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Ellen Lauri Ochoa was born on May 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California, [4] to Joseph and Rosanne (née Deardorff) Ochoa. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Sonora, Mexico, to Arizona and later to California where her father was born. [5]
Ochoa (Basque: Otxoa or Otsoa) is a Spanish [1] surname of Basque origin common throughout Spain, France, the Americas, and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; it was originally a given name in Medieval Spain .
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. [6]
For example, a biological grandmother might want to claim a certain name all for herself, one she refuses to share with the step-grandmother. Young families have to approach that minefield ...
Grandmother names are a big decision. After all, that's what they will be called for the rest of their lives! The good news is there are plenty of grandma nicknames to choose from.
The Spanish Abuelito and Abuelita—charming diminutive versions of Abuelo and Abuela—can be shortened to lito and lita for sweet and easy-to-say nicknames for the grandparents. 34. Tutu
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).
Ellen Ochoa Jose Hernandez. Sylvia Acevedo (born 1956/1957) – engineer and businesswoman, worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Albert Baez (1912–2007) – physicist and professor, developed the X-ray microscope; John C. Baez (born 1961) – mathematical physicist; Elsa Salazar Cade (born 1952) – science educator and entomologist