Hermenegildo
Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild, was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. During his rebellion, he converted from Arianism to Catholicism. Hermenegild was defeated in 584 and exiled.
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Hermenegildo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild, was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. During his rebellion, he converted from Arianism to Catholicism. Hermenegild was defeated in 584 and exiled.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Hermenegildo
American parents first put Hermenegildo on the record books as a baby boy name in 1922, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 9 Hermenegildos were born — ranking #5,928 that year. About 23% of every Hermenegildo on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Hermenegildo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 91 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hermenegildo
Hermenegildo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1922 and has accumulated 91 births in the dataset. Hermenegildo's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #5,928. Use the chart and map above to compare Hermenegildo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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