" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["masculine-given-names", "spanish-masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernán" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Hernán is a Spanish masculine given name, originating from Germanic Hernan in the Visigoth culture in Spain. It is the Latinized version of the compound name Fard-nanth, which seems to mean "gentle traveler" or "spiritual traveler". The House of Hernán gave its name to those with the surname Hernández, the -ez at the end denoting membership of that House. The surname, like many Spanish surnames, is of Teutonic-Gothic origin. It is not connected with "Herman" - also of Germanic origin, but a different one.

Persons with the given name include:

• Hernán Alvarado Solano (1946–2011), Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop
• Hernán Andrade (born 1960), Mexican racewalker
• Hernán Barcos (born 1984), Argentine football player
• Hernán Barreneche (born 1939), retired long-distance runner
• Hernán Behn (19th century), Puerto Rican businessperson
• Hernán Bernardello (born 1986), Argentine football midfielder
• Hernán Boyero (born 1979), Argentine football striker
• Hernán Büchi (born 1949), Chilean economist and politician
• Hernán Buenahora (born 1967), Colombian road racing cyclist
• Hernán Caputto (born 1974), Argentine footballer
• Hernán Carrasco Vivanco (21st century), former Chilean football (soccer) manager
• Hernán Cattáneo (21st century), Argentine house DJ
• Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), Spanish conquistador
• Hernán Crespo (born 1975), Argentine international footballer
• Hernán Cristante (born 1969), Argentine goalkeeper
• Hernán Santa Cruz (1906–1999), Chilean delegate to the United Nations
• Hernán Darío Gómez (born 1956), Colombian ex-football player and manager
• Hernán Díaz (born 1965), former Argentine football right back
• Hernán Elizondo Arce (born 1920), Costa Rican novelist and poet
• Hernán Figueroa (born 1927), Chilean decathlete
• Hernán Fredes (born 1987), Argentine football midfielder
• Hernán Gamboa (born 1946), Venezuelan musician
• Hernán Gaviria (1969–2002), Colombian football midfielder
• Hernán Giraldo (born 1948), Colombian murderer
• Adrián Hernán González (born 1976), Argentine football midfielder
• Hernán Gumy (born 1972), Argentine tennis player and coach
• Hernán Iribarren (born 1984), Major League Baseball utility player
• Hernán Larraín (born 1947), conservative Chilean lawyer, university lecturer, and politician
• Hernán Rodrigo López (born 1978), Uruguayan football player and manager
• Hernán Losada (born 1982), Argentine football midfielder
• Hernán Luna (born 1999), Colombian football winger
• Hernán Maisterra (born 1972), retired Argentine footballer
• Hernán Mattiuzzo (born 1984), Argentine football midfielder
• Hernán Medford (born 1968), Costa Rican soccer player and coach
• Hernán Medina Calderón (born 1937), Colombian road racing cyclist
• Jorge Hernán Monge (1938–2019), former Costa Rican soccer player
• Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre (1912–1981), President of Guatemala
• Hernán Darío Muñoz (born 1973), Colombian road racing cyclist
• Hernán Neira (born 1960), Chilean writer
• Hernán Nuñez (1475–1553), Spanish humanist, classicist, philologist, and paremiographer
• Facundo Hernán Quiroga (born 1978), Argentine football defender
• Hernán Orjuela (born 1958), Colombian host
• Hernán Padilla (born 1938), retired physician
• Hernán Paolo Dellafiore (born 1985), Argentine-Italian football central defender
• Hernán Patiño (1966–1995), Colombian road cyclist
• Hernán Peirone (born 1986), Argentine football striker
• Hernán Pellerano (born 1984), Argentine football defender
• Hernán Pérez de Ovando (13th century), Spanish nobleman
• Hernán Piquín (born 1973), Argentine dancer and actor
• Hernán Ramírez Necochea (1917–1979), Chilean historian
• Hernán Rengifo (born 1983), Peruvian football player
• Hernán Rivera Letelier (born 1950), Chilean novelist
• Hernán Rodríguez (1933–2026), Chilean footballer
• Hernán Sandoval (born 1983), Guatemalan football striker
• Hernán Senillosa (born 1977), Argentine rugby union player
• Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914–1996), politician from Bolivia
• Hernán Silva (1948–2017), Chilean football referee
• Hernán Toro (born circa 1950), Venezuelan cinematographer
• Hernán Trizano (1860–1926), Chilean-Italian military and police
• Hernán Vodanovic (1946–2025), Chilean politician

;In USA without the accent:

• Hernan Bas (born 1978), American painter
• Hernan Diaz (21st century) Argentine-American writer

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