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Abajo Spanish

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

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.

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.

Adame Spanish (?)
From the given name Adame.

Agraz Spanish
Refers to an ancient type of grape. In Spanish, agraz means "sour grape, unripe grape, verjuice" Possibly an occupational name for someone who worked on a vineyard or in the wine-making industry... [more]

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

Águas Portuguese

Aguasvivas Spanish

Agudo Spanish
Agudo is sharp in spanish

Aguia Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Águila.

Ailán Spanish (Latin American)

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

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.

Alban Spanish

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

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

Alejo Spanish
From the given name Alejo.

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

Amado Spanish
From the given name Amado.

Amaro Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amaro.

Amaro Spanish
Originated in Italy

Amaya Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
From the name of a mountain and an ancient city in the province of Burgos, Spain, possibly derived from Basque amai "end, ending" and the article suffix -a. Compare the given name Amaia.

Amendoeira Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word for 'almond tree'.

Amora Portuguese
Meaning "blackberry".

Amore Spanish
meaning love

Andía Spanish

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).

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

Apaza Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized)

Apolinario Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Apolinario; variant of Apolinar.

Arapé South American

Arceo Spanish
From the name of the town of Arceo in La Coruña, Galicia.

Arica Aymara
Refers to a place in modern day Chile near the border of Peru.

Ariza Catalan, Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized), South American
Habitational name from a place so named in Zaragoza province in Aragón. This is a Castilianized form of Basque Aritza a topographic name from Basque (h)aritz "oak" and the article suffix -a.

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

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".

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)’.

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

Arona Spanish (Latin American)

Arroz Spanish

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

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

Avena Italian, Spanish
Means "oats" in Spanish and Italian, an occupational surname for a grain grower or merchant. It can also be a toponymic surname derived from Avena, Calabria.

Avica Spanish (Latin American)

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").

Bacca Spanish

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

Balas Spanish

Baldé Portuguese

Baldo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Baldo. A cognate of German and Swedish Bold 3.

Balenciaga Spanish, Basque
Denoted a person who came from Valencia, derived from Basque Balencia and the locative suffix -aga. A famous bearer of the name was Spanish fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (1895-1972), the founder of the clothing brand Balenciaga.

Ballestero Spanish
Means "crossbowman" or "crossbow builder" in Spanish, derived from Spanish ballesta "crossbow".

Balza Spanish, Belgian, Filipino (Hispanicized), Italian
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

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

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]

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

Bedor Spanish (Latin American)

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.

Belgo Brazilian
Possibly derived from Latin belga "Belgian, person from Belgium".

Bentaberri Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Bentaberry French, Spanish (Latin American), Basque
From Basque Bentaberri or Bentaberria, both common place names in Basque Country meaning "new inn".

Bentaverri Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Bentaverry Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Berruguete Spanish
From Catalan berruga "wart", possibly denoting a person who has warts or lives in a warty place.

Berto Italian, Spanish
From the given name Berto.

Bessa Portuguese
Origin in the name Beça surname of medieval ancestry

Betancourt Spanish (Canarian), Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)
Cognate of Bethencourt and Bettencourt.

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

Biano Filipino, Portuguese (Brazilian)

Bicca Portuguese (Brazilian)

Bienvenido Spanish
From the given name Bienvenido.

Bispo Portuguese
Means "bishop" in Portuguese, ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos).

Bitencourt Brazilian, Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Rare), English
BITENCOURT, derives from Bittencourt, Bettencourt and Bethencourt; They are originally place-names in Northern France. The place-name element -court (courtyard, courtyard of a farm, farm) is typical of the French provinces, where the Frankish settlements formed an important part of the local population... [more]

Biurrarena Spanish, Basque

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.

Borba Portuguese

Bordaberry French, Spanish (Latin American), Basque
From Basque Bordaberri or Bordaberria, both widespread place names meaning "new hut/sheepfold/farm".

Braga Portuguese
The first man to own this name was a feudal lord on Portugal, near to the region of Coimbra. Could also come from the other surname "Bragança".

Brasselero Spanish

Brell English, Spanish

Brito Portuguese
The Brito family has its original roots in the village of Brito, around 1033 of the Christian era, where Dom Hero de Brito, lord of many estates in Oliveira, Carrazelo and Subilhães, all located between the Ave River and Portela dos Leitões, a very rich region and where the Solar dos Brito was located.

Bruno Portuguese
From a Germanic personal name, Brun.

Burruchaga Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Altered form of Basque Burutxaga, a habitational name from a location in Navarre, Spain, possibly derived from buru "head; top, summit; leader, chief" or burutza "office of chief" combined with -aga "place of".

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

Butragueño Spanish
Originally denoted someone from either the town of Buitrago del Lozoya in Madrid, or from the village of Buitrago in Soria, Castile and León in Spain, both derived Spanish buitre meaning "vulture" (see Buitrago)... [more]

Butto South American

Cabanillas Spanish

Cabrillana South American

Cádiz Spanish
Habitational name for a person from the city of Cádiz in southwestern Spain.

Cahué Spanish
Variant of Cahuet.

Cailo Portuguese, Central African

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.

Calle Spanish
Form of Estrada.

Calzadilla Spanish
habitational name from any of the places called (La) Calzadilla, named with a diminutive of calzada 'paved road'

Candelario Spanish
From the given name Candelario

Canomanuel Spanish
The first part of this surname is possibly derived from Spanish cano "hoary, white-haired, grey-haired". The second part is derived from the given name Manuel... [more]

Canto Portuguese

Carabantes Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Carballeda Spanish

Cardo Spanish, Italian
From cardo "thistle, cardoon" (from Latin carduus) either a topographic or occupational name for using wool carder thistles, or from the given name Cardo a short form of given names Accardo, Biancardo, or Riccardo.

Carlomagno Italian, South American

Carpintero Spanish
Means "carpenter" in Spanish.

Carro Spanish

Casablanca Spanish

Casavantes French, Spanish, Basque
Topographic name composed of casa "house" + avant "ahead of forward" + the suffix -es, denoting one who lived in the house located at the beginning of a village. This surname has died out in France.

Casco Spanish, Italian, South American

Casio Spanish
From the given name Casio.

Cavalcanti Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Patronymic or plural form of Cavalcante "riding", either given as an occupational name or derived from the medieval given name Cavalcante.

Cavalheiro Portuguese
Variant of Cavaleiro.

Cavas Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Plural form of Cava.

Celda Spanish (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
The Spanish word for 'cell', as in prison cell.

Celio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celio

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

Cerda Spanish, Portuguese
Nickname for a person with a prominent tuft of hair, derived from Spanish and Portuguese cerda meaning "bristle, stiff, coarse, short, thick hair", ultimately from Late Latin cirra.

Cerin Spanish (Latin American)

Cerna South American

Cerpa Spanish

César Portuguese

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

Chalá South American

Chapa Spanish
An occupational name for a metalworker meaning "metal sheet", amongst other things. It may also come from the name of a place in Galicia, Spain, or the Basque word and oak bush, "chaparro".

Chica Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
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.

Chicahuala South American

Chico Portuguese
From the given name Chico.

Chico Spanish
Means "boy" in Spanish. Possibly a nickname for someone who's young.

Chido Spanish
Likely given to someone who lived in a cold environment

Chinchilla Spanish
Originally denoted a person from the Spanish town of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón in the province of Albacete. The place name is possibly of Arabic origin.

Chino Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized), Aymara (Hispanicized)
From Quechua/Aymara meaning "girl".

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

Citronella South American

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

Colmenares Spanish
It literally means "apiaries", denoting someone who either worked at some or lived near some.

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

Comas Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)

Concepción Spanish
Means "conception'' in Spanish, in reference to the Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary.

Concepcion Spanish (Filipinized)
Unaccented form of Concepción primarily used in the Philippines and America.

Conde Spanish
1 Spanish and Portuguese: “nickname from the title of rank conde ‘count’, a derivative of Latin comes, comitis ‘companion’.”... [more]

Congo South American

Coral Spanish

Coris Spanish (Latin American)

Coron Spanish

Corso Italian, English (American), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Either derived from the given name Bonaccorso or taken from Italian and Spanish corso, denoting someone who lived in Corsica.

Corte Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese
From corte "court", applied as an occupational name for someone who worked at a manorial court or a topographic name for someone who lived in or by one.

Corvo Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Corvo

Corzo Spanish (Latin American)

Cotto Spanish
Variant of Coto.

Couto Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician
Habitational name for a person from any of the various places in Portugal containing Portuguese or Galician word couto "enclosed area of land". In some cases, the name may be topographic.

Crescencio Spanish
From the given name Crescencio

Crisóstomo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Crisóstomo.

Cueto Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places especially in Asturias named with the topographic term cueto meaning “hill, or fortified settlement.”

Cuneo Spanish

Cuzco Spanish

Dager South American

Da Lua Portuguese
Means "of the moon" in Portuguese.

Da Luz Portuguese
From a religious epithet meaning ‘of the light’, specifically the Marian name "Nuestra Señora da Luz" (which means "Our Lady of the Light").

Danta Spanish

Da Paz Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "of Peace" in Portuguese.

Delamadrid Spanish

De La Muerte Spanish (Rare)
Means "of death" in Spanish. Name given to a person who worked as a graveyard worker.

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.

Delascasas Spanish
Variant of Delacasa.

De La Sierra Spanish
Means "of the mountain range" in Spanish.

Deldo South American

Delgadillo Spanish
Diminutive of Delgado.

Della Italian, Spanish
Likely derived from the Italian and Spanish word della, meaning "of the".

Dellavalle Spanish

De Los Reyes Spanish
Means “of the kings” in Spanish.

Del Rosario Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the rosary" in Spanish.

Del Rosario Spanish
Del Rosario, in Spanish and Italian languages, and do Rosário in Portuguese language (English: of the rosary) is a surname that has as its etymology, the Latin preposition, "de" meaning "of the" and the Latin noun "rosarium", meaning "rosegarden" or "garland of roses" but in this case, takes the meaning of "rosary", the Roman Catholic devotion to the Virgin Mary... [more]

Denís Spanish, Galician
From the given name Denís.

De Oliveira Portuguese
Variant of Oliveira.... [more]

De Paz Spanish (Latin American)
Means "of Peace" in Spanish.

Diani Indonesian, South American

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

Diogo Portuguese
From the given name Diogo.

Diola Spanish
Derived from the given masculine name Andrea

Donestevez Spanish

Dosamantes Spanish

Drugg Brazilian (Rare, ?)

Duesa Spanish

Duffe South American

Duque Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Duke. from duque "duke" (from Latin dux genitive ducis "leader") an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.

Eanes Portuguese
Variant of Anes.

Eiriz Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Paços de Ferreira.

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

Elias Greek, Catalan, Portuguese, English, Welsh, German, Dutch, Jewish
Derived from the medieval given name Elias. Compare Ellis.

Encarnação Portuguese
Portuguese form of Encarnación.

Espiridión Spanish
From the given name Espiridión.

Estanislao Spanish
From the given name Estanislao.

Estanislau Portuguese
Stanislav Derived from the Slavic elements stani meaning "stand, become" combined with slava meaning "glory".... [more]

Esteruelas Spanish
Possibly from the place name Camarma de Esteruelas, a village in Madrid.

Estes Welsh, Spanish, English
a popular surname derived from the House of Este. It is also said to derive from Old English and have the meaning "of the East." As a surname, it has been traced to southern England in the region of Kent, as early as the mid-16th century.

Estol Spanish

Etcheverry South American

Fábio Portuguese
From the given name Fábio.

Fabio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Fabio.

Facha Portuguese

Faria Portuguese, Italian
Faria is a Portuguese surname. A habitational name from either of two places called Faria, in Braga and Aveiro. ... [more]

Feijo Portuguese
Feijo is a Portuguese surname derived from "feijão", meaning "bean," possibly referring to someone who grew or sold beans.

Feliz Spanish
Means “happy” or “fortunate” in Spanish.

Figueiredo Portuguese
Name for someone from any of various places named Figueiredo, from Portuguese figueiredo meaning "fig tree orchard".

Florentino Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Florentino.

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

Fonte Italian, French, Spanish

Fonzo Italian, Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic)
From the given name Alfonso.

Frade Portuguese

Fraga Portuguese
Fraga, also derived from the Spanish variation of the word frescas meaning "strawberries", in the Portugal it translates to "from the cliffs or cliffside"

Frías Spanish
Taken from the city of Frías, in Spain. The name of the city is taken from the Spanish phrase aguas frías, meaning "cold waters".

Fruto Spanish
From the given name Fruto.

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

Funes Spanish
Derived from a town named 'Funes' in Navarre.

Galán Spanish
From Spanish meaning "gallant, handsome". (Compare Gallardo).

Galea Spanish, Italian, Maltese
From Spanish galea "galleon, warship" presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a sailor. Italian habitational name from Galea in Calabria.

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

Gamio Spanish

Gamiz Spanish
Variant form of Gamez and Gomez.

Gasol Spanish

Gauto South American

Ghigliotty Spanish

Gijon Spanish
From the city of Gijón (Asturian form Xixón) located in the Principality of Asturias in Spain.

Ginés Spanish
From the given name Ginés.

Godoi Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Godoy.

Godoy French, Spanish, South American
Derived from the Norman given name Gaudi.

Gordo Spanish, Portuguese
Means "fat" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Govea Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican)
Spanish form of Gouveia.

Grano Italian, Spanish
from grano "grain" (from Latin granum) probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a farmer or grain merchant.

Greco Portuguese
Portuguese for Greco.

Grego Portuguese

Guadalmina Spanish

Guendulain Spanish (Latin American)

Güero Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
A given nickname in latin America of a person with light features.... [more]

Guida Portuguese

Guillermez Spanish
Means "son of Guillermo".

Guitiérrez Spanish
Variant of Gutiérrez.

Guity Spanish, Central American

Guiza Spanish
Spanish cognate of Arabic Giza.

Gumes Portuguese

Henao South American

Hermosillo Spanish
Nickname for a dandy, from a diminutive of hermoso "finely formed, handsome". From Latin formosus, from forma "shape, form, beauty".

Herra Spanish (Latin American)

Hódar Spanish
Spanish surname with unknown origin. Violeta Hódar is a notable bearer.

Horta Catalan, Portuguese
Means "garden" (Latin hortus), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosed garden or an occupational name for one who was a gardener.

Ignis Portuguese (Brazilian)

Íñigo Spanish
From the given name Íñigo.

Innerarity Spanish (Rare)

Inveninato Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Italian (Rare)

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French, Catalan, Spanish, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Isaac.

Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.

Ivars Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Etymology uncertain. Possibly related to Ibarra, derived from Basque ibar "meadow, riverbank, valley".

Jabes Spanish

Jabez Spanish

Jacob Jewish, English, German, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Jacob.

Jaime Spanish, Portuguese (African)
From the given name Jaime 1.

Japon Filipino, Spanish, French
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Japan or who had connections with Japan.

Jardineiro Portuguese
Portuguese form of Gardener.

Jarra Spanish

Jaspe Spanish (Latin American)

Javan Portuguese

Jesús Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, French
From the given name Jesús.

Jilho Portuguese

Joffé Spanish (Latin American)

Joias Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)

Jolón Spanish

Jonda Spanish (Latin American, Japanized), American (Hispanic)
Jondá means Slingshot and hole in Spanish and is a surname in some Latin American countries and Americans with Hispanic heritage. It is a Japanized form of the surname Honda... [more]

Jordà Spanish
Derived from the personal name Jordàn

Juancarlos Spanish
From the given name Juan Carlos.

Julia Spanish, English (American, Rare)
From the given name Julia

Julio Spanish
Derived from the forename Julio.

Julve Spanish

Junio Spanish
From the given name Junio

Justiniano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Justiniano

Justo Spanish
From the given name Justo.

Kenup Brazilian

Krahe German, Spanish
From the German word Krähe, meaning "crow".... [more]

Krais German, Brazilian
Brazilian adaptation of the German surname Greis; altered for easier comprehension by the Portuguese-speaking population of Brazil.

Lagos Spanish, Portuguese, Nigerian
Variant of Lago.

Lahoz Aragonese, Spanish (Latin American)

Landaverde Spanish
From Spanish landa meaning 'meadow' + verde meaning 'green'.

Lanza Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Lance.

Laranjeira Portuguese
It means "orange tree" in Portuguese

Lareo Spanish

Larín Spanish (Latin American)
Probably a habitational name from any of several places called Larín in A Coruña and Lugo provinces.

Larrazabal Basque, Spanish
Habitational name derived from Basque larre "field, pastureland, prairie" and zabal "wide, open, ample".

Laura Spanish
Of uncertain origin; in some cases, it is possibly a habitational name from a place named Laura.

Layun Spanish (Latin American)

Leite Portuguese, Galician
Meaning "milk".... [more]

Leiva Spanish

Lemos Portuguese, South American

Lemus Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Lémieux.

Lento Italian, Portuguese
Nickname from Italian and Portuguese meaning "slow".