Galician Submitted Surnames
Galician
names are used in Galicia in northwestern Spain.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
AFFLECKGalician, ScottishVariation of Auchinleck, a town near Dundee, Scotland... Ben & Casey Affleck are famous bearers of the name. Auchinleck appears to have been one of those places where the ancient Celts and Druids held conventions, celebrated their festivals, and performed acts of worship...
[more] ARRAGalician, SicilianHabitational name from a place in Galicia called Arra, this surname was also found in some parts of Sicily.
AVIÑAGalicianGalician surname referring to someone who "lives by a vineyard", from
d’Aviña, a variant of
da viña.
BAAMONDEGalicianThis indicates familial origin within either of 5 eponymous parishes.
BETANZOSGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
BROCOSGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Agolada in the Comarca of O Deza.
BURELAGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Comarca of La Mariña Central.
CAAMAÑOGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish in the municipality of Porto do Son.
COVACatalan, GalicianTopographic name from Catalan and Galician cova ‘cave’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, in the provinces of Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Catalonia and Valencia.
CUBAPortugese, Asturian-Leonese, Galician, Spanishhabitational name from any of the places in Portugal (in the provinces of Alentejo and Beira Baixa) or Spain (in Aragon, Asturies, and Galicia) named Cuba, from
cuba ‘barrel’ (from Latin
cupa)...
[more] DA RÚAGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the municipality of A Rúa.
DOPEREIROGalicianThis is a surname that alludes to the locality of Pereiro de Aguiar (northern Spain). Also, this is an apple tree and its fruit is the pero (apple fruit).
DO PEREYROGalicianDo Pereyro is an apple tree. It is very old surname, dating from the Middle Ages. Do Pereyro comes from Galicia (northern Spain).
DOVALGalicianFrom 'do val' meaning 'of the valley. Galician origins.
FAJARDOGalicianTopographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or in a beech wood, from Late Latin fagea (arbor) meaning "beech (tree)", a derivative of classical Latin fagus meaning "beech".
GÁNDARAGalicianIt refers to a type of unproductive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand.
GUNDIÁNGalicianThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the parish of Costantín, Baralla or the one in the parish of A Ponte Ulla, Vedra.
LEBRÓNGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of A Pobra do Brollón.
LOURENZÁGalicianThis indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous places in Galicia.
MARÍNGalicianThis indicates familial origin within either of 4 eponymous localities: the municipality in the Comarca of O Morrazo, the neighborhood of the parish of Xubial, the neighborhood of the parish of Camos in the municipality of Nigrán, or the neighborhood of the parish of Fiestras in the municipality of Silleda.
MEJIAGalicianA very ancient surname, infrequent and widely spread across Spain, mostly in Madrid, Barcelona, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Cuenca, Sevilla and Toledo; and also in Pontevedra, Lugo, Guadalajara, Almería, Granada, Alicante and Málaga....
[more] MOREIRAPortuguese, GalicianHabitational name from any of the numerous places in Portugal and Galicia called Moreira, from
moreira meaning "mulberry tree".
NARIÑOGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Niveiro, Val do Dubra.
NOVOGalician, PortugueseNickname from Portuguese and Galician novo ‘new’, ‘young’ (Latin novus). The word was also occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, particularly for a child born after the death of a sibling, and this may also be a source of the surname.
NÓVOAGalicianHabitational name from the former Galician juridical district Terra de Nóvoa, in Ourense province.
OROÑAGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Santo Ourente de Entíns in the municipality of Outes.
OVALLEGalicianGalician topographic name from
o vale ‘the valley’ (Latin
uallis,
ualles).
PEDROSASpanish, Catalan, Portuguese, GalicianHabitational name from any of numerous places named Pedrosa, from pedroso, pedrosa meaning "stoney", an adjectival derivative of pedra meaning "stone".
QUIROGAGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the municipality of the same name.
RAYAGalician, SpanishPossibly a habitational name from Raya in Galicia or in Albacete and Murcia provinces. Possibly a topographic name from Spanish raya meaning "line", denoting the boundary between two countries or provinces.
REGUEIROGalician, PortugueseThe name originated in Ourense (Galicia) in the 14th Century. It´s literal meaning in Portuguese is river. It is a surname referring to a person who lived near a river or water source.
RIBA DE NEIRAGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Baralla, Comarca of Os Ancares.
RODELAGalicianPossibly habitational name from a place called
Rodel (in A Coruña province, Galicia), derived from a diminutive of
roda "wheel".
SÁPortuguese, GalicianVariant spelling of
Saa, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.
SEOANEGalicianThis indicates familial origin within any of multiple localities that bear this syncopated form of the name San Xoán.
SOUTOMAIORGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous council in the Province of Pontevedra.
TABOADAGalicianThis indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous localities.
ULLOAGalicianThis indicates familial origin within the comarca of A Ulloa.
VALEGalician, AragoneseTopographic name from
val "valley", or habitational name from any of the places named with this word.
VEASpanish, GalicianHabitational name, principally from Vea in Soria province, but in some cases from any of four places with the same name in Pontevedra province, Galicia.
VILLARDGalician, PortugueseA Galician and Portuguese surname in the north of Iberian Peninsula. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.