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Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They are composed of a given name (simple or composite [a]) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the mother's first surname.
Julio is a Spanish male surname or family name. It can also be a first name/given name. [1] See Julio (given name). The equivalent in Portuguese is the accented Júlio. Notable people with the surname include: Agustín Julio (born 1974), Colombian football player; David Júlio (born 1932), South African-born Portuguese football player
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).
Families who had already adopted a prohibited surname but could prove their family had used the name for at least four consecutive generations. (Those were names prohibited for being too common, like de los Santos or de la Cruz or for other reasons.) Spanish names are the majority found in the books' list of legitimate surnames.
Romero – 540,922 – Can be either Spanish or Italian, and have multiple meanings. Moreno – 539,927; Chávez – 517,392 – From Portuguese and Galician, from various places by the name, places derive name from Latin clavis “keys” or aquis Flaviis “at the waters of Flavius” [3] Rivera – 508,022 – Meaning either "Riverbank" or ...
Julio Iglesias Sr. (1915–2005), gynecologist, father of Julio Julio Iglesias (born 1943) singer, father of: Chabeli Iglesias (born 1971), journalist, sister of Enrique and Julio José; Julio Iglesias Jr. (born 1973), pop singer and model; Enrique Iglesias (born 1975), musician; Alberto Iglesias (born 1955), Spanish composer
Julio de Urquijo e Ibarra, Count of Urquijo (1871-1950), in Basque self-styled as Julio Urkixokoa, [1] was a Basque linguist, cultural activist, and a Spanish Carlist politician. As a Traditionalist deputy he twice served in the Cortes , during the terms of 1903-1905 and 1931-1933, though the climax of his political activity fell on the late ...
Grandees of Spain (Spanish: Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held by heads of families, having been acquired via strategic marriages between landed families.