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When the conjunction y is used and the maternal surname begins with an i vowel sound — whether written with the vowel I (Ibarra), the vowel Y (Ybarra archaic spelling), or the combination Hi + consonant — Spanish euphony substitutes e in place of the word y; thus the example of the Spanish statesman Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856–1921).
-in (Dutch, German) suffix attached to old Germanic female surnames (e.g. female surname "Mayerin", the wife of "Mayer") [22]-ing, ink (Anglo-Saxon, Dutch, German) "descendant" [citation needed]-ino (a common suffix for male Latino and Italian names) [citation needed]-ipa (Abkhazian) "son of" [citation needed]-ipha (Abkhazian) "girl of ...
Pages in category "Spanish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,074 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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).
Herrera – 451,226 – From the Latin word ferrāria, meaning either "Iron Mine" or "Iron Works". Medina – 431,518 – From the Arabic word madina, meaning city. Vargas – 427,854 – From Spanish and Portuguese, from various places called Vargas, meaning variously "thatched hut", "steep slope", or "fenced pastureland which becomes ...
Spanish-language surnames (4 C, 1,073 P) T. Spanish toponymic surnames (28 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Spanish origin" The following 174 pages are in this ...
With exceptions (Jankůová, Petrůová, Pavlůová, Bratrůová), surnames ending in -ů are not inflected, unless they are of foreign origin, e.g. the surname Faů is commonly inflected as Faůová, because it comes from the German word Pfau. Surnames ending in -ý can also have inflected forms ending in -ýová, especially if the adjective ...
Pages in category "Spanish feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 212 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .