Re: My Name
in reply to a message by Debora Cintron
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=cintron
Hispanic (Puerto Rico; Cintrón): unexplained; perhaps a nickname from a variant of Spanish cinturón ‘belt’.
http://www.4crests.com/cintron-coat-of-arms.html
This surname of CINTRON was a locational name meaning 'one who came from CINTRA (now SINTRA) the name of a town in central Portugal.
Hispanic (Puerto Rico; Cintrón): unexplained; perhaps a nickname from a variant of Spanish cinturón ‘belt’.
http://www.4crests.com/cintron-coat-of-arms.html
This surname of CINTRON was a locational name meaning 'one who came from CINTRA (now SINTRA) the name of a town in central Portugal.