Where does “Cardenas” come from?
Cardenas is a Spanish surname derived from Spanish cárdenas, itself from Spanish cárdenas, with origins traceable to the plural form of cárdena, meaning a thistle plant or thorny vegetation.
Ancestry of “Cardenas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Cárdenas | — |
| 2 | Spanish | cárdenas | feminine plural of cárdeno |