Pineda (surname)

Pineda is a Spanish and Catalan toponymic surname. Literally meaning "pine grove" or "pine forest", it is derived from the name of several places in Asturias, Barcelona, Burgos, and Cuenca. ^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Alex Pineda Chacón (born 1969), Honduran football (soccer) player
• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (died 1519), Spanish explorer
• Álvaro Pineda (1945–1975), Mexican jockey
• Amado Pineda (1938–2015), Filipino meteorologist
• Antonio Pineda (1751–1792), Guatemalan botanist
• Jose Antonio Pineda, Salvadoran beat poet, film actor and author
• Arnel Pineda (born 1967), Filipino-American singer-songwriter
• Allan Pineda Lindo (born 1974), Filipino-American rapper and member of The Black Eyed Peas
• Charee Pineda (born 1990), Filipina actress
• Daniella Pineda (born 1987), Mexican-American actress
• Eliza Pineda (born 1995), Filipina child actress
• Empar Pineda (born 1944), Spanish feminist activist
• Gonzalo Pineda (born 1982), Mexican football player
• Israel Pineda (born 2000), Venezuelan baseball player
• Iván de Pineda (born 1977), Argentine fashion model and film actor
• John de Pineda (1558–1637), Spanish Jesuit theologian
• Klea Pineda (born 1999), Filipina actress and model
• Luis Pineda (born 1974), Dominican-born Major League baseball player
• Laureano Pineda (1802–1853), President of Nicaragua in 1851
• Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), Spanish national heroine
• Mariana Pineda (field hockey) (born 2001), Argentine field hockey player
• Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor
• Mauricio Pineda (footballer, born 1975), Argentine football player
• Michael Pineda (born 1989), Dominican baseball player
• Michel Pineda (born 1964), French footballer
• Onyok Pineda (born 2010), Filipino child actor
• Orbelín Pineda (born 1996), Mexican football player
• Orlando Pineda (born 1986), Mexican football player
• Pablo Pineda Gaucín (c. 1961–2000), assassinated Mexican crime reporter
• Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda (born 1980), Colombian beauty pageant winner
• Rafael Pineda (television journalist) (born 1937), Spanish language television news anchor
• Rafael Pineda (boxer) (born 1966), Colombian boxer
• Roberto Pineda (1952–1978) Mexican jockey
• Salvador Pineda (born 1952), Mexican actor

Fictional characters

• Dorina Pineda, a fictional character in Bituing Walang Ningning

See also

• Mario Pineida (1992–2025), Ecuadorian footballer

References

1. Hanks, Patrick, ed. (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 96. ISBN   9780199771691 . Retrieved 11 November 2020– via Google Books.