Botero is a surname of Italian origin, common in Colombia and along with other similar variants, it originated in the Piedmont region of Italy, more specifically, in the town of Bene Vagienna, province of Cuneo.
Rocha is a Portuguese language surname. It literally means “rock” or “boulder” in Portuguese; for instance, “rochas sedimentares, metamórficas e magmáticas” means “sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks”. It is also a topographic surname that is found in Portugal as “da Rocha” or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is from/of the rock". It could also be a Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname.
Gómez is a common Spanish patronymic surname of Germanic origin meaning "son of Gome". The Portuguese and Old Galician version is Gomes, while the Catalan form is Gomis. The given name Gome is derived from the Visigothic word guma, "man", with multiple Germanic cognates with the same meaning, which are related to Latin homo, "man".
Duque is a Spanish surname meaning "duke".
Hernán is a Spanish masculine given name, originating from Germanic Hernan in the Visigoth culture in Spain. It is the Latinized version of the compound name Fard-nanth, which seems to mean "gentle traveler" or "spiritual traveler". The House of Hernán gave its name to those with the surname Hernández, the -ez at the end denoting membership of that House. The surname, like many Spanish surnames, is of Teutonic-Gothic origin. It is not connected with "Herman" - also of Germanic origin, but a different one.
Ochoa is a Spanish 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.
Santamaria is a surname from the Latin Arch in Europe. The name, a reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary meaning Holy Mary or Saint Mary, means the same thing in the Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Catalan languages. In Arabic, the equivalent name is Mariam. The surname has spread to the Americas, especially South America, via immigration and colonisation.
Castaño is a Spanish surname meaning "auburn".
Quiróz is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese version is Queirós.
Michelsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Mikkel/Michael". There are related English, German, Swedish and other spellings of this name. People with the name Michelsen include:
Ayala is a toponymic surname, originally de Ayala, deriving from the town of Ayala/Aiara in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.
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.
Restrepo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arias is a Spanish surname.
Becerra is a Spanish surname that means 'young calf’, 'young cow’, ‘heifer', 'taurus', 'brahman'. Notable people with the surname include:
Medina is a common Mediterranean toponymic surname of Spanish and Sephardic origin.
Julio is a Spanish male surname or family name. It can also be a first name/given name. See Julio (given name).
Serna is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Herazo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Char is a French feminine given name that is a variation of Chardonnay, Charlene, and Charlotte and a feminine form of Charles. Char is also used as a variation of Charmaine. Notable people with this name include the following:
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