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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Virgil Spanish
From the given name Virgil.

Vitorino Portuguese
From the given name Vitorino

Vivanco Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the Castilian locality of Vivanco de Mena.

Vivar Spanish, History
From the village of Vivar, later renamed Vivar del Cid, nowadays part of Quintanilla Vivar located near Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.... [more]

Vivó Spanish, Catalan

Vizinho Portuguese
Portuguese form of Voisin.

Vlasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Wero Spanish (Latin American), Maori
Maori: Means "to cast a spear"... [more]

Wollermann South American

Xavier Portuguese, French, English
Derived from the given name Xavier.

Xen Spanish (Latin American)

Ximenes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Jiménez.

Ximénez Spanish (Archaic)
Archaic form of Jiménez

Xisto Portuguese
Means "schist" or "shale" in Portuguese. Can also be found in Brazil.

Yagüe Spanish
It is possibly derived from a name for someone born on St James' Day, from Old Spanish Santi Yague, a common medieval form of Santiago.

Yáñez Spanish, Mexican
Patronymic of Juan 1.

Yansen Indonesian, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Jansen. Most commonly found in Indonesia and Argentina.

Yepes Spanish
Habitational name from Yepes in the province of Toledo (named as Hippo or Hipona in or before Roman times).

Yépez South American

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"

Yesca Spanish (Latin American)

Yglesias Spanish
Variant of Iglesias.

Yisselin Spanish (Latin American)

Yñiguez Spanish
Variant of Íñiguez.

Yupanqui Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua yupanki meaning "accountant".

Yzquierdo Spanish
Variant of Izquierdo.

Zacarias Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Zacarias.

Zalas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Salas.

Zaldívar Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Basque Zaldibar "horse valley".

Zalla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Sala.

Zallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Salas.

Zambrana Spanish
Likely comes from a town of the same name in Spain.

Zamora Spanish
Habitational name from Zamora, a city in northwestern Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Berber azemur "wild olive tree".

Zanchez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Sanchez.

Zanel Spanish (Latin American)

Zanick Brazilian

Zapata Spanish
Occupational surname for a shoemaker, from Spanish zapato meaning "shoe". It can also be considered a habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain called Zapata.

Zapato Spanish
Means "shoe" in Spanish.

Zaragoza Spanish, Aragonese
Habitational name from the province of Zaragoza in Aragon, from a Mozarabic form of Latin Caesaraugusta, named after Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.

Zarandona Spanish

Zárate Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational surname meaning "entrance to the grove coppice".

Zarta South American
Chiefly used in Colombia.

Zavalia Spanish (Latin American, Americanized)

Zavattari Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian
A derivation of the Old French word 'savate'... [more]

Zayas Spanish, Caribbean
Derives from the Basque word 'zai', meaning watchman or guard.

Zazueta Spanish
Probably a topographic name of Basque origin, from an unexplained first element + the collective suffix -eta 'place or group of'.

Zeferino Portuguese
From the given name Zeferino

Zegarra Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Castilianized form of the Catalan Segarra.

Zenteno Spanish
Variant of Centeno

Zepeda Spanish
Variant of Cepeda

Zerdán Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
This surname is mainly found in Argentina.

Zozaya Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Zozaia.

Zubiria Medieval Basque (Latinized, Archaic), Spanish (Latin American)
It means nearby bridge.

Zuima Spanish

Zuleta Spanish, Basque
Variant of Zulueta, which comes from the Basque topographic name 'zulo' meaning ‘hole hollow’ + the collective suffix '-eta' meaning "place or group of."

Zuluaga South American

Zulueta Spanish

Zúñiga Spanish
Spanish form of Zuñiga.

Zurara Portuguese

Zurdo Spanish
Means "left-handed" in Spanish.

Zurita Spanish, Aragonese
An Aragonese surname derived from the Stock Bird, a species of bird.

Zurita Spanish
Habitational surname from either of two places called Zurita in Huesca and Cantabria named with a derivative of Basque zuri 'white'

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