Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Spanish Pronounced Pron. VEE-YAH-ROO-BEE-YAH [key] Meaning & History Spanish: habitational name from Villarrubia (Córdoba) Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real) or Villarrubia de Santiago (Toledo) so named from villa '(outlying) farmstead (dependent) settlement' (see Villa ) + rubia 'light red'.