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.
AFFLECK Galician, 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] ARRA Galician, SicilianHabitational name from a place in Galicia called Arra, this surname was also found in some parts of Sicily.
AVIÑA GalicianGalician surname referring to someone who "lives by a vineyard", from
d’Aviña, a variant of
da viña.
BAAMONDE GalicianThis indicates familial origin within either of 5 eponymous parishes.
BETANZOS GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
BROCOS GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Agolada in the Comarca of O Deza.
BURELA GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Comarca of La Mariña Central.
CAAMAÑO GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish in the municipality of Porto do Son.
COVA Catalan, 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.
CUBA Portugese, 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 RÚA GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the municipality of A Rúa.
DOPEREIRO GalicianThis 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 PEREYRO GalicianDo Pereyro is an apple tree. It is very old surname, dating from the Middle Ages. Do Pereyro comes from Galicia (northern Spain).
DOVAL GalicianFrom 'do val' meaning 'of the valley. Galician origins.
FAJARDO GalicianTopographic 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".
GÁNDARA GalicianIt refers to a type of unproductive wetland, of alluvial origin, rich in gravel and sand.
GUNDIÁN GalicianThis 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.
LEBRÓN GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of A Pobra do Brollón.
LOURENZÁ GalicianThis indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous places in Galicia.
MARÍN GalicianThis 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.
MEJIA GalicianA 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] MOREIRA Portuguese, GalicianHabitational name from any of the numerous places in Portugal and Galicia called Moreira, from
moreira meaning "mulberry tree".
NARIÑO GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Niveiro, Val do Dubra.
NOVO Galician, 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.
NÓVOA GalicianHabitational name from the former Galician juridical district Terra de Nóvoa, in Ourense province.
OROÑA GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Santo Ourente de Entíns in the municipality of Outes.
OVALLE GalicianGalician topographic name from
o vale ‘the valley’ (Latin
uallis,
ualles).
PEDROSA Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, GalicianHabitational name from any of numerous places named Pedrosa, from pedroso, pedrosa meaning "stoney", an adjectival derivative of pedra meaning "stone".
QUIROGA GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the municipality of the same name.
RAYA Galician, 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.
REGUEIRO Galician, 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 NEIRA GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Baralla, Comarca of Os Ancares.
RODELA GalicianPossibly habitational name from a place called
Rodel (in A Coruña province, Galicia), derived from a diminutive of
roda "wheel".
RON Spanish, GalicianHabitational name from a town called Ron in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
SÁ Portuguese, GalicianVariant spelling of
Saa, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.
SEOANE GalicianThis indicates familial origin within any of multiple localities that bear this syncopated form of the name San Xoán.
SOUTOMAIOR GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous council in the Province of Pontevedra.
TABOADA GalicianThis indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous localities.
ULLOA GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the comarca of A Ulloa.
VALE Galician, AragoneseTopographic name from
val "valley", or habitational name from any of the places named with this word.
VEA Spanish, 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.
VILLARD Galician, PortugueseA Galician and Portuguese surname in the north of Iberian Peninsula. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.