Cárdenas (surname) explained

Cárdenas
Pronunciation:	ˈkarðɛˌnas
Meaning:	Thistle (Carduus)
Region:	Spain
Language origin:	Spanish
Variant:	Cardenas, de Cárdenas, Cárdena, Carden, Cardo, Cardenoza, Cardeño, Barcenas

Cárdenas is a locational surname originating in La Rioja, Spain. In Spain, Cárdenas is the 287th most frequently surname, accounting for 0.37% of the population. It is the 296th most popular surname in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia.^[1]

Etymology

This habitational surname derives from places named Cárdenas in the provinces of Almería, in Andalusia, and Logroño, in La Rioja. It comes from the feminine plural of Spanish; Castilian: cárdeno, meaning "blue" or "bluish purple", by way of the Latin Latin: cardinus, from Latin: carduus ("thistle").^[2]

People

• Adán Cárdenas (1836–1916), President of Nicaragua
• Adrian Cardenas (born 1987), American baseball player
• Agustín Cárdenas (1927–2001), Cuban sculptor
• Alberto Cárdenas (born 1958), Mexican politician
• Alejandro Cárdenas (born 1974), Mexican athlete
• Alicia Cárdeñas (born 1943), Mexican volleyball player
• Alonso de Cárdenas (fl. 1474–1493), Spanish noble
• Alonso de Cárdenas, Spanish ambassador to the English Commonwealth (1650s)
• Anahí de Cárdenas (born 1983), Peruvian singer and actress.
• Bartolomé de Cárdenas (1440–1501), Spanish painter, better known as Bartolomé Bermejo
• Bartolomé de Cárdenas (1575–1628), Spanish painter, born in Portugal
• Brenda Cardenas Thomae (born 1982), Mexican politician and lawyer
• Carlos Cárdenas (born 1976), Bolivian footballer
• Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (born 1934), Mexican politician
• Eliécer Cárdenas (1950–2021), Ecuadorian writer
• Félix Cárdenas (born 1973), Colombian cyclist
• Francisco Arias Cárdenas (born 1950), Venezuelan politician
• García López de Cárdenas (fl. 1540), Spanish Conquistador
• Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández (1915–1999), Mexican serial killer
• Gustavo Cárdenas Gutiérrez (born 1958), Mexican Politician
• Henry Cárdenas (born 1965), Colombian road cyclist
• Jose Cardenas (born 1970), California real life character portrayed in McFarland, USA film
• Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (born 1964), Mexican politician
• Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1895–1970), President of Mexico
• Leo Cárdenas (born 1938), Cuban baseball player
• Luis Cárdenas (cyclist) (born 1967), Colombian cyclist
• Luis Cárdenas (footballer) (born 1993), Mexican footballer
• Luis Cárdenas Saavedra, Venezuelan educator
• Marco Cárdenas, Venezuelan engraver
• Martín Cárdenas (botanist) (1899–1973), Bolivian botanist
• Martín Cárdenas (motorcycle racer) (born 1982), Colombian motorcyclist
• Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María (born 1962), Colombian politician
• Miguel Cárdenas (fl. 1894–1904), Mexican politician
• Micha Cárdenas (born 1977), American artist and theorist
• Osiel Cárdenas (born 1967), Mexican drug baron
• Raúl Cárdenas (1928–2016), Mexican footballer and coach
• Regla Cárdenas (born 1975), Cuban heptathlete
• Raymundo Cárdenas (born 1950), Mexican politician
• Robert Cardenas (1920–2022), American general
• Sherman Cárdenas (born 1989), Colombian football midfielder
• Steve Cardenas (born 1974), American martial artist, musician and retired actor
• Tony Cárdenas (born 1963), California politician

Notes and References

1. Web site: ¿Cuánta gente se apellida como tú?. June 2015.
2. Dictionary of American Surnames, ed. Patrick Hanks, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 287