Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name Charles, from the North Germanic Carl.
Méndez is a common Spanish surname of Germanic origin, 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:
Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.
Gutiérrez is a Spanish patronymic surname of Germanic origin, meaning "son of Gutier/Gutierre". Gutierre is a form of Gualtierre, the Spanish form of Walter. Gutiérrez is the Spanish form of the English surnames Walters, Watkins, and Watson, and has Germanic etymological origin.
Suárez is a common Spanish surname of Germanic origin, of which Juárez is an alternative form. It is widely spread throughout Latin America as a consequence of colonization. In origin it is a patronymic meaning "son of Suero" or "son of Soeiro". It may be derived from the Latin name Suerius, meaning "swineherd", in turn related to the Visigothic "surhari". The surname originates to the province of Asturias in northwest Spain. This surname is most commonly found in Mexico, Spain, Cuba, and Argentina.
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".
Santos is a Spanish, Portuguese and Galician surname with several variations. The English translation of Santos is Saints. A singular version, Santo, may occur. Origin: Christian, from Latin sanctus.
Torres is a surname in the Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, meaning "towers".
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".
Santana is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin. The surname is prevalent in various Latin American countries. It is used by the following people:
Álvarez is a Spanish surname of Germanic origin, a patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro". Notable people with the surname include:
Martínez is a common surname in the Spanish language. Martínez is the most common surname in the Spanish regions of Navarre, La Rioja, Cuenca and Murcia. There are also variations such as San Martin and Martín.
Muñoz is a Spanish-language surname—with a Portuguese-language variant (Munhoz), from Basque "muinoa" (Hill) The surname was expanded during the Reconquista with massive settlements done by citizens from Navarre and Álava in New Castile and Andalusia.
Moreno is a Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, French, and occasionally, an Italian surname. It may refer to:
Navarro is a Spanish and French surname. Navarro is a habitational surname denoting someone from Navarre after the Kingdom of Pamplona took on the new naming in the high Middle Ages, while also keeping its original meaning of 'Basque-speaking person' in a broader sense, an ethnic surname. Ultimately the name is derived from the Basque word naba.
Cabrera is a Spanish surname. It is the feminine form of "cabrero", meaning goatherd. Notable people with the surname include:
Guerrero is a surname of Spanish origin meaning warrior.
López or Lopez is a surname of Spanish origin. It was originally a patronymic, meaning "Son of Lope", Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf". Its Portuguese and Galician equivalent is Lopes, its Italian equivalent is Lupo, its French equivalent is Loup, its Romanian equivalent is Lupu or Lupescu, its Catalan and Valencian equivalent is Llopis and its basque equivalente is Otxo.
Herrera is a surname of Spanish origin, from the Latin word ferrāria, meaning "iron mine" or "iron works" and also the feminine of Latin ferrārius, "of or pertaining to iron"; or, alternatively, the feminine of Spanish herrero, which also gives the surname Herrero. Variants of the name include Errera, Ferrera and the less common Bherrera. Its equivalent in Portuguese and Galician is Ferreira. Also, because of Spanish naming customs, some people are listed here with their family name as their second-to-last name.
