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Family surnames History origins

Ezio1

Well-known member
Here are some of the surnames inside my family tree. Recent ancestors surnames.

My dads side
Ruano
The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Ruano, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Ruano corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Ruano of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The family name Ruano is registered in the "Heraldario Espanol, Europeo y Americano" by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas and the King of Arms Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent. In this work there are names, like Ruano that have branches in America and / or Europe.
Calvillo


  • Origins Available:
  • Italy Italy
  • Spain
    Spain

Noble surnames, such as Calvillo, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Calvillo, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.

Early Origins of the Calvillo family​

The surname Calvillo was first found in Castile, preeminent among the northern Christian kingdoms of mediaeval Spain.
The surname Calvillo was first found in Milan (Italian: Milano, Milanese: Milan), the second-most populous city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy. The two palaces in the Piazza del Duomo, Palazzo Reale and the palace of the archbishops are notable. The city is rich in art, museums, galleries and sights. Castello Sforzesco stands in the Parco. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. This distinguished noble family emerged in the record books in Milan prior to 1190 but they were already nobility in far off Arragon and in Venice. They were granted the castle of Greci e Gangi in Palermo by the presiding Normans at that time (1200).

Calvillo Spelling Variations​

Spelling variations of this family name include: Calvelli, Calvello, Calvario, Calvi, Calvanese and many more.

Moms side surnames
Gomez

GomezThe prestigious surname Gomez originated in Spain, a country which has figured prominently in world affairs for hundreds of years. The earliest forms of hereditary surnames in Spain were the patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name. Spanish patronymic names emerged as early as the mid-9th century and the most common patronymic suffix is ez. The patronyms were derived from a variety of given names that were of many different origins. Some names are derived from the saints of the Christian Church, but many Spanish surnames are derived from personal names of Germanic origin. The Visigoths, who ruled Spain between the mid-5th and early 8th centuries had a profound impact on the development of surnames.

Early Origins of the Gomez family​

The surname Gomez was first found in Castile, where the name originated in Visigothic times.

Delao​

  • Origins Available:
  • Italy
    Italy
The distinguished surname Delao originated in an area of Italy, known as the Papal States. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adapt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. The most traditional type of family name found in the region of the Papal States is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name. During the Middle Ages, Italians adopted the patronymic system of name-making because it perfectly complemented the prevailing Feudal System. In Italy the popularity of patronymic type of surname is also due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname Delao came from the given name Leoni which comes from the Latin Leo or Leonios, which means lion-like.

Early Origins of the Delao family​

The surname Delao was first found in 1130, when Giovanni-Antonio Leoncilli owned much land around Spoleto.
 

Beowulf

Well-known member
Country
Spain
Paternal Side:

Gallego(my branch)​

Flumen Gallicus​


Nombre latino de un río de la Tarraconense. Hoy, Gállego, comunidad autónoma de Aragón, España.

Jimenez

Jiménez es un apellido patronímico del nombre propio de Jimeno, que significa «el que escucha» u «oidor». Sus solares más antiguos radicaron en Falces, Estella y Aoiz (Navarra); cerca de Haro (La Rioja); en Olmedo (Valladolid) y en Aragón, Extremadura, Toledo y Madrid.


Maternal Side:
Durant:

The distinguished surname Durant was first brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name is patronymic in origin, signifying "the son of Durant," an Old French personal name. Looking at records from this time, we found Geoffry, Roger and Henry Durant who claimed descent from Normandy c. 1180-95 [1] while another census in 1198, lists Aceline, Ralph, Richard, and Robert Durant. [2]

Mätas:
Mätas
is an Estonian surname meaning "sod" or "turf".
Mättik is an Estonian surname derived from "mätas" meaning "sod". Could also derive from "mätlik" meaning "tufted", or the German surname "Mättig".

there is not to much information about it anyways.
 

Ezio1

Well-known member
Paternal Side:

Gallego(my branch)​

Flumen Gallicus​


Nombre latino de un río de la Tarraconense. Hoy, Gállego, comunidad autónoma de Aragón, España.

Jimenez

Jiménez es un apellido patronímico del nombre propio de Jimeno, que significa «el que escucha» u «oidor». Sus solares más antiguos radicaron en Falces, Estella y Aoiz (Navarra); cerca de Haro (La Rioja); en Olmedo (Valladolid) y en Aragón, Extremadura, Toledo y Madrid.


Maternal Side:
Durant:

The distinguished surname Durant was first brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name is patronymic in origin, signifying "the son of Durant," an Old French personal name. Looking at records from this time, we found Geoffry, Roger and Henry Durant who claimed descent from Normandy c. 1180-95 [1] while another census in 1198, lists Aceline, Ralph, Richard, and Robert Durant. [2]

Mätas:
Mätas
is an Estonian surname meaning "sod" or "turf".
Mättik is an Estonian surname derived from "mätas" meaning "sod". Could also derive from "mätlik" meaning "tufted", or the German surname "Mättig".

there is not to much information about it anyways.
My surname :
Valenzuela es un apellido antiguo que se encuentra entre los muchos apellidos originales de España. Este país ha ofrecido muchos tipos de apellidos al mundo. Uno de los tipos de apellido más comunes son los que están relacionados con un lugar determinado, los apellidos locales. Son utilizados por personas que provienen de un lugar específico con una característica única o por personas que poseen un terreno o viven en una ciudad en particular, por lo que toman su nombre como apellido.

En este caso, Valenzuela en realidad está relacionada con dos lugares, uno una ciudad real llamada Valenzuela que era común en la región de Córdoba, España y con la ciudad de Valencia , ubicada en el río Guadalaviar, más conocida hoy como Turia. Valencia fue fundada por el Rey de León en 1150 y consta su conexión con muchos lugares llamados Valenzuela y que el significado de este último es “pequeña Valencia”. La primera constancia de un portador de Valenzuela pertenece a Fernando de Valenzuela, primer marqués de Villasierra, Grande de España que vivió desde 1630 hasta 1692 y sirvió bajo el mando de la reina Mariana de Austria.

Variaciones ortográficas
Como cualquier otro apellido europeo, Valenzuela también cuenta con varias variaciones ortográficas. Durante la Edad Media, no era raro que un mismo apellido tuviera diferentes formas de escribirse y pronunciarse. Esta situación se produjo por 3 motivos principales, todos ellos muy propios de esta época de la historia. El primero fueron los grandes movimientos de personas, consecuencia de los conflictos armados. La Edad Media fue una época muy violenta y varias civilizaciones tuvieron que desplazarse de sus lugares originales o quedarse y ser asimiladas por el vencedor. En realidad, esto ocurrió incluso antes de esta época y España es un perfecto ejemplo de ello. Originalmente fue tierra de los galos, luego pasó a ser gobernada por el Imperio Romano, y al final fue conquistada por los musulmanes para luego ser retomada por los cristianos. Esto provocó que muchas culturas tuvieran un impacto en las personas que allí vivían porque estaban expuestas a las diferentes costumbres, por lo que sus apellidos fueron modificados por todas estas diferentes sociedades.

Otra razón fue que durante la Edad Media no existían las reglas gramaticales que tenemos hoy, por lo que no había una forma correcta o incorrecta de escribir palabras. Para mayor confusión, casi ninguno sabía escribir y leer, por lo que este trabajo lo hacían casi exclusivamente los escribas, pero tenían que basarse en cómo escuchaban las palabras para escribirlas, por lo que no todos los escribas hacían su trabajo y los mismo camino. Esto provocó que cada escriba escribiera palabras y apellidos de una manera única, por lo que una sola última podía verse escrita de diferentes maneras según el escriba que las escribía. Junto a estos errores de escritura, también hubo traducciones erróneas que tuvieron el mismo efecto en los apellidos.

La razón final fue muy simple porque a veces estas variaciones se hicieron intencionalmente. Esto fue con la idea de que la rama particular de la familia se distinguiera fácilmente de la principal. Durante la época medieval, los apellidos también eran una forma de expresar lealtad y religión, por lo que si una familia quería comunicar a qué rey o señor seguían o qué religión practicaban agregaban o quitaban algunas letras de su apellido.

Gracias a todos estos factores, el apellido Valenzuela cuenta con las siguientes variaciones ortográficas: de Valenzuela, Valensuela, de Valensuela, Valenzs, Valens, Valente, Valiente, Valentín, Valentin y más. Es importante destacar, que en español la presencia o ausencia de tilde en una palabra, significa que en realidad hay dos palabras, incluso cuando se escriben de la misma manera siendo esta tilde la única diferencia, es por eso que Valentín y Valentín se consideran dos variaciones diferentes de Valenzuela.

My second surname Chávez:

Chavez History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms​

Origins Available:
Spain
Spain

Early Origins of the Chavez family​

The surname Chavez was first found in Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

Chavez Spelling Variations​

Spelling variations of this family name include: Chávez, Chavez, Chaves and others.
 
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