Pons (Catalan pronunciation: [pons] ) is a surname of Catalan origin. It is also given name. Within a person’s personal name, it is sometimes used as a first name or middle name.
Pons is also sometimes used mononymously (e.g., by someone who is known simply as Pons, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis) is sometimes known as "Francis").
Notable people with this name include:
Occitan literature is a body of texts written in Occitan, mostly in the south of France. It was the first literature in a Romance language and inspired the rise of vernacular literature throughout medieval Europe. Occitan literature's Golden Age was in the 12th century, when a rich and complex body of lyrical poetry was produced by troubadours writing in Old Occitan, which still survives to this day. Although Catalan is considered by some a variety of Occitan, this article will not deal with Catalan literature, which started diverging from its Southern French counterpart in the late 13th century.
The count of Toulouse was the ruler of Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the Frankish kings, the hereditary counts ruled the city of Toulouse and its surrounding county from the late 9th century until 1270. The counts and other family members were also at various times counts of Quercy, Rouergue, Albi, and Nîmes, and sometimes margraves of Septimania and Provence. Count Raymond IV founded the Crusader state of Tripoli, and his descendants were also counts there. They reached the zenith of their power during the 11th and 12th centuries, but after the Albigensian Crusade the county fell to the kingdom of France, nominally in 1229 and de facto in 1271.
Tolosa may refer to:
Fulk is an old European personal name, probably deriving from the Germanic folk. It is cognate with the French Foulques, the German Volk, the Italian Fulco and the Swedish Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke, Foulkes, Fulko, Folco, Folquet, and so on.
Berengar is a masculine name derived from Germanic roots meaning "bear" and "spear". The name appears frequently among certain noble families during the Middle Ages, especially the Unruochings and those related. Bérenger is the French form, while Berengario is the Italian form, Berenguer is the Catalan form, and Berenguier or Berengier is the Occitan form. The Latin form is Berengarius and the female equivalent is Berengaria. Other forms of the name include Berenger, Bérenger, Bérangier, or Beringer.
Juan is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of John. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man. The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form is Juanito, with feminine form Juana, and feminine diminutive Juanita.
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese.
Enrique is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin.
Guillem is a Catalan first name, equivalent to William in the English language, which occasionally can appear as a surname. Its origin and pronunciation are the same as its Occitan variant Guilhèm, with a different spelling.
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:
Andreu is a common Catalan, Spanish (Castilian), German and southern French given name of Ancient Greek origin, which also appears as a surname. The word Andreu is derived etymologically from the ancient Greek vocabulary word andros, the genitive of aner ("man") and so means "of the man". Thus, the name Andreu takes the meaning the one who is "manly", "strong", "courageous" or a "warrior". The contemporary Greek equivalent of the name is Andreou; the English equivalent is Andrew.
Axel Pons Ramón is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer and model from Spain. His father Sito Pons is a former double World Champion in the 250cc class. He is a former competitor of the Spanish 125GP Championship, prior to competing at Grand Prix level. Aside from racing he is working as a model and currently managed by the Spanish agency Sight.
Maurice is a traditionally masculine given name, also used as a surname. It originates as a French name derived from the Latin Mauritius or Mauricius and was subsequently used in other languages. Its popularity is due to Mauritius, a saint of the Theban Legion. Mauritius is otherwise attested as a given name of the Roman Empire period, in origin meaning "one from Mauretania", i.e. "the Moor".
Bernat may refer to:
Renaud II, also known as Reginald de Pontibus or Renaud de Ponz, was a French nobleman and the lord of Pons in the Saintonge region of the County of Poitou from 1191 until his death. In the Anglo-French dynastic conflict, he was a strong supporter of John, King of England. He left Poitou three times to fight infidels: the Third Crusade, the Reconquista in Spain and the Seventh Crusade. He is distinguished from his uncle, Renaud de Pons, Seneschal of Gascony, in contemporary documents by the epithets senior and junior. He is possibly the same person as the troubadour Rainaut de Pons.
Vilar is a Portuguese, Galician and Catalan surname. Notable people with the surname include:
De Pons or de Pons may refer to:
Sala is a surname and given name with several origins. First, in Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, and Romanian, a topographic or occupational name meaning someone living in or employed at a hall or manor. Second, in Hungarian, a short for the Biblical name Solomon. Third, a variant of the name Salah. Notable people named Sala include:
