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The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
Basic structure. Currently in Spain, people bear a single or composite given name (nombre in Spanish) and two surnames (apellidos in Spanish). A composite given name is composed of two (or more) single names; for example, Juan Pablo is considered not to be a first and a second forename, but a single composite forename.
Variant form (s) Rodigrue, Rodriques, Roderickson. Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣeθ], [roˈðɾiɣes]) is a Spanish-language patronymic surname of Visigothic origin (meaning literally Son of Rodrigo; Germanic: Roderickson) and a common surname in Spain and Latin America. Its Portuguese equivalent is Rodrigues. The "ez ...
Luna – 357,578 – Can be any of Spanish, Italian, and Romanian, meaning "Moon". Domínguez – 348,182 - Son of Domingo , from Latin Domenicus, Dominus, "master" Garza – 335,829 – From Basque and Galician, Spanish meaning "heron", used as a descriptor or as part of a place name. Velásquez – 331,510 – Son of Velasco
López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin. [2] It was originally a patronymic , meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus , meaning " wolf ". Its Portuguese and Galician equivalent is Lopes , its Italian equivalent is Lupo , its French equivalent is Loup (or Leu ), its Romanian equivalent is ...
In some Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, a woman may, on her marriage, drop her mother's surname and add her husband's surname to her father's surname using the preposition de ("of"), del ("of the", when the following word is masculine) or de la ("of the", when the following word is feminine).
Other names. Variant form (s) Mejías, Megía/Megías, Mexía/Mexia/Mexías. Mejía is a Spanish surname of Jewish origin dating back to the early 1500s. In Spain, the surname is predominantly found in Galicia and Toledo. It is also common in several Latin American countries, particularly Mexico, Honduras, and Colombia.
Variant form (s) Fernández, Hernandes, Fernandes. Hernández is a widespread Spanish patronymic surname that became common around the 15th century. It means son of Hernán, Hernando, or Fernando, the Spanish version of the Germanic Ferdinand. Fernández is also a common variant of the name.