Villalobos (surname)

Villalobos
Origin
Language(s)	Spanish
Meaning	"Town of Wolves"
Region of origin	Castile and León, Spain
Other names
Variant form(s)	Villallonga, Villali, Villalgordo, Villalba, Villalain, Villalbazo, Villalbos, Villalobas, Villalobo, Villaloboz, Villalohos, Villalabos, Villatoro, Villaire, Villa-Lobos, and Bialobos

Last updated February 25, 2025

Villalobos is a Spanish surname (meaning town of wolves) and common in Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Italy

Villalobos is a city in the province of Zamora in Spain which derives its name from Spanish villa "town" and lobos "wolves". The element villa was used for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an isolated farmhouse or in the town. The word was later used of a group of houses forming a settlement.

Arts, music, and letters

Carlos Villalobos (born 1975), American composer and musician
Carmen Villalobos (born 1983), Colombian actress
Gina Villalobos (born 1970), American singer-songwriter (daughter of Reynaldo, below)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), Brazilian classical composer
Horacio Villalobos (born 1970), Mexican TV host and actor
Ligiah Villalobos (first credit 2000), Mexican-American film producer
Lupe Vélez, full name Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez (1908–1944), Mexican film actress
Osmariel Villalobos (born 1988), Venezuelan TV show host and Miss Earth Venezuela 2011
Reynaldo Villalobos (born 1940), American cinematographer and director (father of Gina, above)
Ricardo Villalobos (born 1970), Chilean-German DJ and music producer
Yadhira Carrillo, full name Yadhira Carrillo Villalobos (born 1972), Mexican actress

Athletes

Alberth Villalobos (born 1995), Costa Rican footballer
Benji Villalobos (born 1988), Salvadoran footballer
Eli Villalobos (born 1997), American baseball player
Enrique Villalobos (born 1965), Spanish basketball player
Josh Villalobos (born 1985), Puerto Rican footballer
Manuel Villalobos (born 1980), Chilean footballer
Pablo Villalobos (born 1979), Spanish long-distance runner
Saúl Villalobos (born 1991), Mexican footballer

Politics, law, and government

Celia Villalobos (born 1949), Spanish politician
Denise Villalobos, American politician
J. Alex Villalobos (born 1963), American politician (grandson of Lolo, below)
Joaquín Villalobos (born 1951), Salvadoran politician
José Ángel Córdova Villalobos (born 1953), Mexican politician
Josefina Villalobos (1924–2025), American-born Colombian-Ecuadorian public servant, First Lady of Ecuador (1992–1996)
Juan Henríquez de Villalobos (1630–1689), Spanish soldier and governor of Chile
Lolo Villalobos (1913–1997), Cuban politician (grandfather of J. Alex, above)
Nervis Villalobos, Venezuelan politician
Ruy López de Villalobos (1500–1544), Spanish explorer
Sergio Villalobos (born 1930), Chilean historian

Other

Francisco López de Villalobos, (1474–1549), Spanish physician and author
Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla (1921–2022), Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
Maria Cristina Villalobos, American mathematician
Román Arrieta Villalobos (1924–2004), Costa Rican Roman Catholic archbishop

Fictional people

Esmeralda Villalobos, fictional character in the film Pulp Fiction