indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Spanish, Medieval Spanish
Meaning & History
Likely refers to a person from any of the places called El Cid, using Spanish del, combination of de "of, from" and el "the".
The place name El Cid comes from Castilian ruler Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar of medieval Spain. Díaz earned the honorific title as-Sayyid "master" or "lord" while fighting with Muslim armies. This Arabic title was adapted by Spanish speakers into El Çid.
El Cid roughly means "the lord", but cid is meaningless outside of this context.
The place name El Cid comes from Castilian ruler Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar of medieval Spain. Díaz earned the honorific title as-Sayyid "master" or "lord" while fighting with Muslim armies. This Arabic title was adapted by Spanish speakers into El Çid.
El Cid roughly means "the lord", but cid is meaningless outside of this context.