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Calderón is a Spanish and Sefardi occupational surname. It is derived from the Vulgar Latin "caldaria" ("cauldron") and refers to the occupation of tinker.
Montoya is a Basque and Spanish surname. It originally comes from a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava, in the Basque region of northern Spain. During the Reconquista, it extended southwards throughout Castille and Andalusia. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys. It has become more frequent among Gitanos than among the general Spanish population.
Abascal is a Spanish surname, derived from the village of Abascal de Lemos in the municipality of Arredondo in Cantabria, Spain. The name of the village, in turn, has Basque roots and is composed of two words meaning "priest" (abas) and "street" (kale). Notable people with the surname include:
Oquendo or de Oquendo is a surname of Basque origin and is a Castilianized variant of "Okendo". Notable people with the surname include:
Serrano is a surname common in the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian languages.
Cisneros is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Quintero is a Spanish surname originating in the Spanish region of Galicia. The name comes from quinto or quinta which means "fifth". It may be that the term "quintero" originally referred to "A man who collects the King's Fifth Part". In other words, "A Tax Collector for the King of Spain". The King would have selected noble families who he could trust and rely on to gather the fifth part of everything that his subjects owned, produced, or cultivated. This was done yearly and went into the coffers of the King for his personal needs and to run his government.
Gomis is a Catalan surname, equivalent to Gomes in Portuguese, and Gómez in Spanish. It is also a Senegalese and Bissau Guinean surname, borrowed from Portuguese, sharing the same spelling.
León is a Spanish surname. A habitational name from León, a city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin legio, genitive legionis ‘legion’, a division of the Roman army. In Roman times the city was the garrison of the 7th Legion, known as the Legio Gemina. The city's name became reduced from Legion(em) to Leon(em), and in this form developed an unetymological association with the word for ‘lion’, Spanish león. In Spanish it is also a nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from león ‘lion’. Leon is also found as a Greek family name from Greek leon ‘lion’.
Ramón Sánchez Gómez, better known by his stage name Ramón de Algeciras, was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and lyricist. He was the most prolific collaborator of Paco de Lucía, his younger brother, recording with him on most of his albums from the 1960s to 1980s and performing with him throughout much of his life as a rhythm guitarist, including the Paco de Lucía Sextet, formed in 1981, which also included his other brother Pepe de Lucía.
Melchor de Marchena was a Spanish flamenco guitarist. Born in Marchena, Spain, he is considered to be one of the most representative artists with a "gypsy touch", along with Diego del Gastor. His love of flamenco comes from a family environment. His father, "El Lico" was a guitarist in his own right, while his mother "La Josefita", was a singer, as was one of his aunts, artistically known as "La Gilica de Marchena", who sang Soleá. Two of his brothers, Chicho Melchor and Miguel el Bizco, were also guitarists, like his son Enrique de Melchor (1950–2012), who continued the family tradition. Playing the guitar, Melchor accompanied several singers of his time, such as Manolo Caracol, La Niña de los Peines, and Antonio Mairena. In 1966, he was awarded the National Prize Flamenco Guitar, the highest award of its kind. In 1974 he performed with Paco de Lucia at the flamenco festival of La Union on the coast of eastern Spain. He died in Madrid in 1980.
Herrero is a Spanish-language occupational surname literally meaning "blacksmith". The feminine form is Herrera. People with this surname include:
Cañizares is the surname of:
Melchor may refer to the following people
Amaya is a surname found in the Japanese and Spanish languages. Notable people with the surname include:
Monje may refer to:
Liñán is a Spanish surname.
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References
- ↑ "Marchena Name Meaning & Marchena Family History at Ancestry.com®". Ancestry®. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
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