Spanish Surnames Family History Resources

Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname	Origin	Meaning
Alvarez	Spanish	son of Alvaro
Dias	Spanish	Diago
Martinez	Spanish	son of Martin
Medina	Spanish	name from any of the several places
Morales	Spanish	the plural of moral,mulberry tree
Munoz	Spanish	son of Muno
Nunez	Spanish	son of Nuno
Ortega	Spanish	Ortega in Coruña province
Ortiz	Spanish	son of Orti
Castillo	Spanish	Castle
Castro	Spanish	Castle
Perez	Spanish	son of Pedro Peter
Ramirez	Spanish	patronymic from the personal name Ramiro
Ramos	Spanish	someone who lived in a thickly wooded area
Rios	Spanish	habitational name from any of the places called Ríos, predominantly in Galicia
Rivera	Spanish	any of the places named Rivera
Rodriguez	Spanish	son of Rodrigo
Romero	Spanish	pilgrim to Rome
Ruiz	Spanish	son of Ruy
Salazar	Spanish	Basque Zaraitzu
Sanchez	Spanish	Basque Zaraitzu
Santiago	Spanish	Sant Iago
Soto	Spanish	grove
Dyas	Spanish	Diago
Fay	Spanish	Fe, faith
Fonda	Spanish	bottom, foundation, the source or beginning
Garza	Spanish	heron
Gomez	Spanish	personal name guma
Gonzales	Spanish	son of Gonzalo
Gonzalez	Spanish	son of Gonzalo
Guiar	Spanish	A guide
Gunsalus	Spanish	son of Goncale
Gutierrez	Spanish	son of Gutierre
Guzman	Spanish	probably from a Germanic personal name
Hernandez	Spanish	son of Hernanado
Herrera	Spanish	iron smithy
Jimenez	Spanish	son of Jimeno
Lindo	Spanish	Neat, spruce, fine
Lopez	Spanish	Son of Lope

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