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

Abundio Spanish, Galician
From the given name Abundio.

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

Acatecatl Nahuatl
From Nahuatl acatl "reed, cane" and tecatl "person; inhabitant of a place".

Acatl Nahuatl
From Acatl.

Acatzihua Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl acatl "reed, cane" and tzihuactli, a kind of thorny plant.

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.

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

Agapito Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), Italian
From the given name Agapito.

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

Aguayo Spanish (Mexican)

Agudo Spanish
Agudo is sharp in spanish

Agundez Spanish
Likely derived from from Persian آخوند (akhund) meaning "cleric, teacher".

Agustin Spanish
From the given name Agustin.

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

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

Ajactle Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.

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

Alaves Spanish

Albinez Spanish
Means "son of Albino".

Albino Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Albino

Alderete Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal called Alderete probably from a Gothic personal name or derived from the Old English personal, or first name “Aldrich,” which means old ruler

Alejandra Spanish
Feminine form of Alejandro.

Alejandre Spanish
Variant of Alejandro.

Alejándrez Spanish (Mexican)
Means "son of Alejandro."

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

Alejo Spanish
From the given name Alejo.

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

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

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

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

Alvalle Spanish (Latin American)
A beautiful valley in Ortona

Alvariño Spanish

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

Alverez Spanish, Portuguese
Means "son of Alvaro".

Amado Spanish
From the given name Amado.

Amaranto Spanish, Italian, Filipino
From the given name Amaranto or Amarantus.

Amaro Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amaro.

Amayo Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl amaitl "inlet, estuary; an arm or branch of a body of water", or from atl "water" and -mayo "branches of a tree, foliage".

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.

Amiano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amiano

Amole Nahuatl
From the name of a kind of plant used in the production of soap, ultimately from Nahuatl ahmolli "soap, soap root".

Amor Spanish, Portuguese
Means "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, likely denoting an illegitimate child or a philanderer. It could also be from the given name Amor. Qween Amor (1988-) is a performance artist who predominantly utilizes public space for her performances.

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

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

Anastacio Spanish
Variant of Anastasio.

Anastasio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Anastasio.

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).

Angelina Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

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

Anguino American, Spanish (Mexican)
Mexican-American last name

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

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

Antuña Spanish
From the given name Antonio.

Apale Nahuatl
Possibly means "coloured water", from atl "water" and tlapalli "painting".

Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar

Apolinario Portuguese, Spanish
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".

Aquilino Italian, Spanish, Galician
From the given name Aquilino

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.

Armendariz Spanish, Basque
Variant of Basque Armendaritze, a habitational name from a village in Low Navarre named Armendaritze, or directly from a patronymic form of the Basque personal name Armendari or Armentari, from Latin Armentarius "herdsman".

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

Arrieta Spanish (Latin American)

Arturo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Arturo.

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).

Atanacio Spanish
Variant of Anastasio.

Atanasio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Atanasio.

Atlahua Nahuatl
From Atlahua, the name of an Aztec god.

Augusto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Augusto

Aurelio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Aurelio

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

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

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".

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]

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]

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

Baldo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Baldo.

Baldomero Spanish
From the given name Baldomero.

Baldovino Spanish
Hispanic (mainly Philippines and Colombia) and Italian: from the personal name Baldovino from ancient Germanic Baldowin (see Baldwin ).

Baltasar Spanish
From the given name Baltasar.

Baltazar Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Baltazar.

Balza Spanish, Belgian, Filipino (Hispanicized), Italian
Derivation (Belzer, Balzac, Balzer, etc.) of the given name Balthazar, meaning "one of the three wise men."

Banegas Spanish
Spanish: variant of Benegas a patronymic composed of Arabic or Jewish ben 'son' + the medieval personal name Egas .

Barón Spanish
nickname from the title barón "baron" applied as a nickname or as an occupational name for a member of the household of a baron; or from an old personal name of the same origin in the sense "free man"... [more]

Barragan Spanish

Barrino Spanish (Latin American)

Bartolomé Spanish
From the given name Bartolomé.

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

Basilio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basilio.

Bastían Spanish
From the given name Bastían.

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

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

Beatriz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Beatriz.

Becerra Spanish

Belasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Belisario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Belisario.

Beltrán Spanish
From the given name Beltrán.

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

Benegas Spanish
Variant of Venegas.

Benigno Spanish, Italian
From the given name Benigno.

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

Berchelt Spanish (Mexican)
Likely a hispanicized form of Borchelt.

Bermudo Spanish
From the given name Bermudo.

Bernal Spanish, Catalan
From the given name Bernal.

Bernárdez Spanish
Means "son of Bernardo".

Bernardez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Bernárdez.

Berto Italian, Spanish
From the given name Berto.

Bibiano Spanish
From the given name Bibiano.

Bienvenido Spanish
From the given name Bienvenido.

Blas Spanish
From the given name Blas.

Blasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Bonifacio Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Bonifacio.

Bonito Italian, Spanish
From the given name Bonito.

Bosquez Spanish (Mexican)

Cabunilas Spanish

Caceres Spanish

Cacimiro Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Casimiro.

California Spanish (Latin American)
It is thought that it might've been derived from Latin calida fornax meaning "hot furnace", or from Native American, kali forno meaning "high hill, native land". It is also thought to have derived from the given name Khalif or Khalifa.

Calihua Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly related to calli "house".

Calisto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Calisto.

Calixto Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Calixto

Calletano Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Cayetano.

Calvete Spanish
It means bald. It's a surname of the Galician origin.

Camilo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Camilo.

Candelario Spanish
From the given name Candelario

Cansino Spanish (Mexican)

Caravantes Spanish (Mexican)

Carillo Spanish, Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Caro.

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

Carlos Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Carlos.

Carnes Irish, Spanish

Casablancas Spanish
Unknown.

Casiano Spanish
From the given name Casiano.

Casimiro Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Filipino
From the given name Casimiro.

Casio Spanish
From the given name Casio.

Caso Italian, Spanish
Possibly derived from a short form of the given name Benincasa, or perhaps from Latin caseum "cheese" as an occupational name for a cheesemaker or shepherd... [more]

Castelli Judeo-Italian, Italian, Spanish
Italian patronymic or plural form of Castello. ... [more]

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

Catarino Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish
From the given name Catarino, a masculine form of Catarina.

Cayetano Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Cayetano.

Cebrián Spanish
From the given name Cebrián.

Cedo Spanish

Celedon Spanish
Spanish (Celedón): From The Old Personal Name Celedón From Celedonio From Greek Chelidonios ‘Like A Swallow’ Through Latin Chelidonius.

Celedonio Spanish
From the given name Celedonio.

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

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

Celino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celino

Celio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celio

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

Cenobio Spanish
From the given name Cenobio.

Cesar Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, French
From the given name César.

Chaparro Spanish

Charlo Spanish
From the personal name Carlos

Chica Spanish
Apparently from chica, feminine form of chico ‘small’, ‘young’ (see Chico), but a variant of the habitational name Checa, from a place so named in Jaén province is also a possibility.

Chimalhua Nahuatl
Means "has a shield, possessor of shields" in Nahuatl.

Chincoya Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.

Chirino Spanish
Variant of Quirino.

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

Ciriaco Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ciriaco.

Cirino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Cirino.

Ciro Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ciro.

Claudio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Claudio

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

Clores Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese form of Flores

Coceres Spanish
Variant of Caceres.

Codorniz Spanish
Spanish word for quail. From Latin cōturnīx, cōturnīcis.

Collazo Medieval Italian, Spanish

Coloma Spanish (Latin American)

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

Conrado Spanish
From the given name Conrado

Consuelo Spanish

Consuelos Spanish

Contardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Contardo.

Cornelio Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Cornelio. Cognitive of Cornell, Cornelius, and Corneille.

Corral Spanish

Corvino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Corvino

Coyac Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl coyahuac "broad, wide" or coyoctic "a hole, something with a hole in it".

Crescencio Spanish
From the given name Crescencio

Cresencio Filipino, Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Cresencio

Crisólogo Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
From the given name Crisólogo.

Crisóstomo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Crisóstomo.

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

Cristóbal Spanish
From the given name Cristóbal.

Cristófanes Spanish
Means "son of Cristóbal" in Spanish.

Cuauhtemoc Nahuatl
From the given name Cuauhtemoc.

Cuautemoc Nahuatl, Aztec
Variant of Cuauhtemoc.

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

Custodio Spanish
From the given name Custodio.

Dalier 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]

Dealava Spanish
Uruguay name

Deimar Spanish

De La O Spanish
"O" is the archaic form of "Do" - apocope of "donde" - where, the personal name of a woman in the Hispanic world, and a French name of the twelfth century.

Delassandis Spanish

Delfin Spanish
Meaning "dolphin" in Spanish.

Delfino Italian, Spanish
From the personal name Delfino, from Latin Delphinus, from delphis "dolphin", regarded in medieval times as a symbol of goodness and friendliness.

Delringo Spanish

Del Valle Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Filipino

Demetrio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Demetrio.

Denino Spanish

Denís Spanish, Galician
From the given name Denís.

De Paula Spanish
a Metronymic from the female personal name Paula and from a shortened form of Francisco de Paula a personal name bestowed in honor of Saint Francis of Paola

De San Buenaventura Spanish (Archaic)
Means "of Saint Bonaventure" in Spanish.

De Santo Italian, Spanish
Mean “Son of Santo”.

Descalzo Spanish
It means "barefoot"

Desiderio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Desiderio.

Diaz Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Variant of Díaz.

Diéguez Spanish
Means "son of Diego".

Diez Spanish (Modern)
Son of Diego

Dimas Spanish, Portuguese, Greek
Derived from the given name Dimas.

Diola Spanish
Derived from the given masculine name Andrea

Dionicio Spanish
From the given name Dionicio.

Diosdado Spanish
From the given name Diosdado.

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

Donestevez Spanish

Donlucas Spanish

Duardo Spanish

Durantez Spanish
From the given Italian name Durante.

Eduardo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Eduardo.

Eleazar Jewish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Greek, Filipino, Assyrian, Indian (Christian), Malayalam
From the given name Eleazar.

Eleuterio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Eleuterio.

Elías Spanish, Jewish, Caribbean
From the given name Elías.

Eligio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eligio

Eliseo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eliseo.

Eloy Spanish
From the given name Eloy

Emeterio Galician, Italian, Spanish
From the given name Emeterio

Emigdio Spanish
From the given name Emigdio.

Emiliano Italian, Spanish
From the given name Emiliano.

Enciñias Spanish
Derives from Spanish heritage and culture. Other spellings of the name of ENCIÑIAS may be Encinas, Encinias, Encinitas etc.

Enoc Spanish

Enrique Spanish
From the given name Enrique.

Enriquez Spanish
Unaccented form of Enríquez.

Epifanio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Epifanio.

Eras Spanish
From the medieval personal name Egas, probably of Visigothic origin. This surname is very rare in Spain; it is found mainly in Ecuador... [more]

Ernesto Portuguese (African), Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Ernesto.

Espiridión Spanish
From the given name Espiridión.

Estacio Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Estacio.

Estanislao Spanish
From the given name Estanislao.

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

Ettison Spanish

Eufracio Spanish
From the given name Eufracio.

Eugenio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eugenio.

Eulogio Spanish
From the given name Eulogio.

Eusebio Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Eusebio.

Eva Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Eva.

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

Fabio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Fabio.

Facundo Spanish
From the given name Facundo

Fallas Spanish

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

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

Federico Spanish, Italian
From the given name Federico.

Fermín Spanish
From the given name Fermín.

Ferrando Italian, Spanish
This surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval masculine given name Ferrando, which was in use in both Italy and Spain during the Middle Ages... [more]

Figuereo Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Caribbean

Florencio Spanish
From the given name Florencio

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

Florida Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Variant of Florido.

Florido Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Floridus.

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

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

Fortuna Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Derived from the given name Fortunato.

Franch Spanish (Rare)

Francos Spanish
Derived from the given name Franco.

Franquez Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese for "son of Franco."

Fring Mexican (Rare)

Fructuoso Spanish
From the given name Fructuoso.

Gabino Spanish
From the given name Gabino.

Gabriel Nigerian, English, Cornish, Welsh, Scottish, French, German, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Jewish, Indian (Christian), English (African)
Derived from the given name Gabriel.

Gaitano Spanish
Spanish cognate of Gaetano.

Galante Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Jewish
Means "gallant, courteous, chivalrous; romantic" in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, both derived from French galant "gentlemanly" or "flirtatious, amorous". In the case of Mordecai Galante, a Spanish exile in 16th century Rome, his courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname Galantuomo, meaning "gentleman" in Italian, from which Galante was eventually derived.... [more]

Galíndez Spanish
Patronymic from the personal name Galindo.

Galindo Spanish
Either from the given name Galindo or from the name of the Galindians, an ancient Baltic tribe.

Galo Spanish
From the given name Galo.

Galván Spanish
From the given name Galván.

Gamarra Spanish

Gamez Spanish
Patronymic from Gamo, a personal name of unexplained etymology.

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

Gamiz Spanish
Variant form of Gamez and Gomez.

Ganzalez Spanish

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

Garcías Spanish
Variant of García.

Garibaldi Italian, Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "son of Garibaldo".

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]

Garzon Spanish

Gaudioso Italian, Spanish
From the given name Gaudioso.

Gazpar Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Gaspar.

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

Generosa Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "generous" in several languages, derived from Latin generosus "well-born, noble". It could also be from the given name Generoso, of the same origin.

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