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Estefan South American

Estrado Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Estrada.

Estrela Portuguese
The surname Estrela, of Portuguese origin, means "star," symbolizing guidance, hope, and celestial beauty, and is commonly found in Portugal.

Ettison Spanish

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.

Facundo Spanish
From the given name Facundo

Farinha Portuguese
Means "wheat flour" in Portuguese.

Felices South American

Feltran Portuguese

Ferrera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Ferreira.

Fidalgo Portuguese, Galician
Cognate of Hidalgo.

Firmino Portuguese
Surname descendant of Firmino, meaning “firm”. A famous bearer is Brazilian footballer Roberto Firmino.

Flaming South American

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.

Fórmica Spanish
Spanish transcription of the Italian surname Formica (while the insect in Spanish is hormiga).

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

Fragata Portuguese

Fragoso Portuguese, Spanish
Means "rocky, rough, uneven" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin fragosus. It was originally a habitational name from any of various places called Fragoso.

Francês Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Frances.

Frances Spanish, Catalan
From Spanish and Catalan meaning "French". Denoting someone of French origin.

Francia Italian, Spanish
From Latin Francia "France" an ethnic name for a Frenchman.

Francos Spanish
Derived from the given name Franco.

Furtado Portuguese

Furtado Portuguese
Means "stolen" in Portuguese, probably used to refer to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.

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]

Galarza Spanish
Castilianized form of Basque Galartza.

Galeano English, Spanish, South American, Caribbean

Galicia Spanish
Spanish: ethnic name for someone from the former kingdom of Galicia, now an autonomous region of northwestern Spain.

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

Gamarra Spanish

Garcías Spanish
Variant of García.

Garfias Spanish
Nickname from the plural form of regional garfia 'claw paw' a word of Arabic origin.

Garibay Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican), South American
Castilianized form of Garibai.

Garnica Spanish
Castilianized form of Garnika, a variant of Gernika.

Garrone Italian, South American

Gastelo Spanish
Variant of Gaztelu.

Gastelu Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Gaztelu.

Gavilán Spanish
It literally means "Eurasian sparrowhawk".

Gaviria Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Gabiria.

Geraldo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Geraldo.

Gerardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Gerardo

Gigante Portuguese

Gimenes Portuguese
Portugese variant of the hispanic surname Jiménez

Gimenez Spanish (Anglicized)
Variant of Giménez.

Ginebra Spanish
From the Spanish word ginebra, meaning "gin," possibly ultimately from the Latin iuniperus, meaning "juniper."

Giraldo Spanish
Spanish: From The Ancient Germanic Personal Name Giraldo Equivalent To Gerald .

Gispert Spanish

Godínez Spanish
Patronymic from the personal name Godino.

Gonçalo Portuguese
From the given name Gonçalo.

Gonzaga Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Archaic)
Habitational name for someone from a location called Gonzaga in Mantua, Italy. This was the name of an Italian family that ruled Mantua from 1328 to 1708.

Governo Italian, Portuguese, Portuguese (African)

Granado Spanish
Nickname from Spanish granado "mature", "experienced", "distinguished".

Granado Spanish
Occupational name for a grower or seller of pomegranates, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a pomegranate tree, from granado "pomegranate tree" (cf. GARNETT).

Greaser English, Spanish
Means “mechanic, engineer”

Guardia Italian, Spanish
Means "guard, watch, warden" in Spanish and Italian, derived from warda, making it a cognate to Ward 1... [more]

Guevera Spanish
means "protector"

Guillén Spanish
From the given name Guillén.

Guillen Spanish
Unaccented form of Guillén.

Guirrez Spanish

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

Guterre Portuguese (Brazilian)

Henares Spanish
Derived from the Celtic form of "brave". Also is the name of many towns (Alcala de Henares, Espinosa de Henares, Tortola de Henares...) and a river

Heredia Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places in Basque Country called Heredia, probably derived from Latin heredium meaning "hereditary estate".

Hererra Spanish

Hererro Spanish

Hermosa Spanish

Higuaín Spanish (Rare), Basque (Hispanicized)
Derived from the Basque surname Iguain, of uncertain origin.

Higuera Spanish
Higuera is a local surname; that is, the name was derived from the village or estate where the original bearer of the name once lived or held land. The Higuera family originally lived in the area of Figueroa.

Higuita Spanish
Derives from spanish higuera meaning "fig tree".

Hilario Spanish
From the given name Hilarius.

Holanda Portuguese, Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese form of Holland 2.

Honesto Spanish
From the given name Honesto.

Honorio Spanish
From the given name Honorio

Honrada Spanish

Horacio Spanish, South American
From the given name Horacio.

Huacaya South American

Huertas Spanish
Plural form of Spanish huerta meaning "garden, orchard".

Huertos Spanish

Huescas Spanish
Variant of Huesca.

Hurtado Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word hurtar, meaning "to steal".

Ignácio Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Ignácio.

Infante Spanish
From infante literally "child", but in Spain also a title borne by the eldest sons of noblemen before they inherited, and in particular by the son of the king of Castile; thus the surname probably originated either as a nickname for one of a lordly disposition or as an occupational name for a member of the household of an infante.

Iniesta Spanish
Possibly from iniesta meaning "leafhopper".

Iniesta Spanish
Habitational name from places called Iniesta in the province of Cuenca, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The Spanish former soccer player Andrés Iniesta (1984-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Iraheta Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Iraeta.

Ishmail South American

Isidoro Portuguese

Itriago Spanish

Jacinto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Jacinto.

Joachin Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Joaquín.

Joaquim Portuguese
From the given name Joaquim.

Joaquín Spanish
From the given name Joaquín.

Jolivet South American

Jorquez Spanish

Juarros Spanish

Juliana Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Juliano.

Juliano Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Juliano.

Junious Spanish (Latin American), Yiddish
spanish

Justino Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Justino

Juvenal Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese, English (American)
From the given name Juvenal.

Kanelos Spanish

Lacerda Portuguese, Spanish
Nickname for someone with remarkably thick or long hair, or with an unusually hairy back or chest. From Spanish and Portuguese la cerda ‘the lock (of hair)’.

La Costa Portuguese
Variant of Costa.

Lacosta Spanish
Variant of Costa with fused definite article la.

Lallana Spanish

La Silva Portuguese
Variant of Silva.

Lassaga Spanish (Latin American), French, Basque
French and Argentine Spanish form of Lasaga.

Laurino Italian, Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name Lauro.

Lavinya Portuguese (Brazilian)

Leandro Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Leandro

Ledesma Spanish, Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), Galician
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain called Ledesma, particularly in Salamanca or Boqueixón, possibly derived from a superlative form of the Proto-Celtic root *ɸletos "breadth, side" or *ɸleitos "grey".

Lencina South American

Leonado Spanish
The color tawny which is an orange, brown color. This descriptive surname was given to the Filipino people by the Spanish when the Philippines was colonized.

Leoncio Spanish
From the given name Leoncio.

Lescano Italian, South American

Liberio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Liberio

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

Librado Spanish
From the given name Librado.

Limones Spanish
Variant of Limon.

Limonez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Limones.

Linares Spanish
Means "son of Linéus" from latin "line".

Linarez Spanish
Variant of Linares.

Llaquet Spanish, Catalan
Topographic name from the Catalan word llac "pond, lake", indicating a person who lives near a lake.

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

Lorente Spanish

Lousada Portuguese
Name given from the village of Lousada, in Northern Portugal.

Lovaton Spanish

Luevano Spanish

Lugardo Spanish
Spanish (Mainly Huelva): From The Personal Name Lugardo A Variant Of Lutgardo Of Ancient Germanic Origin (See Luckhardt ). This Surname Is Most Common In Mexico.

Lumbier Basque, Spanish

Luyando Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Luiaondo.

Macario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Macario

Macarro Spanish
From the verb Macar meaning 'to bruise'

Maestre Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from old Spanish and Portuguese maestre meaning 'master', 'master craftsman', 'teacher'.

Magaldi Italian, South American
Patronymic or plural form of the Old German personal name Magoald (from the elements megin, magan "strength, might, power" and wald "power"), or else a nickname from magaldo meaning "evil, wicked", which was derived from the personal name... [more]

Maidana Spanish, South American
Likely derived from from Arabic ميدانا (maydanan) meaning "field".

Mairena Spanish
From place name Mairena.

Malagón Spanish
Habitational name from Malagón, a place in Ciudad Real, or in some cases, from other place so named in Galicia, in Lugo province.

Malvido Spanish

Mancebo Spanish
Spanish: Occupational Or Status Name For A Serf Or Servant Also ‘Youth Single Man’ Old Spanish Mancebo (From Late Latin Mancipus From Classical Latin Mancipium ‘Slave’).

Maqueda Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the Manchego municipality or the neighborhood of the Andalusian municipality of Málaga.

Maravel Spanish

Marcano Spanish, Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish variant of Marciano

Marcelo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Marcelo.

Marcial Spanish, Filipino
From the given name Marcial.

Mariano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the personal name Mariano

Mariñez Spanish
Means "son of Marino" in Spanish.

Marinho Portuguese
From the given name Marinho

Maripan Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown, mostly used in Chile.

Marquez South American, Spanish
Unaccented variant of Márquez.

Marquez Portuguese

Marquis Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Marques.

Marreno Spanish

Marrero Spanish
Occupational name for a stonecutter, derived from Spanish marrear "to hit with a sledgehammer", ultimately from Latin marra "hoe, hook, spade".

Marrufo Spanish
nickname from marrufo a Portuguese word meaning literally 'lay brother' and figuratively 'cunning sly'

Mathias French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish
French, Dutch: from the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).... [more]

Mauleon Spanish (Archaic)
All I know is that there is a place in spain "Basque Country" that their town, apartments, holtes are named Mauleon. The language spoken is Basque a form of "Spanish and French"

Mayoral Spanish
Occupational name for the foreman of a gang of agricultural workers or the leader of a group of herdsmen mayoral (from Late Latin maioralis originally an adjective derivative of maior 'greater').

Mayorga Spanish
habitational name, taken on from the place name Mayorga in Valladolid province of Castile.

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

Melchor Spanish
Derived from the given name Melchor.

Melgosa Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Castilian municipalities, Melgosa de Burgos or Melgosa de Villadiego. It could also indicate familial origin within the Manchego municipality La Melgosa.

Mendosa Spanish
Variant spelling of Mendoza.

Meneses Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish, Portuguese

Menezes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Meneses.

Mercede Spanish

Meridia Spanish

Messias Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name Messias

Mestizo Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from Spanish mezclado "mixed". Likely denoting a person with mixed Spanish and Amerindian descent.

Milanés Spanish
habitational name for someone from Milan in Italy (see Milano) from milanés an adjectival form of the place name. Variant of Milan.

Militão Portuguese (Brazilian)
Locational surname denoting someone who lives near a military base.

Mineiro Portuguese

Mirando Spanish

Modesto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Modesto

Molinas Spanish
Variant of Molina.

Mollina Portuguese (Brazilian)

Moncada Spanish
A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.

Monreal Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Monreal for example in Cuenca Teruel and Zaragoza provinces.

Montané Spanish

Montano Spanish
spanish

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

Montoro Spanish, Italian
A Spanish habitational name from any of the places called Montoro in particular those in Córdoba or Teruel provinces. Italian habitational name from any of the places called Montoro in particular Montoro Inferiore and Montoro Superiore in Avellino province.

Morante Spanish

Mordomo Portuguese
Means "butler" in Portuguese.

Morejón South American

Morejón Spanish
Derived from Spanish moreno meaning "dark".

Morgade Spanish
Derived from Portuguese morgado "firstborn, heir".

Morgado Portuguese
Means "eldest brother" in Portuguese

Morillo South American

Morocco South American

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Morocco Spanish (Latin American)

Muñecas Spanish
It literally means "dolls" or "wrists".

Muraira Portuguese

Murillo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Murillo, so named from a diminutive of Spanish muro meaning "wall".

Nápoles Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Napoli; habitational name from the Italian city of Naples, which is called Nápoles in Spanish and Portuguese.

Naranjo Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived by an orange grove, from Spanish naranjo ‘orange tree’ (from naranja ‘orange’, Arabic nāránjya), or a habitational name from a place named Naranjo in A Coruña and Códoba provinces... [more]

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

Natalio Spanish
From the given name Natalio.

Navarra Spanish

Navarra Italian, Spanish
Means Navarre in Italian and Spanish; which was also the female equivalent to Navarro.

Navidad Spanish
Derived from the personal name Noel. It means "Christmas" in Spanish.

Nazário Spanish, Portuguese
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Luis, Carlos, Rafael, Angel, Emilio, Enrique, Jorge, Manuel, Ruben, Francisco, Juan.... [more]

Negrete Spanish
Possibly from negrete denoting a member of a 15th-century faction based in the mountainous area of Cantabria.

Nicasio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Nicasio.

Nicolás Spanish
From the given name Nicolás.

Nicolau Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
From the given name Nicolau.

Nobrega Portuguese (Brazilian), English

Nogales Spanish
Habitational name from either of two locations in Spain named Nogales, from the plural form of Spanish nogal meaning "walnut tree".

Noguero Spanish

Noriega Asturian, Spanish, South American
This indicates familial origin within an eponymous village.

Noronha Portuguese
Derived from Noreña, the name of a village in Asturias, northern Spain.

Oblitas Spanish

Obrador Spanish

Obrador Spanish
Nickname for a hard worker. From Spanish meaning "worker".

Obregón Spanish
Spanish habitational name from Obregón in Santander province.

Ocampos Spanish
Variant of Ocampo.

Octavio Spanish
From the given name Octavio.

Olachea Spanish (Latin American)

Olivera Spanish, Catalan, Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Hispanicized)
From Catalan olivera meaning "olive tree", essentially a Spanish form of Oliveira. In some cases a Castilianized form of Oliveira.

Ordóñez Spanish
Means "son of Ordoño".

Ordonez Spanish

Ortegon Spanish

Ortonio Italian, Spanish
Variant of Ortone. Italian and Spanish form of Hortonius.

Orzabal Spanish
Used by Roland Orzabal.

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

Padillo Spanish

Padinha Portuguese

Palileo Spanish (Modern, Rare)

Paredez Spanish
Variant of Paredes.

Parente Portuguese (Brazilian)

Parillo Spanish, Italian

Pascoal Portuguese, Central African
From the given name Pascoal.

Pascuas Spanish
Variant of Pascua.

Pauleta Portuguese

Paulita Portuguese

Paunero Spanish (Latin American)

Pedraza Spanish
Refers to the blow received from a stone thrown intentionally to wound someone.

Pedrosa Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Pedrosa, from pedroso, pedrosa meaning "stoney", an adjectival derivative of pedra meaning "stone".

Pedroso Portuguese
Its origin is the word "pedra", which means "stone".

Peebles Scottish, Spanish (?)
Habitational name from places so named in Scotland. The place names are cognate with Welsh pebyll "tent, pavilion".

Peinado Spanish
Derived from peinado meaning "combed" (past participle of peinar meaning "to comb"), hence a nickname for a well-groomed person or for someone with naturally smooth rather than curly hair.

Peixoto Portuguese
Occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish, derived from Portuguese peixe meaning "fish".

Perales Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations named Perales, from Spanish perales meaning "pear trees" (the plural of peral meaning "pear tree").

Peralta Catalan, Spanish, Aragonese
Habitational name from any of the places in Aragon, Catalonia, and Navarre called Peralta, from Latin petra alta "high rock". This name is also established in Italy.

Persaud Indian (Expatriate), South American, Caribbean
Indo-Guyanese form of Prasad. This is the most common surname in Guyana.

Pestana Portuguese
Nickname for a person with prominent eyelashes, from Portuguese pestana "eyelash".

Petiton Spanish

Pikachu Brazilian
From Japanese ピカチュウ (Pikachuu), derived from the onomatopoeic words ピカピカ (pikapika), a sparkly sound, and チュウチュウ (chuuchuu), a mouse sound. It happens to be a nickname for someone with a short stature who runs super fast according to the famous barrier Yago Pikachu (born Glaybson Yago Souza Lisboa) a Brazilian footballer who plays for Fortaleza.

Pimenta Portuguese
Means "pepper" in Portuguese, used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.

Pintado Spanish

Pizarro Spanish
One who produces, or deals in, slate.

Poblete Spanish (Latin American)
Habitational name from Poblete in the province of Ciudad Real.

Polanco Spanish
Habitational name from Polanco in Santander province.

Ponente Spanish

Portero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Porter.

Portola Spanish, Portuguese, Romani (Caló)
Portola is Spanish and Portuguese for Port and is a Romani calo surname. People include Gaspar de Portolá, a Spanish explorer who was the first governor of Baja and Alta California and had many names after him in California cities and streets.

Pradera Spanish
Pradera is a Spanish surname meaning "meadow".

Préjano Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous La Riojan municipality.

Prohens Spanish

Proximo Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Puentes Spanish
Means "bridges" in Spanish. Originated from "puente". The surname was first found in the valley of the Trucios in the Basque region of Spain.However, families with this surname have been present in Catalonia for hundreds of years... [more]

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

Quadros Portuguese

Quaglia South American

Quaglio Brazilian

Queirós Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Quirós.

Queiroz Portuguese

Querida Portuguese

Quezada Spanish
Probably a variant of Quesada.

Quirino Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Quirino.

Rabagos Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Rabago.

Rachlyn Jewish (Rare), Polish (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Rachlyn is a Jewish surname derived directly from polish "Rachman". This surname is very rare and apparently only few members in Brazil, descendants of Polish survivors of Holocaust.... [more]

Raijman Spanish

Ramalho Portuguese
Means "cut branch, brushwood" in Portuguese, used as a habitational name from any of various places called Ramalho.

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

Rebeque Portuguese (Brazilian)

Reinoso Spanish, South American
Meaning "place of fields".

Remigio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Remigio

Requena Spanish, Catalan
habitational name from Requena in Valencia or Requena de Campos in Palencia apparently so called from a short form of the various Visigothic compound personal names with the first element rīc "powerful" with the addition of the locative suffix -ena.

Requião Portuguese
Derived from the name of a village in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, ultimately from the name of Rechila, a 5th-century Suevic king of Gallaecia.

Resende Spanish
Variant of Resendez

Reynals Spanish (Rare)
Variant from Spanish word Rey "king". Most likely referred to the royalty. Variant of Reynolds.

Reynoso Spanish
Variant of Reinoso.

Rezende Spanish
Variant of Rezendes

Ribeira Portuguese
Variant of Ribeiro.

Ricardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ricardo

Ricario Spanish
Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): from the personal name Ricardo ( see Richard ).

Riveira Spanish

Riverdi Brazilian

Riverdo South American

Riviera Italian, Spanish

Roberto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Roberto