16th Century Spanish Names - Other bynames by frequency
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16th Century Spanish Names
Other Bynames by Frequency
by Elsbeth Anne Roth (Kathy Van Stone)
© 2002 by Kathy Van Stone; all rights reserved.
Introduction
Masculine given names, sorted alphabetically
Masculine given names, sorted by frequency
Feminine given names, sorted alphabetically
Feminine given names, sorted by frequency
Patronymics, sorted by frequency
Locatives, sorted by frequency
All bynames, sorted alphabetically
The 8 most common names comprise about 50% of the total. This selection contains about 100 names total. The meanings given are best guesses only. Because the data includes names of relatives, individual surnames may be artificially high in count due to a number of family members being counted.
| Name | Meaning |
# Citations |
Percentage |
|
| Moreno | dark, swarthy | 11 |
11% |
Examples |
| Carrillo | ? | 9 |
9% |
Examples |
| de la Cruz | of the cross | 7 |
7% |
Examples |
| Ramos | branch | 6 |
6% |
Examples |
| Caballero | Knight | 5 |
5% |
Examples |
| Farfán | ? | 5 |
5% |
Examples |
| Barroso/Barrosa | muddy | 3 |
3% |
Examples |
| Lomelin | ? | 3 |
3% |
Examples |
| Pinto | ? | 3 |
3% |
Examples |
| Quijada | jaw | 3 |
3% |
Examples |
| Blaque | ? | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| del Canto | ? | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Cerrada | reserved, stupid | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Chico | child | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Cortés | courteous | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Donoso | pleasant | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Macías | ? | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Peinado | hair | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Pizarro | slate | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Pletes | ? | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Riquel | ? | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| la Roja/el Rojo | the red (feminine/masculine) | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| Vaca | cow | 2 |
2% |
Examples |
| del Aguila | of the eagle | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Aloy | ? (possible varient of de Eloy) | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Cabezas | head | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Cardero | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Ejarque | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Fillado | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Galán | gallant | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Luengo | tall | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Marita | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Marqués | Marquis, or possibly patronymic | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Nelleda | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Perdigon | partridge | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Sañudo | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Solucio | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Suero | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
| Vizcaína | ? | 1 |
1% |
Examples |
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