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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishCárdenas
2Spanishcárdenasfeminine plural of cárdeno
Every word from Spanish cárdenasEvery word from Spanish Cárdenas