Hermogenes
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The name Hermogenes is of Greek origin (Ἑρμογένης) and means "born of Hermes" or "descended from Hermes", combining the name of the Greek god Hermes with the Greek word for "born" or "offspring" (gene
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/eɾmoxenes/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hermogenes is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 6.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 7.8K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 10K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 79 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The name Hermogenes is of Greek origin (Ἑρμογένης) and means "born of Hermes" or "descended from Hermes", combining the name of the Greek god Hermes with the Greek word for "born" or "offspring" (genes).
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hermogenes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | listed | Hermogenes | 35 |
| PE Peru | #912 | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 7.8K | — | Hermogenes | 40 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 2,249 | 1 in 13K | 2.2K | Hermogenes | 14 |
| EC Ecuador | #649 | 1,311 | 1 in 13K | 1.3K | Hermogenes | 18 |
| BR Brazil | — | 987 | 1 in 215K | 1.2K | Hermogenes | 61 |
| NI Nicaragua | #286 | ≈960 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Hermogenes | 9 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); the ph-wiktionary-names register; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hermogenes is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Christian tradition, Hermogenes serves as a cautionary example of apostasy and the failure to stand by fellow believers during times of persecution, contrasted with the positive example of Onesiphorus's loyalty to Paul.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hermogenes of Xanthosb. 100TROlympic stadion victor, 81 and 89 CE
- Hermogenes of Tarsusb. 200TR2nd century Greek rhetorician
- Hermogenesb. 240GRGreek temple architect
- Hermogenes of Moscowb. 1530RURussian bishop
- Philip Hermogenes Calderonb. 1833FRBritish artist (1833-1898)
- Hermogenes Ilaganb. 1873PHFilipino theater actor, writer and director (1873–1943)
- Hermogenes Valdebenitob. 1901CLChilean fencer (1901–1979)
- Hermogenes Ebdaneb. 1948PHFilipino politician
- Hermógenes Conacheb. 1953CLChilean comedian
- Hermógenes L. Morab. 1979NINicaraguan poet and writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 2.2K | #711 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 1.3K | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 1.3K | #621 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 1.2K | #8,214 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 1.2K | #3,369 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 987 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 979 | #8,362 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 933 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 817 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1970 | 691 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1960 | 455 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1960 | 236 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hermogenes mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Hermogenes is of Greek origin (Ἑρμογένης) and means "born of Hermes" or "descended from Hermes", combining the name of the Greek god Hermes with the Greek word for "born" or "offspring" (gene… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Hermogenes?
- A machine transcription gives /eɾmoxenes/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Hermogenes a male or female name?
- Hermogenes is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Hermogenes have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Hermogenes in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hermogenes.
- How common is the name Hermogenes?
- In Venezuela, the national register counted 2,249 people named Hermogenes, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
- How common is Hermogenes compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Hermogenes is the 286th most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hermogenesThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hermogenes” — the 286th most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.