Central American Submitted Surnames

Abadilla Spanish
Variant of Badilla

Abadin Spanish

Abajo Spanish

Abrega Spanish

Abrego Spanish
As a Spanish surname, it was from Spanish ábrego, which originally meant "African", from Latin africus. The vocabulary word in modern Spanish has lost this general sense and now means "south wind" (literally, "African (wind)").

Abundio Spanish, Galician
From the given name Abundio

Aburto Basque, Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Aburto is a topographic name from Basque aburto ‘place of kermes oaks’, from abur ‘kermes oak’ + the locative suffix -lo.

Acaya Spanish

Accettura Spanish

Accettura Spanish

Accettura Spanish

Acero Spanish
From acero "steel, steelworker" (from Late Latin aciarium), an occupational name for a metal worker or an armorer.

Acevado Spanish

Acevedo Spanish
Derived from Spanish acebedo meaning "holly grove", itself from acebo meaning "holly tree".

Achio Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly derived from the town, Achio, near Guadalajara in Mexico. The name itself is probably from the Nahuatl achio meaning "frequent".

Acuna Spanish (Latin American)
Related tho the Acuna Indians of Mexico, there is also a city by the name. Popular in border areas of Mexico and Texas.

Adauto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Adauto

Adonay Central American

Advíncula Spanish
Perhaps from Latin ad vincula "in chains", a title of Saint Peter.

Agosto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician
From the given name Agosto.

Agraz Spanish, Catalan
An occupational name for a vintner.

Agron Spanish
From the town of Agrón in Granada, Spain.

Agudo Spanish
Agudo is sharp in spanish

Agüero Spanish

Águila Spanish
From águila "eagle" (Latin aquila). This is either a nickname for a haughty man or one with an aquiline nose, or a habitational name from a place in Salamanca province called Águila.

Aguiler Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Aguilar or Aguilera.

Aguilera Spanish
Habitational name from a location in Soria province, Spain, named Aguilera, derived from Spanish aguilera meaning "eagle's nest". A famous bearer is American singer Christina Aguilera (1980-).

Aguirre Spanish
Hispanicized form of Agirre.

Agustin Spanish
From the given name Agustin.

Agustinez Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Means "son of Agustín".

Ailán Spanish (Latin American)

Aimar Medieval English, Anglo-Saxon, Spanish
1. From the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Aethelmaer", meaning "famous noble." ... [more]

Alameda Spanish
Topographic name from alameda meaning ‘poplar grove’, a collective form of álamo meaning ‘poplar’, or a habitational name from any of the many places named with this word.

Alanís Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Alaníz Spanish
Variant of Alanís.

Alarcón Spanish
Alarcón was a fort owned by the arabs in the Iberian Peninsula (Alarcón literally meaning 'the fort' in arabic), and the spaniards had the goal of owning it during the spanish reconquista. After 9 months of siege, Fernán Martínez de Ceballos climbed the walls of the fort using only two daggers and opened the gates from the inside allowing the castillan army to come in and conquer Alarcón... [more]

Alaves Spanish

Alba Spanish, Catalan
From alba meaning "white".... [more]

Alban Spanish

Alberto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Alberto

Albinez Spanish
Means "son of Albino".

Albino Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Albino

Albo Spanish, Italian, Jewish
It is derived from the name Albert, Alberto, Albino, and Alberico.... [more]

Alburquerque Portuguese (?), Spanish (?)
Variant of Albuquerque

Alcala Spanish
Variant of Alcalá.

Alcalá Spanish
From numerous towns with this name (fortified villages during the Moorish occupation of Spain), derived from Arabic القلعة (al-qalʿah) meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

Alcántara Spanish
Habitational name denoting someone originally from the municipality of Alcántara in Extremadura, Spain. The name is ultimately derived from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة‎ (al-qanṭara) meaning "the bridge".

Alcantara Spanish, Filipino
Simplified form of Alcántara.

Alcaraz Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Alcobendas Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Alcuaz Basque, Spanish

Aldea Spanish
Topographic name meaning "village, hamlet" in Spanish, ultimately from Arabic الضيعة‎ (ad-day'a).

Aldorino Spanish

Alegre Spanish, Portuguese
Nickname from alegre "bright, merry" (Latin alacer).

Aleixandre Aragonese, Spanish
From the given name Aleixandre.

Alejandro Spanish
From the personal name Alejandro, Spanish form of Alexander.

Alejo Spanish
From the given name Alejo.

Alfonso Spanish
From the given name Alfonso.

Alfredo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Alfredo.

Alhambra Spanish
Refers to the Alhambra, a palace complex located in Granada, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الْحَمْرَاء‎‎ (Al-Ḥamrā) meaning "the red one" or, ultimately, from Arabic أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar) "red".

Alicea Spanish (Latin American)

Alires Spanish

Alisandra Spanish

Allende Basque, Spanish
Basque surname possibly linked to the Spanish word allende of Latin origin meaning "beyond" or "besides".

Almagro Spanish

Almanza Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Almanza, a city in northern Spain. The city's name itself is derived from Arabic المنزل (al-manzil) meaning "the house".

Almarza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 localities: the Castilian municipality of Almarza, Comarca of El Valle or the Riojan municipality of Almarza de Cameros.

Almazán Spanish
Habitational name demoting someone originally from the municipality of Almazán in Castile and León, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic المكان المحصن (al-makān al-ḥiṣn) meaning "the fortified place" or "the stronghold".

Almazan Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Almazán primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Almeda Spanish, Portuguese, Sinhalese
Variant of Almeida or Alameda.

Almena Spanish

Almenara Spanish
Almenara in Spanish is "beacon", but it is an old kind of beacon that consisted of a fire that was lit on top of the battlements to give a signal.

Almodovar Spanish
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (1949-) is a Spanish filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer, and former actor who was born in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain. His films are marked by his employment of certain actors and creative personnel, complex narratives, melodrama, pop culture, popular songs, irreverent humor, strong colors, and glossy décor... [more]

Almoguera Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Almonte Spanish
From a place between Huelva and Sevilla. Means "the mountain".

Alpízar Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality in the Andalusian province of Huelva.

Altuzarra Spanish

Alvalle Spanish (Latin American)
A beautiful valley in Ortona

Alvardo Spanish

Alvardo Spanish

Alvardo Spanish

Alvariño Spanish

Álvaro Spanish
Either derived from the given name Alvaro or a variant of Alvarez.

Alvear Spanish
Unexplained.

Alverez Spanish, Portuguese
Means "son of Alvaro".

Alza Spanish
Means "to rise" or simply "rise"

Amado Spanish
From the given name Amado.

Amaro Spanish
Originated in Italy

Ambrìz Spanish
" Probably a variant of Asturian-Leonese Ambres, a habitational name from a village in Asturies. Also a habitational name of Ámbriz a city in Angola, Africa, mainly of Portuguese descendants. "

Ambrocio Spanish
From the given name Ambrocio.

Ambrosio Spanish, Italian (?), Portuguese (?)
From the given name Ambrosio

Américo Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Américo.

Amescua Spanish
Variant of Amezcua

Amiano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amiano

Amore Spanish
meaning love

Amorena Spanish (Latin American)

Anacleto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Anacleto.

Analicia American (Hispanic), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican)

Anastacio Spanish
From the given name Anastacio.

Anastasio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Anastasio.

Ancajas Spanish

Andújar Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Angel Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, English, Slovene
From the Latin personal name Angelus meaning "Angel", derived from the Greek word ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger" (see the given name Angel).

Angeles Spanish

Angelino Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Angelino.

Anguiano Spanish (Latinized, Modern)
Anguiano is a small town in the province of La Rioja, Spain.

Aniceto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Aniceto.

Anonuevo Spanish

Anselmo Portuguese, Italian, Spanish
From the given name Anselmo.

Antolin Spanish
1 Spanish (Antolín): from the personal name, a vernacular form of Antoninus, a name borne by thirteen saints.... [more]

Antoniz Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Antonio.

Antuña Spanish
From the given name Antonio.

Antuniez Spanish, Galician, Asturian
Meaning "son of Antonius." It is a last name that appears in northern Spain.

Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar

Apollo Italian, Spanish
From the Greek personal name Apollo. There are several saints Apollo in the Christian Church, including an Egyptian hermit and monastic leader who died in 395 ad. The personal name derives from the name in classical mythology of the sun god, Apollo, an ancient Indo-European name, found for example in Hittite as Apulana "god of the gate" (from pula "gate", cognate with Greek pylē), therefore "protector, patron".

Aponte Spanish
A misdivision of Daponte. It originates from Majorca, Spain.

Apóstol Spanish (Rare)
Means "apostle" in Spanish.

Aquilino Italian, Spanish, Galician
From the given name Aquilino

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Arabel Spanish (Latin American)

Aràbia Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name for someone from Arabia or some other Arabic-speaking country or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with one of these countries.

Aragon Spanish, Catalan, French
A surname and an autonomous community of Spain.

Aran Spanish, Galician

Arands English, Spanish
Anglicized version of a name given to residents of Aranda de Duero, a small town in the north of Spain.

Araquistain Basque, Spanish
''Place of the ferns'' in Basque. It first appeared when a family arrived for the first time to a part of the Pyrenees where they where a lot of ferns. Then, that family, changed their last name to ''Araquistain'' which means ''place of the ferns'' in basque.

Aray Spanish (Latin American)

Archila Spanish
Either a variant of Arcila or derived from Arabic الشَّلَّال (aš-šallāl) meaning "the waterfall".

Archuleta Spanish, English
Castilianized form of Basque Aretxuloeta, a topographic name meaning "oak hollow".

Arcila Spanish (Latin American)
Means "clay" in Spanish. (compare Arcilla)

Arellano Basque, Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.

Arencibia Spanish
Castilianized combination of the basque words of aranz meaning "thorn"; "hawthorn" + ibi meaning "ford" + a (basque article suffix); meaning someone living by a thorny ford. A "ford" is a body of water shallow enough to walk through; In this context topographically referring to a some places in Spain

Arganda Spanish (Latin American), Spanish
town in spain / arganda del rey

Arguedas Spanish (Rare)

Argueta Spanish
This surname was most likely originally used to identify a person who lived in a characteristically bright or luminous area.

Ariza Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from a place so named in Zaragoza province in Aragón.

Arjona Spanish
Habitational name from Arjona in Jaén province.

Armada Spanish (Philippines), Spanish
Taken directly from the Spanish word meaning "navy, fleet."

Armas Spanish
Occupational name for an arms maker or soldier, from Spanish armas meaning "arms, weapons".

Armendariz Spanish, Basque
from the Basque personal name Armendari or Armentari, from Latin Armentarius 'herdsman'. Spanish and French variant of Armendaritze, a habitational name from a village in Low Navarre named Armendaritze.

Armenia Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Armenia or who had connections with Armenia. This surname is derived from the feminine form of Armenio, which is ultimately from Greek Αρμένιος (Armenios) meaning "Armenian"... [more]

Armenteros Spanish
Habitational name from either of two places called Armenteros, in the provinces of Ávila and Salamanca, from the plural of armenatero meaning ‘cowherd’, from Latin armenta ‘herd(s)’.

Armesta Spanish

Armesto Spanish

Armijo Spanish
Derived from the Spanish adjetive "armigero", meaning "one who bears arms". First found in the Northern Region of Spain in Cantabria. Alternate spellings include: Armijos, Armigo, and Armija.

Arola Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, English (American)
From Latin areola, diminutive of area (area).

Arragon Spanish, Catalan, French
Variant of Aragon.

Arrieta Spanish (Latin American)

Arrisola Spanish (Rare)

Arriva Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Arroyo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Arroyo, from Spanish arroyo meaning "stream, brook, watercourse".

Arroz Spanish

Arturo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Arturo.

Arviso Spanish

Arzu Central American

Ascencio Spanish, Italian
From the personal name (Latin Ascensius), favored by the early Christians, by whom it was bestowed with reference to the ascension of Christ (Late Latin ascensio).

Asunción Spanish
Means "assumption" in Spanish, referring to the bodily taking up of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. The unaccented form, Asuncion, is much more common.

Atanacio Spanish
From the given name Atanacio.

Atanasio Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Atanasio.

Atencio Spanish

Atencio Spanish

Atienza Spanish, Filipino
Habitational name from the municipality of Atienza in Guadalajara province, Spain.

Augusto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Augusto

Auñón Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Aurelio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Aurelio

Aurora Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese
Means "dawn" in Latin (see the given name Aurora).

Avamilano Spanish, Italian
Of Spanish origin, but probably has its roots in Italy due to the word "milano" which means Milan in Italian.

Aveiro Portuguese, Spanish
Demonymic surname refering to Aveiro a city in middle north-eastern Portugal. A famous bearer of this surname is Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

Avelino Spanish, Polynesian, Filipino
Spanish form of Avellino, the surname of the 17th-century Italian saint Andrew Avellino.

Avellan Spanish (Latin American)

Avellaneda Spanish
It literally means "hazelnut grove", denoting someone who either lived near one or worked in one.

Avena Spanish, Italian
A traditionally Spanish and Italian occupational surname for a "grain grower or merchant", or the Italian habitation surname for Avena, Calabria. Means "oats". From the Latin avēna meaning 'oats, wild oats, straw'.

Avenida Spanish (Latin American)
The name translates to English, meaning "avenue."

Avica Spanish (Latin American)

Ávila Spanish
From the name of a city in Castile and León, Spain, derived from Medieval Latin avis meaning "bird".

Ayala Spanish
From the name of the town of Ayala (called Aiara in Basque) in Basque County, Spain.

Ayllón Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.

Azconovieta Spanish

Azuaje-fidalgo Portuguese (Rare), Spanish, Italian
Fidalgo from Galician and Portuguese filho de algo — equivalent to "nobleman", but sometimes literally translated into English as "son of somebody" or "son of some (important family)"—is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility that refers to a member of the titled or untitled nobility... [more]

Baca Spanish
From Spanish vaca meaning "cow".

Bacca Spanish

Badilla Spanish
Variant of Badillo.

Badillo Spanish
Topographic name from a diminutive of vado ‘ford’ (Latin vadum) or a habitational name from either of two places named with this word: Valillo de la Guarena in Zamora province or Vadillo de al Sierra in Ávila.

Baez Spanish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Spanish Báez, which might be a different form of Peláez (cf. Páez). A famous bearer is American singer and activist Joan Baez (1941-).... [more]

Baeza Spanish
From a place called Baeza in Andalusia, Spain.

Baglietto Spanish (Latin American)

Balaguer Catalan, Spanish, Filipino
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Balaguer in Catalonia, Spain.

Balbino Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Balbino.

Balceiro Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)

Balderas Spanish

Baldo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Baldo.

Baldomero Spanish
From the given name Baldomero.

Baliao Spanish, Filipino

Ballester Spanish

Ballon Spanish
Theoretically it could be a variant of vallón, from valle ‘valley’, but neither form is attested as a vocabulary word or as a place name element. Alternatively, it could be a Castilian spelling of Catalan Batlló, Balló, nicknames from diminutives of batlle ‘dancing’.English: variant spelling of Balon.

Baltasar Spanish
From the given name Baltasar.

Baltazar Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Baltazar.

Balza Spanish (Archaic), Belgian (Archaic), Filipino (Hispanicized, Archaic)
The surname Balza is a derivation (Belzer, Balzac, Balzer, etc.) of the ancient name "Balthazar", meaning "one of the three wise men."

Banez Spanish
Spanish (Báñez): shortened form of Ibáñez

Banuelos Spanish
Spanish (Bañuelos): habitational name from any of various places, primarily Bañuelos de Bureba in Burgos, named for their public baths, from a diminutive of baños ‘baths’ (see Banos)

Barbero Spanish
Spanish occupational name for a barber-surgeon (see Barber), Spanish barbero, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’ (Latin barba).

Barcelona Catalan, Spanish
Habitational name from Barcelona, the principal city of Catalonia. The place name is of uncertain, certainly pre-Roman, origin. The settlement was established by the Carthaginians, and according to tradition it was named for the Carthaginian ruling house of Barca; the Latin form was Barcino or Barcilo.

Bárcenas Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Espinosa de los Monteros.

Bardales Spanish

Barragan Spanish

Barrera Spanish, Catalan
Either a topographic name for someone who lived near a gate or fence, from Spanish and Catalan barrera meaning "barrier", or a topographic name for someone who lived by a clay pit, from Spanish barrero, derived from the Spanish word barro meaning "mud, clay".

Barria Spanish
Variant of Barrio.

Barrias Spanish
Variant of Barrios.

Barrientos Spanish

Barrino Spanish (Latin American)

Barrios Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Spanish barrio "outlying suburb (especially an impoverished one), slum", from Arabic barr "suburb, dependent village". It may also be a topographic name for someone originating from a barrio.

Barroso Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the Spanish word 'barrera' which means 'barrier'.

Bartolomé Spanish
From the given name Bartolomé.

Basileo Galician, Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basileo.

Basilio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basilio.

Basora Spanish

Bastían Spanish
From the given name Bastían.

Bastián Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
From the given name Bastián.

Bastidas Spanish
Possibly related to the French word "bastide", referring to fortified towns built in Southern France in the Middle Ages.... [more]

Batista Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese cognate of Bautista as well as a Spanish variant.

Batres Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Baviera Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "Bavaria" in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Catalan. Indicating for someone from Bavaria a state in Germany.

Baylon Spanish
Spanish: variant of Bailón ( see Bailon ).

Bea Spanish
Habitational name from a place of this name in Teruel.

Beatriz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Beatriz.

Becerra Spanish

Bedor Spanish (Latin American)

Bega Spanish
Variant of Vega.

Beiro Spanish

Bejar Spanish
From the town of the same name in Spain

Belalcázar Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality with the coordinates 38°34′31″N 5°10′02″W.

Belasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Belisario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Belisario.

Belrio Spanish
From the Spanish word meaning "beautiful river".

Beltrán Spanish

Benavides Spanish
Patronymic name from the Medieval personal name Ben Avid, of Arabic origin, derived from ibn Abd meaning "son of the servant of God".

Benavidez Spanish
Variant of Benavides

Benibamonde Spanish (Latin American)

Benigno Spanish, Italian
From the given name Benigno.

Benitez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Benítez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Bentancur Spanish
One of the variants of Bettencourt or Bethencourt.

Berlanga Spanish
Derived from Berlain which comes from the name of a precious stone derived from the Greek.

Bermit Spanish

Bermitt Spanish (Latin American)

Bermudo Spanish
From the given name Bermudo.

Bernal Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Bernaldo.

Bernardino Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Bernardino.

Bernardo Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Bernardo.

Berneda Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Verneda.

Berto Italian, Spanish
From the given name Berto.

Betances Spanish, American (Hispanic)
Unexplained; probably related to Betanzos, the name of a town near A Coruña in Galicia.

Beteta Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Bezos Spanish
From bezo meaning "thick lips" in Spanish, referring to a person with blubber or thick lips.

Bezzerides French (?), Italian (?), Spanish (?)

Bibiano Spanish
From the given name Bibiano.

Bisquerra Spanish

Biurrarena Spanish, Basque
Means apple in Basque.

Blancanieves Spanish (Rare)
Means "Snow White" in Spanish.

Blas Spanish
From the given name Blas.

Blasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Blasquez Spanish
From the medieval diminutive Velasco, from the Basque word 'bela' meaning "crow", and the diminutive suffix 'sko'.

Blazquez Spanish

Bocanegra Spanish
Spanish: nickname from boca ‘mouth’ + negra ‘black’, denoting a foul-mouthed or abusive person. In the form Boccanegra, this surname has also been long established in Italy.

Bohórquez Spanish
Denoted a person from Bohorques, a minor place in the Spanish province of Santander.

Bojórquez Spanish
Variant of Bohórquez.

Bolar Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of soil of a particular type known as tierra bolar.

Bomba Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak
From bomba "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.

Bonba Basque, Spanish
From Basque bonba meaning "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.

Bonifacio Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Bonifacio.

Bonilla Spanish
From the area of Spain of the same name

Bonito Italian, Spanish
From the given name Bonito.

Borba Spanish

Borba Spanish

Borba Spanish

Borba Spanish

Borba Spanish

Borges Portuguese, Spanish
Possibly from Old French burgeis meaning "town-dweller" (see Burgess). Alternately, it may have denoted someone originally from the city of Bourges in France.

Bozzetto French, Spanish, Italian

Bragado Portuguese, Spanish
This surname is a Spanish word which means "gritty", refering to a bull. ... [more]

Bravo Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese
From a Spanish and Portuguese nickname for a fierce or violent man (from Spanish and Portuguese bravo "fierce, violent"). This surname was borne by Charles Bravo (1845-1876), a British lawyer and possible murder victim.

Brell English, Spanish

Bretaña Spanish

Briones Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.

Brizuela Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Valdeporres.

Buenaventura Spanish
Spanish: from the personal name Buenaventura meaning ‘good fortune’, bestowed as an omen name or with specific reference to the Italian bishop and theologian St Bonaventura (canonized in the 14th century).

Buendía Spanish
Probably a habitational name from Buendía in Cuenca province, Spain.

Bueno Spanish
generally an approving (or ironic) nickname, from Spanish bueno ‘good’.

Buitrago Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous municipalities: the Castilian one in El Campo de Gómara or the Manchego municipality of Buitrago del Lozoya in Sierra Norte, Comunidad de Madrid.

Bulgaria Italian, Spanish
Originally an ethnic name or regional name for someone from Bulgaria or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with Bulgaria, which is named after the Turkic tribe of the Bulgars, itself possibly from a Turkic root meaning "mixed".

Bumba Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Italian, Catalan, Occitan, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish, Latvian, Lithuanian
Variant of Bomba.

Burgos Spanish
Surname from a place named Burgos of Spain.

Burruchaga Spanish, Basque
From "Pais Vasco" in Spain.

Bustamante Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Bustamante in Cantabria, Spain, derived from Latin bustum Amantii meaning "pasture of Amantius".

Cab Spanish
Diminutive of Cabello, Cabrera, or Cabral.

Caba Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Cava.

Cababa Spanish
Spanish (Cabaña) and Portuguese: habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña ‘hut’, ‘cabin’ (Late Latin capanna , a word of Celtic or Germanic origin).

Caballa Spanish

Caballo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the Spanish word cabello, ultimately derived from the Latin word caballus, meaning "horse". This denoted someone who worked in a farm that took care of horses, or someone who had personality traits attributed to a horse, such as energetic behaviour.

Cabaña Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña ‘hut’, ‘cabin’ (Late Latin capanna, a word of Celtic or Germanic origin).

Cabañas Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña or Portuguese cabanha ‘hut’, ‘cabin’.