Across the world, Hernández (Hernandez 
, Hernández , Эрнандес 
, and others...) is a common epicene first name. The first name Hernández is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Guatemala, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, El Salvador, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and the Dominican Republic. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Guatemala, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Predominantly, Hernández is the last name as well as the forename.
Hernández is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| alonso hernández portocarrero Spanish conquistador, ES (b. 1495) |
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| simón hernández Spanish politician, ES (b. 1743) |
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| andreu hernández i basilis botanist (1744-1817), ES (b. 1744) |
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| gaspar hernández PE (b. 1798) |
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simón reyes hernández Cuban military personnel, CU (b. 1858) |
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| bernabé palmerín hernández (b. 1839) |
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| cruz hernández Salvadoran supercentenarian, SV (b. 1878) |
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| santos hernández ES (b. 1874) |
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| nieves hernández Mexican association football player, MX (b. 1901) |
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| chico hernández Cuban baseball player, CU (b. 1916) |
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santos hernández Spanish bicycle racer, ES (b. 1967) |
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anderson hernández Dominican Republic baseball player, DO (b. 1982) |
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onel hernández German association football player, DE (b. 1993) |
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| martín guillermo hernández luna Mexican university teacher, MX (b. 1943) |
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alonso hernández Mexican American soccer player, MX (b. 1994) |
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