16th Century Spanish Names

Miscellaneous Bynames by Frequency

by Elsbeth Anne Roth (Kathy Van Stone)

© 2002 by Kathy Van Stone; all rights reserved.

Introduction
Masculine given names, sorted alphabetically
Masculine given names, sorted by frequency
Feminine given names, sorted alphabetically
Feminine given names, sorted by frequency
Patronymics, sorted by frequency
Locatives, sorted by frequency
All bynames, sorted alphabetically

The 8 most common names comprise about 50% of the total. This selection contains about 100 names total. The meanings given are best guesses only. Because the data includes names of relatives, individual surnames may be artificially high in count due to a number of family members being counted.

Name
Meaning
# Citations
Percentage
  
Moreno dark, swarthy
11
11%
 Examples
Carrillo ?
9
9%
 Examples
de la Cruz of the cross
7
7%
 Examples
Ramos branch
6
6%
 Examples
Caballero Knight
5
5%
 Examples
Farfán ?
5
5%
 Examples
Barroso/Barrosa muddy
3
3%
 Examples
Lomelin ?
3
3%
 Examples
Pinto ?
3
3%
 Examples
Quijada jaw
3
3%
 Examples
Blaque ?
2
2%
 Examples
del Canto ?
2
2%
 Examples
Cerrada reserved, stupid
2
2%
 Examples
Chico child
2
2%
 Examples
Cortés courteous
2
2%
 Examples
Donoso pleasant
2
2%
 Examples
Macías ?
2
2%
 Examples
Peinado hair
2
2%
 Examples
Pizarro slate
2
2%
 Examples
Pletes ?
2
2%
 Examples
Riquel ?
2
2%
 Examples
la Roja/el Rojo the red (feminine/masculine)
2
2%
 Examples
Vaca cow
2
2%
 Examples
del Aguila of the eagle
1
1%
 Examples
Aloy ? (possible varient of de Eloy)
1
1%
 Examples
Cabezas head
1
1%
 Examples
Cardero ?
1
1%
 Examples
Ejarque ?
1
1%
 Examples
Fillado ?
1
1%
 Examples
Galán gallant
1
1%
 Examples
Luengo tall
1
1%
 Examples
Marita ?
1
1%
 Examples
Marqués Marquis, or possibly patronymic
1
1%
 Examples
Nelleda ?
1
1%
 Examples
Perdigon partridge
1
1%
 Examples
Sañudo ?
1
1%
 Examples
Solucio ?
1
1%
 Examples
Suero ?
1
1%
 Examples
Vizcaína ?
1
1%
 Examples

 

Last updated: 17 October, 2002