The Cárdena Family Name

Cárdena is an established spelling of the Spanish surname Cárdenas. The name is habitational, pointing to “from Cárdenas”. Without the “s” of Cárdenas, Cárdena is a simpler written form of the same name.

Arms linked to Cárdenas and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Cárdena surname pack.