All around the world, Cárdenas (Cardenas 
, Cárdenas ) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The given name Cárdenas is habitual in Bolivia, where it is a rare boy's name, Colombia, where it is a rare epicene name, and Italy. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Colombia, the United States, and Italy. Much more prevalently, Cárdenas is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Cárdenas, Cardenas | Mexico, Chile, United States, Peru, Colombia |
| alonso de cárdenas Spanish noble, ES (b. 1401) |
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garcía lópez de cárdenas Spanish explorer, the first European to see the Grand Canyon, ES (b. 1500) |
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| martín de león cárdenas Spanish writer, ES (b. 1585) |
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| alonso de cárdenas diplomat (c.1592–1666), ES (b. 1592) |
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| alonso de cárdenas (b. 1595) |
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| alonso cárdenas (b. 1750) |
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| encarnación de cárdenas (b. 1790) |
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lázaro cárdenas President of Mexico (1895-1970), MX (b. 1895) |
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amador cárdenas Chilean composer (1931-2003), CL (b. 1931) |
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| olimpo cárdenas Ecuadorean singer, EC (b. 1923) |
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| regla maría cárdenas Cuban heptathlete and long jumper, CU (b. 1975) |
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| garcí lópez zapata de cárdenas Peerage person ID=324056 |
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| ibsen chivatá cárdenas researcher |
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| franqui cárdenas Dr. rer. nat. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2005 |
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| sherman cárdenas Colombian footballer, CO (b. 1989) |
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