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Abadin Spanish

Ábalos Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Ábalos in La Rioja, Spain, likely of Basque origin.

Abeyta Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from the place "Alba de Yeltes" in the province of Salamanca, Spain.

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)").

Aburto Basque, Spanish, Mexican
Topographic name from Basque aburto "place of kermes oaks", derived from abur "kermes oak".

Acahua Nahuatl
Means "owner of reeds", from Nahuatl acatl "reed, cane" and the possessive suffix -hua.

Aceves Spanish (Mexican)

Acosta Spanish
Surname (from location)... [more]

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

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

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

Agreda Spanish (Latin American)

Aguayo Spanish (Mexican)

Agüero Spanish

Agüero Spanish
In Spanish, "agüero" can mean "(bad/good) omen" or "something from which omens are drawn", and it can also be a habitational name from places in Spain named Agüero.

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.

Ahuatl Nahuatl
Means "oak tree" in Nahuatl.

Aicart Spanish

Aitana Spanish
From the name of a mountain in Valencia, Spain.

Ajanel Mayan
Means "carpenter" in Kaqchikel.

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

Alaníz Spanish
Variant of Alanís.

Alarid American (Hispanic), Spanish (Mexican)
Perhaps a nickname from Catalan alarit "outcry" (Spanish alarido).

Alario Italian, Spanish
Ultimately from Ancient Roman. Derived from the given name Hilarius.

Alaves Spanish

Alavez Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Alaves primarily used in Mexico.

Albino Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Albino

Albizo Mexican

Alcala Spanish
Variant of Alcalá.

Alcalá Spanish (Latin American)
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".

Alcuaz Basque, Spanish

Aldaia Basque, Spanish
From the name of a municipality in Valencia, Spain, probably derived from Arabic الضيعة‎ (ad-day'a) meaning "the village" (compare Aldea).

Aldama Spanish

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

Alemán Spanish
Means "German, relating to Germany" in Spanish. Cognate to English Allman and French Allemand.

Alevia Spanish

Alicea Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Alicia.

Alicon Spanish (Mexican)

Alires Spanish

Alirez Spanish (Mexican)
A protector. Rap. Loves all things Coral.

Allala Basque, Spanish
Variant spelling of Ayala, in at least one case altered to avoid confusion with an unrelated person of the same name, and apparently to distance the bearer from prejudice against hispanics.

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

Almena Spanish

Almira Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Almira 1

Almira Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Occupational surname meaning "admiral", referring to the highest rank in the navy, derived from the Spanish almirante meaning "admiral"

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

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

Alvear Spanish
Unexplained.

Amante Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
The name "Amante" means "lover" or "beloved". It can also be used as a nickname for someone who is a lover or enthusiast.

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. "

Amiama Spanish
Translating to “Love Love” and meaning to love loving and being happy with helping others ... [more]

Amiano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amiano

Amores Spanish
From a nickname for a philanderer meaning "loves" in Spanish, the plural of amor meaning "love".

Anguis Spanish
Ultimately from Latin meaning "snake".

Angulo Spanish (Mexican), South American
Habitational name from Encima-Angulo in Burgos province.

Antuña Spanish
From the given name Antonio.

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.

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.

Aragón Spanish
Habitational name from Aragon Spain which was an independent kingdom from 1035 to 1479. It took its name from the river Aragón which arises in its northwestern corner... [more]

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

Aranda Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places for example Aranda de Duero in Burgos province which bears a name of pre-Roman probably Celtic origin.

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

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

Arjona Spanish
Habitational name from Arjona in Jaén province.

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

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.

Arriva Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Arrobo Spanish

Artola Spanish (Hispanicized, Rare)

Arturo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Arturo.

Arviso Spanish

Atempa Mexican, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Means "on the riverbank" or "on the bank of the lake", derived from Nahuatl atl meaning "water" combined with tentli "bank, shore" and the suffix -pan "in, on".

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

Ávalos Spanish
Etymologists note the name signifies a "native of Abalos" and the progenitor was someone who hailed from that location.

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.

Ayerbe Spanish

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

Ayohua Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly from ayotli "squash, pumpkin" or ayotl "turtle" combined with the possessive suffix -hua, or from ayohua "to fill with water".

Ayotle Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl ayoctle "nothing, no more", or from ayotli "squash, pumpkin".

Azcatl Nahuatl
Means "ant" in Nahuatl.

Bahena Spanish
Altered form of the Spanish Baena.

Baliao Spanish, Filipino

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.

Barria Spanish
Variant of Barrio.

Barrón Spanish (Mexican)

Basora Spanish

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

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

Bedoya Spanish
Castilianized form of Bedoia. Name for someone from Bedoña, in the Spanish province Gipuzkoa. Bedoña likely comes from Basque bedi "pasture grazing" and -oña, suffix for a place name.

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

Bermit Spanish

Bernal Spanish, Catalan
From the given name Bernal.

Bernia Spanish

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

Bilbao Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From The City Of Bilbao In Biscay Basque Country.

Blaque Spanish, Catalan
Variant of "Llaquet". It could also be a Catalan variant of Black

Blasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Bolaño Spanish
Is a Hispanic surname derived from the spanish word for "stone cannonball" or "stoneshot".

Bonito Italian, Spanish
From the given name Bonito.

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.

Brasil Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish
Denotes someone from Brazil, a country in South America.

Burgos Spanish
Surname from a place named Burgos of Spain.

Caamal Mayan
From Mayan ka'amal meaning "twice", also taken to mean "self-conceited".

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).

Cabaco Spanish, Filipino
From spanish word cabaco means "horse"

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

Cadena Spanish
From Aguilar de Campoo, a district of Villalon in Valladolid.

Calero Spanish
Metonymic occupational name for a burner or seller of lime, from calero ‘lime’.

Cámara Spanish
Occupational name for a courtier or servant who could access the private quarters of a king or noble, from Spanish cámara meaning "room, chamber".

Camela Spanish (Mexican)

Camilo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Camilo.

Camino Spanish
Means "road, path" in Spanish.

Campus Spanish
Derived from the Latin word campus, meaning "field". It denoted someone who either lived in a field or worked in one.

Cañada Spanish
Means "glen, ravine" in Spanish.

Canché Mayan
From Yucatec Maya ka'anche' referring to the button mangrove (Conocarpus erectus), a type of shrub. Alternately it may be derived from che' meaning "wood, stick, board", referring to a raised seedbed or floorboards used to beat and cut cobs.

Cancio Spanish
A name for a person who first held the position of Chancellor.

Canela Spanish
Derived from the word 'canela' meaning cinnamon in Spanish. It Could also be a variant of the Catalan surname Candela.

Canelo Spanish
From spanish canela meaning "cinnamon". Perhaps a nickname for someone with red hair.

Cañete Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Habitational name for a person from any of the places in Spain called Cañete, such as Cañete de las Torres (Seville), Cañete la Real (Málaga) and Cañete (Cuenca).

Cantor Spanish
Occupational name for a singer.

Canuto Italian, Filipino, Spanish
From an Italian nickname derived from canuto meaning "white-haired".

Cárave Spanish

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

Carlos Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Carlos.

Carnes Irish, Spanish

Carpio Mexican

Carrer Spanish
Variant of Carrera.

Carrió Spanish

Castor English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
From the given name Castor.

Caulin Spanish

Cedena Spanish

Celino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celino

Cepeda Spanish
A nickname for someone from the region where they grow vineyards.

Cerqua Spanish

Chacon Spanish
Spanish (Chacón): nickname from chacón ‘gecko’.

Chapin French, Spanish
From a reduced form of French eschapin or Spanish chapín, a term for a light (woman's) shoe; perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker.

Chapul Aztec, Nahuatl, Indigenous American
Variant of Chapulin.

Charlo Spanish
From the personal name Carlos

Chavez Spanish, Filipino
Variant of Chávez.

Chavos Portuguese, Spanish

Cirino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Cirino.

Clavel Spanish
Metonymic occupational name for a spice trader or a nail maker, derived from Spanish clavel or Catalan clavell meaning "nail", later also "clove", itself a derivative of Latin clavellus "nail".

Clores Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese form of Flores

Cocoba Mexican

Cocori Spanish

Collar English, Spanish

Coloma Spanish (Latin American)

Comica Spanish, American

Condor Catalan (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)

Conejo Spanish
from conejo "rabbit" (from Latin cuniculus), presumably applied as a nickname with various possible connotations (big ears, timidity, etc.) or otherwise as a metonymic occupational name for a rabbit catcher or dealer... [more]

Contes Spanish

Corona Spanish

Corpus Spanish
Ultimately from Latin corpus meaning "body, corpse, matter". It is possibly from the feast of Corpus Christi.

Corral Spanish

Cortéz Spanish
Variant of Cortés.

Cossio Spanish

Cotija Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from a small town in Michoacán named "Cotija de la Paz". It is also known to be a type of cheese.

Covián Spanish

Coyote Mexican

Criado Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from criado ‘servant’.

Cuarto Spanish
Means "fourth" in English. It is derived from the Latin word "quartus," which means "fourth." The surname may have originally been used to denote a fourth child in a family or to indicate that the family lived on the fourth floor of a building.

Cubero Spanish
occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of cuba ‘barrel’, ‘tub

Cuello Spanish, South American
From Spanish meaning "neck". Could be a nickname for a person with a stiff neck.

Cuenca Spanish
Cuenca is an ancient Spanish last name which originated from Cuenca, a city in the Kingdom of Castilla.... [more]

Cuervo Spanish
Means "raven, crow" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin corvus. From a nickname for a man with strikingly glossy black hair or with a raucous voice. Alternatively, a habitational name from places containing this word (e.g. El Cuervo, Teruel).

Curiel Spanish
Habitational name that comes from the town of Curiel in the Valladolid province of Spain.

Dalier Spanish

Dalmau Spanish

Damián Spanish, Czech, Slovak (Rare)
From the given name Damián.

Damian French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Polish
From the medieval personal name Damian, Greek Damianos (from damazein "to subdue"). St. Damian was an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Cosmas... [more]

Davila Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Ávila.

De Anda Spanish
Habitational name formed with the preposition de ‘from’ for someone from a town called Anda

Debain Spanish
Spanish surname.

De Dios Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of God" in Spanish.

Deimar Spanish

Del Cid Spanish, Medieval Spanish
Likely refers to a person from any of the places called El Cid, using Spanish del, combination of de "of, from" and el "the".... [more]

Delfin Spanish
Meaning "dolphin" in Spanish.

De Lima Spanish
"de Lima" is the surname given to the people who lived near the Limia River (Lima in portuguese) on the Province of Ourense, an autonomous community of Galicia, located at the northwest of Spain. The root of the name is Don Juan Fernandez de Lima, maternal grandson to the King Alfonso VI de León (1040-1109).

De Lima Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Lima.

Del Mar Spanish
Means "of the sea" in Spanish.

Del Sol Spanish
Means "of the sun" in Spanish.

De Luna Spanish
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.

Deluna Spanish

De Mesa Spanish
Variant of Mesa.

Denino Spanish

Derosa Spanish

De Vaca Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Variant of Cabeza De Vaca.

Doncos Spanish

Dorado Spanish
From dorado "golden" (from Late Latin deaurare "to gild", from aurum "gold"), probably applied as a nickname to someone with golden hair.

Dramis Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Not just a surname in Italy; it can also be found in Argentina and Brazil.... [more]

Duardo Spanish

Dueñas Spanish
From the name of a municipality in Palencia province, Spain, derived from Spanish dueña meaning "madame, mistress".

Eligio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eligio

Eliseo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eliseo.

Escoto Spanish
ethnic name from escoto originally denoting a Gaelic speaker from Ireland or Scotland; later a Scot someone from Scotland. Spanish cognitive of Scott.

Espada Portuguese, Spanish
metonymic occupational name for an armorer or a swordsman from espada "sword" (from Latin spata from Greek spathe originally denoting a broad two-edged sword without a point)... [more]

España Spanish
From the Spanish word for Spain.

Espejo Spanish

Estela Spanish
Variant of Estrella.

Esteve Spanish, Catalan
From the Catalan given name Esteve. Cognate to Estévez and Esteves.

Falcón Spanish, South American
Originally a nickname from falcón, an archaic variant of Spanish halcón "falcon" (from Latin falco). It is a cognate of Falco.

Fallas Spanish

Fariza Spanish
From the name of a municipality in Zamora, Spain, probably of Arabic origin.

Fausto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the give name Fausto.

Favela Spanish (Latin American)

Feijóo Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from Galician feixó, meaning "bean", possibly denoting a bald person.

Fermín Spanish
From the given name Fermín.

Filera Spanish

Fontan Galician, Occitan, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Derived from Old French fontane meaning "well, fountain".

Fortun Spanish, Filipino
Variant of Fortuna.

Fraire Spanish
Comes from Latin frater meaning "brother".

Franch Spanish (Rare)

Fresco Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "fresh, cool, blooming" in various languages.

Fresno Spanish
From Spanish meaning "ash tree".

Fronda Spanish (Philippines), Spanish
Means "frond, leafy branch" in Spanish.

Fuente Spanish
topographic name from fuente "fount, spring" (from Latin fons, genitive fontis), or a habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain named with this word... [more]

Fuerte Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from the Spanish word "fuerte" meaning strong.

Fulcar Spanish (Latin American)
Most common in the Dominican Republic.

Gabino Spanish
From the given name Gabino.

Gaitán Spanish
Originated from the Spanish word "gato," which means "cat." It is thought that the name may have been used to describe someone who had cat-like qualities, such as being agile or quick on their feet.

Gaitán Spanish
Derived from the city in Italy named Gaeta.

Galano Spanish
Variant of Galán.

Galdos Spanish

Galván Spanish
From the given name Galván.

Gálvez Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality in the Province of Toledo.

Gamboa Spanish, Filipino
Castilianized form of Basque Ganboa. It is also a name for the quince tree (Cydonia oblonga).

Gamiao Spanish (Modern, ?)
from a Basque nickname means "good member"

Gamiño Spanish

Garcés Spanish
Meaning "son of García" ultimately from medieval spanish Garsea, using the patronymic suffix és/ez

Garsia Spanish (Latin American), Italian
Variant of García and Garzia.

Garson Scottish, French, English, German (Anglicized), Spanish, Jewish
Variant of Scottish Carson and Corston, French Garçon, Spanish-Jewish Garzon and English Garston, or an Americanised form of German Gerson... [more]

Garuba Spanish

Garzon Spanish

Gascón Spanish
Spanish cognitive of Gascoigne. Habitational name for someone from the province of Gascony Old French Gascogne (see Gascoigne).

Gaytán Spanish
Variant of Gaitán.

Gazpar Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Gaspar.

Gedeón Spanish

Genaro Spanish
From the given name Gennaro, but without the 2nd n

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

Gracia Spanish
From gracia "grace", or an alteration of García.

Granda Spanish
Spanish form of the surname Grand.

Grande Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Means "tall, large" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, used as a nickname for a person of large stature.

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

Griego Spanish
Means "from Greece" in Spanish

Gruezo Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)
From Catalan meaning "thick".

Guerro Spanish

Guzman Spanish (Americanized), Filipino, South American
Unaccented form of Guzmán used mainly in America and the Philippines.

Homero Spanish

Huerto Spanish

Huesca Spanish
Habitational name that refers to the city of Huesca, Spain.

Ibáñes Spanish
variant of Ibáñez

Ibares Spanish (Latin American)

Ingles Spanish
Spanish (Inglés): ethnic term denoting someone of English origin, from Spanish Inglés ‘English’.

Isabel Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, English
From the given name Isabel.

Isidro Spanish
From the given name Isidro.

Iváñez Spanish
Variant of Ibáñez.

Jacobo Spanish
From the given name Jacobo.

Jácome Spanish

Jaimes Spanish
Variant of Jaimez.

Jaimez Spanish
Means "son of Jaime 1" in Spanish.

Jaldín Spanish

Jaller Spanish (Latin American)

Jaques English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Derived from the given name Jacques.

Jardon Mexican

Jareño Basque (Modern), Spanish
Possibly derived from Basque txara "rockrose".

Jarita Spanish (Latin American)

Jassan Spanish (Mexican)

Jauler Spanish

Javier Spanish
Indicates familial origin from the town and municipality of Javier in Navarre, Spain.

Jordán Spanish, Hungarian
From the given name Jordán.

Juanez Spanish
Means “son of Juan 1”

Juáres Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Juárez.

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

Judith English, Jewish, German, Dutch, French, Spanish
From the given name Judith.

Jurrez Spanish

Kuilan Spanish (Latin American)

Lacort Catalan, Spanish

Laguna Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Laguna meaning "lake, pond" in Spanish.

Laínez Spanish
Means "son of Laín".

Lajone Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Lalana Spanish

Lanezo Spanish
Means "Lanezo's street" from Basque abas "Lanezo" and kale "street".

Larena Spanish

Lasaga Spanish, French, Basque
From Basque Latsaga, a widespread place name in Basque Country meaning "at the creek".

Lastra Spanish

Laurel Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Topographic name for someone who lived by a laurel tree, Spanish laurel (Latin laurus), or a habitational name from Laurel in the Canary Islands.

Lavida Spanish (Mexican)

Lebrón Spanish
Lebrón is a surname most prevalent in the Autonomous Community of Andalucía. It is an augmentative of liebre (meaning "hare" in Spanish).

Leiris Spanish

Lemõns Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Lemons.

Lennis Spanish (Latin American)

Leones Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of León in Spain. Coincides with the plural form of Spanish león "lion; cougar, puma".

Leonor Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Leonor.

Lesaga Spanish, Basque
Variant of Lasaga.