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)").

Abril Spanish, Portuguese
from an old personal name, Abril, based on the name of the month (from Latin Aprilis, "April").

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

Acebo Spanish
panish: Habitational Name From A Place Named Acebo, For Example In Cáceres Province; The Place Name Is From Acebo ‘Holly’ (Latin Aquifolium, Literally ‘Sharp-Leafed’).

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".

Acuña Galician, Spanish
Derived from a place named "Acuña Alta".

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.

Adames Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Adame.

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.

Afanador Spanish
Robber

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

Agramonte Spanish
habitational name from Agramonte in A Coruña and Lugo (Galicia).

Agreda Spanish (Latin American)

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

Aguasvivas Spanish

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.

Aguilara Spanish

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".

Ahumada Spanish
topographic or habitational name from a place named with ahumar "to smoke", possibly denoting a place where ham and other meats were smoked or alternatively a place that had been cleared for settlement by burning... [more]

Ailán Spanish (Latin American)

Aimar Medieval English, Spanish
1. From the Old English pre 7th Century personal name "Æðelmær", meaning "famous noble." ... [more]

Ainstein German (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Einstein. Most frequently used in Argentina.

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.

Alamillo Spanish
Spanish: topographic name from alamillo a diminutive of álamo 'poplar' or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word in particular one in Ciudad Real.

Álamo Spanish, Portuguese
Either a topographic name from álamo "poplar" or a habitational name from any of several places in Spain and Portugal 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

Alban Spanish

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

Alcaide Spanish, Portuguese
ancient occupational or status name from alcaide from Arabic al-qāʾid "the leader, the commander" (see Kaid ). The meaning of the Spanish and Portuguese word varied depending on period and region including "castellan" "constable of a castle" "customs officer" and "jailer".

Alcala Spanish
Variant of Alcalá.

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

Alcalde Spanish
Spanish: from alcalde 'mayor' from Arabic al-qāḍī 'the judge' a title dating from the days of Moorish rule in Spain.

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.

Alcázar Spanish
habitational name from any of various places for example in the provinces of Ciudad Real Cuenca and Granada named with the word alcázar "citadel" or "palace" (from Arabic al "the" and qaṣr "fortress" a borrowing of Latin castrum; see Castro).

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

Alcuaz Basque, Spanish

Aldahondo 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).

Alejandra Spanish
Feminine form of Alejandro.

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

Alejo Spanish
From the given name Alejo.

Alemán Spanish
from alemán an ethnic name for a German also used as a nickname for a Spanish person having some connection with Germany.

Alevia Spanish

Alfonseca Spanish

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)
Derived from the given name Alicia.

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.

Almonacid Spanish

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

Aloy Spanish

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

Altamirano Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name For Someone From Any Of Several Places Called Altamira (See Altamira ).

Altuzarra Spanish

Alva Spanish
Variant of Alba.

Álváez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Álvarez. Most frequently used in Panama.

Alvalle Spanish (Latin American)
A beautiful valley in Ortona

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".

Alvidrez Spanish

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

Amado Spanish
From the given name Amado.

Amaro Spanish
Originated in Italy

Amarós Spanish

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

Amejorado Spanish

Amenabar Spanish

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

Andaluz Spanish
"From Andalucia" or "From Spain"... [more]

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

Angelina Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

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

Antigua Spanish
From Spanish meaning "antique".

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

Antolinez Spanish

Antoñanzas Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Riojan municipality of Munilla.

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.

Aparicio Spanish
Derived from the Latin word “aparitio” meaning “appearance” or “arrival”. It may also be a habitational name, indicating a person who lived near or at a place with the same name.

Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar

Apolinario Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Apolinario. Variant of 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

Arenzana Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 La Riojan municipalities: Arenzana de Abajo or Arenzana de Arriba.

Arévalo Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Arévalo in the provinces of Ávila and Soria of pre-Roman origin.

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

Argomaniz Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From A Place Called Argomaniz (In Castilian: Argómaniz) In The Araba/Álava Province.

Arguedas Spanish (Rare)

Arguello Spanish
It had its cradle in the so-called Brotherhood of Argüello, formed by the councils of Val de Lugueros, Mediana de Argüello and La Tercia del Camino (León), from where its branches spread throughout Spain.

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

Arguijo Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From A Place Called Arguijo In Zamora Province.

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.

Arminio Spanish, Italian, Sicilian
From the given name Arminio.

Armisen Spanish

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

Arona Spanish (Latin American)

Arragon Spanish, Catalan, French
Variant of Aragon.

Arredondo Spanish
habitational name from a place in Cantabria named Arredondo possibly from redondo 'round' because of the roundish shape of the hill on which it stands.

Arrieta Spanish (Latin American)

Arrisola Spanish (Rare)

Arriva Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Arroz Spanish

Artigas Aragonese, Catalan, Spanish
Plural form of artiga, referring to land cleared for agriculture.... [more]

Artola Spanish (Hispanicized, Rare)

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.

Ayerbe Spanish

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

Azcárate Spanish, Basque

Azconovieta Spanish

Aznar Spanish
Aznar is a Spanish surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name. It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri").

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]

Baamonde Spanish
habitational name from one of the Galician places called Baamonde (earlier written Bahamonde) in the province of Lugo most probably Santiago de Baamonde (Begonte).

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)

Bahamonde Spanish, Galician
Derived from Baamonde (officially called Santiago de Baamonde), a town and parish in the province of Lugo, in Galicia, Spain. This surname was borne by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), better known as Francisco Franco.

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

Balas Spanish

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.

Balmaceda Spanish, Basque
From Balmaseda, the name of a town and municipality in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is derived from Spanish val meaning "valley" and Basque mahatseta meaning "vineyard"... [more]

Baltasar Spanish
From the given name Baltasar.

Baltazar Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Baltazar.

Balza Spanish (Archaic), Belgian (Archaic), Filipino (Hispanicized, Archaic)
Derivation (Belzer, Balzac, Balzer, etc.) of the given 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)

Barba Spanish
Spanish: nickname for a man noted for his beard, from barba ‘beard’ (Latin barba).

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

Barraquer 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".

Barretto Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Barreto.

Barria Spanish
Variant of Barrio.

Barrias Spanish
Variant of Barrios.

Barrientos Spanish

Barrientos Spanish
Habitational name from a place in León named Barrientos, possibly derived from an Asturleonese word meaning "loamy".

Barrino Spanish (Latin American)

Barrionuevo Spanish
New House

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

Becerra Spanish, Galician
Nickname probably for a high-spirited person from becerra "young cow, heifer". It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a cowherd.

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.

Benito Spanish
From the given name Benito.

Bentancur Spanish
One of the variants of Bettencourt or Bethencourt.

Berasategui Spanish

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

Bermejo Spanish
Nickname for a man with red hair or a ruddy complexion from Spanish bermejo "red ruddy" (from Late Latin vermiculus from vermis "worm" since a red dye was obtained from the bodies of worms).

Bermit Spanish

Bermitt Spanish (Latin American)

Bermudo Spanish
From the given name Bermudo.

Bernal Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Bernaldo.

Berneda Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Verneda.

Bernia Spanish