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Spanish Names from the Late 15th Century
by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith, julias@alumni.pitt.edu)
© 1999-2000 by Julia Smith; all rights reserved.
Other Surnames
This is a list of "other" surnames from Isabel's account books (late 15th c. Spain). (These are surnames which are not obviously patronymic or locative surnames.) When multiple spellings are given for a single name, the most common variant is given first, with less common variants in parentheses. The root meanings of some of these surnames are given in italics. In the late 15th century, most Spaniards inherited their surnames from their fathers, so these meanings probably did not apply to the individuals who bore these names.
Other surnames
| Abril | April | Lascaris | |
| Aguado | (figuratively) exhausted | Loriguero | |
| Alcaçar | fortress | Lusicori | |
| Alcon | falcon | Maça | |
| Almayda | Maderuelo | ||
| Aragones | person from Aragon | Madraso | |
| Ayere (Ayre) | Mafaraxas | ||
| Badelas | Maldonado | ||
| Bajas (Baxas, Baxes) | short (?) | Malon | |
| Balboa (Barboa) | Marañon | (cashew) nut | |
| Bamonte | Marques | marquis; possibly patronymic from some form of Marco | |
| Banbela | Marroqui | ||
| Banegas | Martil | ||
| Bárba | bearded (?) | Mata | |
| Barbero | barber | Mato | |
| Barril | Mexía | person from Mexico | |
| Baylín | Mexica | ||
| Bertino Sans | Mirones | ||
| Bogado (Govado) | Mondexar | ||
| Bota | Mondragon | ||
| Brasa | live coal, ember | Mora | blackberry (may be a place name) |
| Bretanzos | Moya | ||
| Briçianos | Natalez | ||
| Brusa | Navaroo | person from Navarre (probably a scribal error for Navarro) | |
| Cabrero | goatherder | Oleylas | |
| Cacho | a little bit | Oller | potter (?) |
| Çafra | Onte | ||
| Çahera | Ordas | ||
| Calabaças | gourds | Ordoñes | |
| Calahorra | Orejón | big ear | |
| Calante | Orenes | ||
| Calderon | big cauldron | Ortelano | |
| Caminante | walker, traveller | Osorio | |
| Cañero | pipe maker | Ospital | hospital, lodging-place |
| Cano | grey, hoary | Ozalla | |
| Çapata | shoe | Pacheco | |
| Cardoso | full of thistles (may be a place name) | Palafox | |
| Carperon | Palomino | dove (?) | |
| Carral (Carra) | Pardo | spotted | |
| Carrasco | Patudo | ||
| Carreño | Patyño | ||
| Carrillo | cheek (the body part) | Pedrosa | stony |
| Cascon | helmet | Pellicer | |
| Casteles | Pereyra | ||
| Castellano | person from Castile | Pimentel | |
| Castellon | possibly also person from Castile | Pina | pine |
| Catala | Catalan speaker (?) | Pinedo | |
| Catarribera | Pinto | spotted | |
| Çatico | Piquier | ||
| Cavallero | horseman, knight | Porras | clubs |
| Cenisçeros | Preto | ||
| Çenturion | centurion | Quadrado | square (angular?) |
| Çeron | Quexada | jaw | |
| Chacon | Quicedo (Quizeda) | ||
| Chanta | Rache | ||
| Cherino | Rachen | ||
| Cintero | Raçoso | ||
| Cocon | Ram | ||
| Cola | tall | Rancha | |
| Coll | Raso | ||
| Collaço | serf, farmhand | Rejón | |
| Colmenares | Roche | ||
| Colon | Roman | ||
| Comete | Romano | Roman | |
| Conchada (Conchava) | Romero | pilgrim | |
| Correa | belt | Rosa | rose |
| Corredor | runner | Rosil | |
| Çorrilla | skunk | Salazar | |
| Cortes | courteous | Sandin | |
| Corvacho | crow-like | Sandino | path |
| Cotado | Santos | saints (may be a place name) | |
| Covarrubias (Cuevas Ruvias) | white caves | Saravia | |
| Cuello | neck | Sariñena | |
| Dey | Sarmiento | ||
| Donant | Sarria | ||
| Donayre | Serra | hill, high place | |
| Duran | Serrano | person from the hills (serra) | |
| Escalante | Sesto | ||
| Escalera | stairs | Seve | |
| Fajardo | Situ | ||
| Ferrer | Soler | ||
| Florentin | person from Florence | Sorje | |
| Flores | flowers | Sosa | |
| Fogaça | hearth | Symilor | |
| Fontesar | Tasina | ||
| Fonte Poutein | Texen (Dexen) | ||
| Forentin | person from Florence (?) | Texera (Texeda, Tejeda, Texeyra) | |
| Gajardo | Texil | ||
| Galas | Tinoco | ||
| Galiano | person from Galicia | Torrero | bull-keeper or fighter |
| Galvan | Toxenes | ||
| Galves | Tuñon | ||
| Garavito | Vaca | cow | |
| Garnica | Vaes | ||
| Garrido | Valdés | ||
| Gaytan | Valera | ||
| Girán | Vanegas | ||
| Girao | Varela | ||
| Gramaja (Gramaje) | Vela | ||
| Grand | large | Velez | |
| Guerrero | warrior | Vello (Bello) | |
| Guerrey | Venegas | ||
| Herrero | smith | Vera | true |
| Hortolano | Vida | life | |
| Hurtado | Yebera (Yevera) | ||
| Justeniano | Ynfante | heir |
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