Méndez is a common Spanish surname, originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Mendo, Menendo, or Mem. A longer form sharing the same root is Menéndez, while the Portuguese form is Mendes. Méndez may refer to:
Acosta is a Spanish and Portuguese surname. Originally it was used to refer to a person who lived by the seashore or was from the mountains (encostas). It comes from the Portuguese da Costa, which in Spanish became de Acosta; the exact Spanish counterpart of da Costa is "de la Costa". Notable people with the surname include:
Enrique is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin.
Ramos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin that means "bouquets" or "branches". Notable people with the surname include:
Crespo is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian surname and a place name, meaning "curly". A more common Italian form of the surname is Crespi. It may refer to:
Benítez is a surname of Spanish origin. It is thought to have originated in Asturias, in the north of Spain.
Ortiz is a Spanish-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Orti". "Orti" seems to be disputed in meaning, deriving from either Basque, Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong", or Latin fortunius meaning "fortunate". Officials of the Spanish Inquisition in Toledo, Spain, wrote in the 1590s that "this surname Ortiz, although they have few sanbenitos, is in this city a very converso lineage and surname".
Bonilla is a surname of Spanish origin. It may refer to:
Flores is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese surname.
Muñoz is a Spanish-language surname—with a Portuguese-language variant (Munhoz), from Basque "muinoa" (Hill), the surname got expanded during the Reconquista with massive settlements done by citizens from Navarre and Álava in New Castile and Andalusia.
Rosales is used as a name in historic and current Spanish countries:
Cortés, Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning 'courteous' or 'polite', and is related to the English Curtis.
Germán is a male given name in Spanish speaking countries. It is a cognate to French Germain, and is a variant of Latin Germanus.
Fuentes is a Spanish language surname meaning "fountains." Notable people with the surname include:
Zavala is a Basque surname, also written as Zabala, which is the correct spelling in Basque. The variant Zavala is much more common in South America than in Europe. Notable people with the surname include:
Cepeda is a Spanish surname dating back to the 12th century. Notable people with the surname include:
Correa is a Spanish surname. Correa is found throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Correa means 'leather strap', 'belt', 'rein', 'shoelace', plural correas. Correa is from the Latin corrigia 'fastening', from corrigere 'to straighten', 'to correct'), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such articles. Correa is spelt Correia in Portuguese and Galician.
Campos is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, meaning "Fields" in both languages. Notable people with the surname include:
Escudero is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lastra is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
