Spanish Submitted Surnames

Hermosisima Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish hermosísima meaning "most beautiful".

Hermoso Spanish (Philippines)
Means "handsome" in Spanish.

Hernandes Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Hernández.

Hernándiz Spanish
Variant of Hernández.

Herra Spanish (Latin American)

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.

Hilario Spanish
From the given name Hilarius.

Hipólito Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Hipólito.

Hipolito Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Hipólito.

Hirundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
From Latin hirundo, meaning "swallow".

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

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

Homero Spanish

Honesto Spanish
From the given name Honesto.

Honorato Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Honorato

Honorio Spanish
From the given name Honorio

Honrada Spanish

Hoya Spanish
is a habitational (local) name, taken on from any of several place names, such as from Hoyos in Cáceres province, or Hoyos in Ávila province. These place names come from the Spanish words "hoyo," meaning "pit," or "hole."

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

Huerto Spanish

Huertos Spanish

Huidobro Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Los Altos.

Humberto Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Humberto.

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

Ibáñes Spanish
variant of Ibáñez

Ibar Spanish (Mexican)

Ibares Spanish (Latin American)

Ignacio Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the given name Ignacio.

Ildefonso Spanish
From the given name Ildefonso.

Illana Spanish (European)
Denoted someone who came from the province of Illana in Guadalajara, Spain.

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

Illustrisimo Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Ilustrisimo. This spelling variation possibly came about from the influence of American surnames during the American occupation of the Philippines... [more]

Ilustrisimo Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish ilustrísimo meaning "most illustrious".

Indalecio Spanish
From the given name Indalecio.

Ines Spanish
From the given name Inés.

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.

Inga Italian, Spanish
Italian name, however probably Germanic origins

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

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 soccer player Andrés Iniesta (1984-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Íñigo Spanish
From the given name Íñigo.

Innerarity Spanish (Rare)

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

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

Iraheta Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Iraeta.

Irizarry Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Irisarri.

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

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

Isidro Spanish
From the given name Isidro.

Isla Spanish
Means "island" in Spanish.

Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.

Issac English, Spanish
From the given name Issac.

Itriago Spanish

Iváñez Spanish
Variant of Ibáñez.

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

Jabes Spanish

Jabez Spanish

Jacinto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Jacinto.

Jacobo Spanish
From the given name Jacobo.

Jácome Spanish

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

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

Jaldín Spanish

Jaller Spanish (Latin American)

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

Jara Spanish
Habitational name any of the various places in southern Spain named Jara or La Jara, from jara meaning "rockrose", "cistus".

Jaramillo Spanish
Spanish habitational name from either of two places in the Burgos province: Jaramillo de la Fuente or Jaramillo Quemada.

Jardinero Spanish (Philippines)
Spanish form of Gardener.

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

Jarita Spanish (Latin American)

Jarra Spanish

Jaspe Spanish (Latin American)

Jassan Spanish (Mexican)

Jauler Spanish

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

Jayme Spanish (Philippines)
From a variant of the given name Jaime 1.

Jeremias Jewish, Spanish
Derived from the Hebrew given name Jeremiah

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

Joachin Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Joaquín.

Joaquín Spanish
From the given name Joaquín.

Joaquin Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Joaquín.

Joffé Spanish (Latin American)

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

Jordán Spanish, Hungarian
From the given name Jordán.

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

Jorquez Spanish

José Spanish, Portuguese, French
Derived from the given name José.

Joséantonio Spanish
From the given name José Antonio.

Juancarlos Spanish
From the given name Juan Carlos.

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.

Juarros Spanish

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

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

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

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

Julio Spanish
Derived from the forename Julio.

Julve Spanish

Junio Spanish
From the given name Junio

Junious Spanish (Latin American), Yiddish
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Jurado Spanish, Portuguese
Occupational name for any of various officials who had to take an oath that they would perform their duty properly, from jurado "sworn", past participle of jurar "to swear" (Latin iurare).

Jurrez Spanish

Justiniano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Justiniano

Justino Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Justino

Justo Spanish
From the given name Justo.

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

Kanelos Spanish

Knezevich Spanish (?)
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Krahe German, Spanish
From the German word Krähe, meaning "crow".... [more]

Kuilan Spanish (Latin American)

Labrador Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
From the root word "labora" meaning labor or work. This means laborer or worker but often associated to farmers as in San Isidro Labrador

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)’.

Lachica Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish la chica meaning "the girl", either used as a nickname or a habitational name.

Lacort Catalan, Spanish

Lacosta Spanish
Variant of Costa with fused definite article la.

La Cotera Spanish
Spanish variant for Hill and/or someone living in a slope, A "cota" in Spanish.

Lafuente Spanish
Means "the fountain" in Spanish derived from fons "fountain" with fused definite article la. Variant of Fuentes and cognate to Lafontaine.

Lago Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone living by a lake from lago "lake" (from Latin lacus) or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word.

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

Lahoz Aragonese, Spanish (Latin American)

Laínez Spanish
Means "son of Laín".

Lajone Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Lalana Spanish

Lallana Spanish

La Macchia Spanish

Lambertos Spanish

Lamo Spanish (Modern, Rare)

Lana Italian, Spanish
Means "wool" in Spanish and Italian. Occupational name for a wool merchant.

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

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

Lanza Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Lance.

La Paloma Spanish

Larena Spanish

Lareo Spanish

Largaespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Combination of Spanish larga, the feminine form of the adjective largo meaning "long," and espada meaning "sword." It is mostly used in Nicaragua.

Larguespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Variant of Largaespada, used in Nicaragua.

Larrañaga Basque, Spanish
From the name of a farmhouse in Azpeitia, Spain, derived from Basque larrain "threshing yard" and -aga "place of, group of".

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

Larronde Spanish

Larzabal Spanish

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

Lascellas Spanish
Feminine variant of Lascellos.

Lascellos Spanish

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

Lastra Spanish

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

Laureano Spanish
From the given name Laureano

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.

Laurencio Spanish
Derived from the given name Lorenzo. (Mostly common in Cuba)

Laurente Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Laurente.

Lavendera Spanish

Lavida Spanish (Mexican)

Layun Spanish (Latin American)

Lazo Spanish (Modern)
Spanish

Leal Portuguese, Spanish
Means "loyal" in Portuguese and Spanish. A famous bearer of this surname is Roberto Leal, a very popular singer in Portugal.

Leandrez Spanish
Spanish cognate of Leandres.

Leandro Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Leandro

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

Ledesma Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain called Ledesma, possibly derived from a Celtic root meaning "broad, wide".

Ledo Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Nickname from ledo meaning ‘happy’, ‘joyful’

Legaspi Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Legazpi primarily used in the Philippines.

Leija Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning uncertain, but it might be a variant of Leixà.

Leiris Spanish

Leiva Spanish

Lejarzar Spanish

Lemõns Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Lemons.

Lemus Spanish
Spanish form of Lémieux.

Lennis Spanish (Latin American)

Leocadio Spanish
From the given name Leocadio.

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.

Leonardo Italian, Spanish, German
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese from the Germanic personal name Leonhard, formed from the elements leo ‘lion’ + hard, ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’; this was an early medieval saint’s name (see Leonard).

Leoncio Spanish
From the given name Leoncio.

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.

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

Lerma Spanish

Lesaga Spanish, Basque
Variant of Lasaga.

Leyva Spanish

Liatt Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)

Liberato Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Liberato

Liberio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Liberio

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

Librado Spanish
From the given name Librado.

Licona Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Likoa in Basque Country.

Lidio Spanish

Limon Spanish
An occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit.

Limones Spanish
Variant of Limon.

Liñán Spanish (Mexican)

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

Linarez Spanish
Variant of Linares.

Linaza Spanish

Linde Spanish
From Spanish linde "boundary" or a habitational name from places called La Linde in Spain.

Lineu Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Modern)

Lirio Spanish

Liz Spanish
History unknown; surname known in the Dominican Republic

Llamas Spanish (Latin American)

Llamazares Spanish

Llamido Spanish (Philippines)

Llanes Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Likely denoted someone who came from the municipality of Llanes in Spain.

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

Lobato Spanish, Portuguese
nickname from lobato "wolf cub" (from Latin lupus "wolf") or from a medieval personal name based on this word.

Lobera Spanish
Either a topographic name from lobera "wolf pack" or "wolves' lair" or a habitational name from any of several places called La Lobera. variant of Lovera.

Lobosvilla Spanish
Rare variant of Villalobos.

Loera Spanish

Logaña Spanish (Latin American)

Loli Spanish (Latin American)

Lomar Spanish (Latin American)

Lomeli Spanish (Mexican)

Lomonico Spanish (Latin American)

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

Loquillo Spanish

Loray Spanish (Latin American)

Lorca Spanish (?)

Lorén Spanish
A variant of the Spanish personal name Llorente.

Lorente Spanish

Lorez Spanish
Means "son of Lorenzo" in Spanish.

Lorona Spanish

Losada Spanish, Portuguese
topographic name for someone who lived by an area paved with flagstones Spanish losada (from losar "to pave" a derivative of losa a word of pre-Roman origin meaning a "flat stone slab").

Lovato Spanish (Latin American), Italian
Northern Italian from the Late Latin personal name Lupatus, derivative of Latin lupus "wolf". This is one of several medieval personal names which became popular under the influence of Germanic compound personal names formed with wolf-.

Lovaton Spanish

Lovera Italian, Spanish
Either a topographic name from lovera "wolf pack" or "wolves’ lair" or a habitational name from a place called Lovera. Spanish variant of Lobera.

Loya Basque, Spanish
From Basque loya meaning "mud."

Lozada Spanish
Variant of Lozano.

Lucario Spanish (Mexican)

Lucero English, Spanish
The surname "Lucero" was derived from English conquerers who came from England, most likely someone who worked for a king or queen. The term Lucero refers to a "star" or "light carrier" when the English traveled to Spain, the Spanish people gave them the name "Lucero" but earlier was spelled with an "s or Lusero"... [more]

Lucía Spanish, Italian
From the feminine personal name Lucia, feminine derivative of Latin lux meaning "light".

Luengo Spanish

Luevano Spanish

Luevanos Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Luevano.

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.

Lugo Spanish

Lugo Spanish
Galician and Spanish habitational name from Lugo, a city in Galicia. This was a Roman settlement under the name of Lucus Augusti ‘grove or wood of Augustus’, but that may have been no more than an adaptation of an earlier name derived from that of the Celtic god Lugos.

Luis Spanish
From the given name Luis. Cognate to Louis and Lewis 1.

Luján Spanish
This is the second last name of Spanish footballer/soccer player Andrés Iniesta.

Lujano Spanish
Spanish: variant of Luján ( see Lujan ).

Lumbier Basque, Spanish

Lumbreras Spanish
Habitational Name From A Place Called Lumbreras In La Rioja From The Plural Of Lumbrera ‘Lamp’ Possibly Referring To An Old Signal Tower.

Lunavelasco Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Un-hyphenated combination of the last names, Luna, and Velasco forming its’ own name. Luna meaning “the moon” in Latin as well as multiple languages. Velasco meaning “crow” or “raven”.

Lupetey Spanish (Caribbean)

Lupoe Spanish (Caribbean)

Luque Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Luque in Córdoba, Spain, derived from Latin lucus meaning "sacred grove, wood, forest".

Luriel Spanish

Luz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Luz.

Maawad Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Arabic (Rare, ?)

Macardican Spanish

Macario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Macario

Macarro Spanish
From the verb Macar meaning 'to bruise'

Macavinta Spanish

Maceda Spanish (Philippines), Galician
Variant of Macedo.

Macedo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)
Referred to a person who worked or lived at an apple orchard. It is derived from Vulgar Latin mattianēta meaning "place with apple trees."

Maceo Spanish (Caribbean)
Derived from the given name Maceo.

Machín Spanish
Derived from the Basque name Matxin.

Macho Spanish

Maciel Portuguese, Spanish
Possibly derived from Portuguese maça "apple".

Madera Spanish
describing someone who lived or worked in a forest. the word Madera means "wood" in Spanish. Spanish meaning of surname Wood

Madriaga Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Madariaga primarily used in the Philippines.

Madrid Spanish
habitational name from what is now Spain's principal city Madrid. Throughout the Middle Ages it was of only modest size and importance and did not become the capital of Spain until 156 Its name is of uncertain origin most probably a derivative of Late Latin matrix genitive matricis "riverbed" much changed by Arabic mediation (see Madrigal ). There are other smaller places of the same name in the provinces of Burgos and Cantabria and these may also be sources of the surname.

Madrid Spanish (Latin American)

Madrigal Spanish
"Madrigal" comes from from the Venetian madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (gen. matricis) "womb."

Madrigale Spanish

Madriz Spanish, Catalan
patronymic surname meaning "son of Madrileño"; given to a person that came from Madrid, Spain.

Madroñero Spanish
It literally means "strawberry farmer".

Madrueno Spanish

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

Magallanes Spanish
Spanish: Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From The Village Of Magaláns (Castilian Magalanes) In Pontevedra Province Galicia (Spain).

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

Magano Spanish, Portuguese

Magdalena Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Occitan, Italian, Sicilian, Romanian, Greek, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovene
From the given name Magdalena.

Magdaleno Spanish
Masculine form of the Biblical name Magdalena.

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

Mairena Spanish
From place name Mairena.

Maisonet French, Spanish (Caribbean)
Diminutive of Maison.

Majarucon Spanish

Málaga Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Málaga, capital of the province of the same name in Andalusia.

Malave Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Latin American)

Mallorga Spanish
Variant of Mayorga.

Malta Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
habitational or ethnic name for someone from the Mediterranean island of Malta (from Latin Melita Greek Melitē).

Malvido Spanish

Mamaradlo 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’).

Mancinas Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Mancini or Mancino, common in Mexico.

Mancisidor Spanish

Mandarin Spanish (Mexican)

Mandujano Spanish
Spanish: Possibly An Altered Form Of A Basque Habitational Name From Mandoiana A Town In Araba/Álava Province Basque Country. This Surname Is Most Common In Mexico.

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

Manjarrez Spanish
Habitational Name From Manjarrés A Village In La Rioja Province.

Manrique Spanish
From the given name Manrique.

Mansilla Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from Mansilla a place in La Rioja province.

Mansueto Italian, Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Mansueto.

Mantilla Spanish
Spanish: from mantilla ‘mantilla’, ‘scarf worn over the head and shoulders’, presumably an occupational name for a maker of mantillas or a descriptive name for someone who habitually wore such a garment.

Manuel Catalan, Spanish
Possibly also a habitational name from Manuel in Valencia province.

Manuel Spanish, Portuguese, French, German
Derived from the given name Manuel.

Manzanares Spanish
Habitational Name From The City Of Manzanares In Ciudad Real Province

Manzano Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational name from any of various minor places named Manzano, or a topographic name for someone who lived by an apple tree or orchard, from Spanish manzano ‘apple tree’, Old Spanish maçano, from maçana ‘apple’, Late Latin (mala) Mattiana, a type of apple named in honor of the 1st century bc horticultural writer Gaius Matius.

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