Susan Hernandez

(female) English vernacular form of Susanna. Among well-known bearers are the American film stars Susan Hayward (1918–75) and Susan Sarandon (b. 1946 as Susan Tomalin).

Spanish (Hernández) and Jewish (Sephardic): patronymic from the personal name Hernando (see Fernando). This surname also became established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there, and as a result of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century, many of whom moved to Italy.