the etymology and history of surnames
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| Abelló |
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Usage: Catalan, Italian
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| Variant of Abelli. |
| Agramunt |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Means "from Agramunt, Spain". |
| Albert |
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Usage: Catalan, English, French, Hungarian, German
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Albert. |
| Andreu |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Catalan given name Andreu. |
| Blanxart |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Catalan form of Blanco. |
| Bonaventura |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Word used to say "good fortune". Fortunetellers used it with reference to "the luck of a coming future". |
| Cardona |
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Usage: Catalan, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| From the name of a Catalan town. |
| Castell |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| From Latin castellum "castle", indicating a person who lived near a castle. |
| Ferrer |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Catalan cognate of Ferrari. |
| Grec |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Catalan cognate of Greco. |
| Jordà |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Catalan form of the given name Jordan. |
| Martell (2) |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Derived from Latin martellus "hammer". |
| Martí |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the personal name Martí, the Catalan form of Martin. |
| Mas (1) |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "farm" in Catalan. |
| Mata |
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Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller by a plantation of trees" from the Old Spanish mata. |
| Mateu |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Derived from the Catalan form of Matthew. |
| Moles |
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Usage: Catalan, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Mainly Catalan, from a nickname that means "millstone". |
| Noguerra |
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Usage: Spanish, Catalan
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| Means "dweller by the walnut tree" from the Late Latin nucarius. |
| Oliver |
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Usage: Catalan, English, French, German, Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the personal name Oliver. |
| Petit |
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Usage: Catalan, English, French
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "small, little" derived from the Old French petit. Perhaps used for a short, small person or to denote the younger of two individuals. |
| Picasso |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "magpie" from the Spanish picazo. This probably denoted someone who was talkative or prone to stealing, although it may have described someone's unusual colouring. |
| Porra |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Variant of Porras. |
| Porras |
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Usage: Spanish, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "club". |
| Puig |
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Usage: Catalan, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller on a hill(ock)" from the Old Provençal and Catalan puy. |
| Quintana |
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Usage: Spanish, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller on a piece of land whose rent is one-fifth it's produce" from the Spanish and Catalan quintana. |
| Rey (1) |
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Usage: English, Spanish, French, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "king" from the Latin rex, regis. Denoting someone who acted like a king perhaps. |
| Roig |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "red (haired, complexioned)" from the Latin rubeus. |
| Romà (1) |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the personal name Romanus. See Roman. |
| Romà (2) |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Rome, Italy". Described either a person from there or someone who had been there. |
| Rosa |
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Usage: Italian, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "rose" from the Latin rosa. Perhaps denoting a person who lived where roses grew or had a rosy complexion. |
| Sala |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "worker at a manor house" from the Old French salle. |
| Soler |
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Usage: Provençal, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| A surname that denotes a person from any of the numerous places in the area whose names derive from the word soler meaning "site, plot". |
| Tomàs |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Catalan given name Tomàs. |
| Tosell |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Variant of Tos. |
| Toset |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Variant of Tos. |
| Ventura |
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Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Comes from the Italian first name Bonaventura and the Spanish form Buenaventura. |
| Vilaró |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| From the province of Cataluna in Spain, and means "little rustic cabin". The name is thought to have been originally from France and was changed from the 13th century Vilaroux into the Catalan Vilaro. |
| Vivas |
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Usage: Catalan
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "may you live" from the Latin, Catalan and Spanish expression vivas which was bestowed upon children to bring good luck. |
| Vives |
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Usage: Catalan, Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Vivas. |
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