500+ Interesting Spanish Surnames

With a population of under 47 million, Spain is a nation in southwest Europe.

However, due to their colonial past, a sizable section of South America and other regions worldwide speak Spanish, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. 

These nations clearly have different cultures, as evidenced by the usage of their respective languages and popular names.

The official method of registering and identifying people in Spain is through their Spanish names.

They consist of two surnames, the first surname of each parent and a given name, either simple or composite. The first surname is often that of the father, and the second is typically that of the mother. 

Let’s check out the list of names:

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What Are Some Cool Spanish Names?

In general, one given name and the first name are used; the whole name is only used in formal, legal, and documentary contexts (for example, “Miguel de Unamuno” for Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo).

When the first surname is particularly popular (like in the cases of Federico Garca Lorca, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, or José Luis Rodrguez Zapatero), it is sometimes intentional to utilize both surnames to create a more distinctive name.

Gerard Esparraguera

Gonzalo Rey

Rosa Pérez

Joan Navarra

Antonio Jose Cuevas

Bruno Torrente

Emilio Lago

Jose Antonio Labrador

Ana Conejero

Jose Manuel Marinero

Ainara Biescas

Eduardo Batanero

Manuel Miguélez

Moises Bacque

Izan Aisa

Jan Padrón

Josep Leñero

Adan Alameda

Matias Sallent

Manuel Zanhuesa

Diego Durán

Carles Val

Luka Bacque

Nadia Bilbao

Cristian Pena

Juan Carlos Ramos

Amaia Carnicero

Jairo Salazar

Iria Morata

Guillem Méndez

Jose Riba

Neus Romero

Jesus Ramos

Angel Gabasa

Gonzalo Rabellino

Julio Santolaria

Jaume Teixidó

Sandra Charpantier

Antonio Tejero

Desiree Toledo

Leticia Monte

Biel García

Markel Prado

Sergi Gómez Gomis

Luis Borobia

Ruben Carpentier

Jairo Hernández

Jonathan Ramos

Itziar Ruiz

Julian Domínguez

Gisela Collado

Asier Castejón

Matias Ortiz

Celia Castellano

Elia Cueva

Hugo Oñate

Juan Carlos Avilés

Jon Ballesteros

Andrea Valdueza

Andrea Peris

Gema Guerrero

Arturo Torres

Julio Alcalde

Marina Ayerbe

Ander Valenzuela

Estefania Núñez

Julian Ávila

David Ortiz

Eric Ordóñez

Jose Maria Serrano

Oriol Hidalgo

Liam Valdovinos

Miguel Yáñez

Naroa Blázquez

Dario Ocaña

Aritz Rabadán

Ander Olloqui

Asier Rabadán

Alba Maria Capitán

Ricardo Ávila

Marco Val

Jose Luis Ferrer

Uxia Aragonés

Dylan Ferreira

Adan Batanero

Jan Gutiérrez

Juan Francisco Tarragona

Jonathan Hidalgo

Sergi Conde

Fernando Chistau

Jose Miguel Ligüerre

Saul Serrano

Juan Antonio Colina

Eduardo España

Eloy Duque

Carolina Abad

Luca Catalán

Zoe Briones

Ibai Madrid

Eduardo Benítez

German Suárez

Nazaret Miguélez

Mercedes Montemayor

Jose Carlos Álvarez

Jose Manuel Marqués

Veronica Cerecero

Carles Valverde

Ona Moliner

Santiago Abarquero

Luis Catalá

Hugo Torres

Jordi Sanhueza

Elena Sabaté

Eduardo Rey

Jose Rabellini

Emilio Catalán

Oliver García

Unai Martínez

Xabier Briones

Jaume Bailén

Ivan Saldaña

Kevin Arán

Andres Piedrabuena

Ibai Sallent

Aleix Bacque

Ferran Peralta

Aaron Giménez

Alan Lago

Neizan Prado

Juan Gabasa

Abril Navarro

Josep Alonso

Jan Piedrabuena

Triana Gutiérrez

Fun Fact: Since 1999, the order of a family’s surnames has been chosen when the first child is registered; however, the conventional order is almost always chosen (99.53% of the time).

What Are Some Catchy Spanish Names?

It is also usual practice in certain situations to only use the second surname, as in “Lorca,” “Picasso,” or “Zapatero.”

This has no bearing on how an index is alphabetized; “Lorca,” the Spanish poet, must be listed under “Garca Lorca,” not “Lorca” or “Garca.”

Nowadays, persons in Spain have a single given name or a combination of names (nombre in Spanish) and two last names (Apellidos in Spanish). 

Let’s check out some catchy names mentioned below:

Eva Maria Alcaide

Maria Oñate

Alma García

Naroa Costa

Virginia Duque

Raquel Gutiérrez

Barbara Ravelino

Raquel Ferreiro

Eloy Monte

India Malillos

Candela Valle

Carmen Tejedor

Aina Malillos

Iris Fraile

Mariona Fonz

Aitana Valle

Andrea Val

Desiree Zamorano

Rosa Muñoz

Esther Gabasa

Yaiza Pastor

Azahara Ferrero

Mia Mínguez

Africa Moreno

Gabriela Herrero

Veronica Ballester

Vera Siurana

Unai Riba

Ibai Hernández

Erika Villarreal

Nayara Marinero

Daniela Ferrandis

Cecilia Enríquez

Judith Villalba

Lia Sanhueza

Jose Antonio Santander

Mireia Zaragoza

Saray Enríquez

Miriam Borobia

Mateo Gómez Gomis

Cristian Ligüerre

Mar Arriaga

Vega Cardenal

Iria Pescador

Maria Del Mar Sáenz

Nerea Cantero

Cesar Benítez

Isabella Pastor

Cayetana Burgos

Abel Martín

Elisa Bilbao

Vanesa Mesonero

Gala Zanhuesa

Desiree Pescador

Naiara Ferreira

Aina Alférez

Yolanda Tejero

Antia Carnicer

Ariadna Racionero

Eneko Zapatero

Nora Verdugo

Nahia Ordóñez

Ana Maria Jiménez

Thiago Navarro

Virginia Sartori

Pilar Rey

Desiree Rabadán

Izan Cubero

Nour Linares

Vanesa Bailén

Susana Nápoles

Joel Moliner

Manuel Morata

Elsa Sabater

Miriam Villarreal

Rosa Valdovinos

Adara Navarro

Helena Anglés

Gemma Gistaín

Mia Bolívar

Aya Morterero

Uxue Zapatero

Veronica Sabater

Noelia Chistau

Jose Antonio Barbero

Belen Zaragoza

Elsa Biel

Salma Santander

Jana Navarro

Adria Castejón

Itziar Carbonero

Manuela Vázquez

Yanira Carbonero

Ingrid Abad

Nayara Marqués

Chloe Hidalgo

Triana Martín

Mireya Racionero

Manuela Cantero

Leticia Teixidó

Ona Avilés

Maria Del Carmen Castillero

Maria Del Carmen Ferrufino

Carlota Piedrabuena

Cristina Carpenter

Vanesa Arán

Maria Páez

India Benítez

Zaira Giménez

Elia Abad

Mariona Anglés

Victoria Alcaide

Vanesa Sánchez

Paola Navarra

Inmaculada Baztán

Vera Sambuesa

Salma Burgos

Jana Capitán

Lorena Catalá

Gabriela Lérida

Vanessa Cherro

Carmen Romero

Lucia Lérida

Nahia Escrivá

Vera Señor

Zoe Cedillo

Ian López

Teresa Gómez

Claudia Villalobos

Lara Colina

Elsa Fraile

Sonia Arriaga

Iria de Herrera

Mar Valdueza

Fun Fact: A composite given name comprises two (or more) single names; for instance, Juan Pablo is not considered a single composite forename but rather a first and second forename.

What Are Some Amazing Spanish Names?

The two surnames identify both of the maternal families.

A person’s first surname, or apellido paterno, is customarily their father’s first surname, and their second surname, or apellido materno, is their mother’s first surname. 

For instance, there are several legal choices available if Eduardo Fernández Garrido marries Mara Dolores Martnez Ruiz, and they have a child called José.

However, José Fernández Martnez is most commonly used to refer to the child in legal documents.

Gabriel Valladares

Albert Capitán

Gabriela Gallego

Iñigo Collado

Belen Durán

Hugo Obrero

Eric Colina

Juan Francisco Prado

Edgar Navarra

Mohamed Fraile

Jordi Camarero

Juan Carlos Morata

Mauro Carpenter

David Gallego

Amira Castellano

Imran Cedillo

Iago Yáñez

Adan Zaragoza

Jose Manuel Bacque

Ricardo Dávila

Mireia Toledo

Jairo Domínguez

India Miguélez

Oriol Mayordomo

Yasmina Páez

Eduardo Zanhuesa

Salvador Jiménez

Rayan Juárez

Maria Salazar

Pablo Baztán

Agustin Catalá

Santiago Bermúdez

Ignacio Gallego

Sergi Ballesteros

Luca Biescas

Santiago Collado

Angel Márquez

Rayan Zapatero

Mikel Tarragona

Nerea Rabellino

Lidia Lagos

Mariam Pérez

Vega Sastre

Eloy Miguélez

Joaquin Valdovinos

Moises Alcaide

Carles Montilla

Carlota Díez

Francisco Aragón

Isabella Alameda

Gema Acin

Oliver Arriaga

Fernando Ramírez

Aitor Monte

Uxia Rodríguez

Iker Rey

Carles Fraile

Alberto Hidalgo

Ivan Vélez

Oliver Merino

Juan Jose Peña

Ivan Zamorano

Juan Carlos Moreno

Angel Soriano

Hugo Pedrero

Miriam Madrid

Cecilia Sabater

Noah Martínez

Aritz Bacque

Miguel Angel Labrador

Ignacio Oñate

Oier Labrador

Antonio Sánchez

Gael Catalá

Amir Halconero

Julio Llopis

Mireia Ballesteros

Vicente Labrador

Bruno Balderas

Oscar Bermúdez

Francisco Carnicero

Liam Jiménez

Ivan Camarero

Kevin Sastre

Tania Riba

Iker Valverde

Naroa Bilbao

Sergio Valdueza

Carles Fernández

Youssef Vergara

David Navarra

Oriol Coronel

Ian Vélez

Noah Arán

Alexia Rey

Miguel Angel Ferreiro

Judit Piedrabuena

Jairo Chistau

Josep Ayerbe

Marc Muñoz

June Barbero

Alonso Cerecero

Isaac Burgos

Matias Esparraguera

Marcos Siurana

Alejandra Ferrero

Pol Prado

Amanda Romero

Denis Ferrandis

Jon Lagos

Nicolas Sanhueza

Alejandra Ferrón

Antonio Jose Toledano

Oscar Abarquero

Rebeca Cuéllar

Miguel Angel Soldado

Daniel Torres

Dario Soria

Barbara Piedrabuena

Xabier Verdugo

Francisco Jose Riba

Noah Núñez

Sofia Zamorano

Tomas Sastre

Alvaro Escrivá

Dario Carretero

Agustin Peralta

Uxia Labrador

Oriol Ayerbe

Abril Sambuesa

Inmaculada Anglés

Mohamed Merino

David Castellano

Triana Bacque

Bruno Malillos

Jan Valverde

Francisco López

Fun Fact: There have been legal exceptions to the need for all siblings to share the same surname order listed in the Registro Civil (civil registration), which has been a requirement of Spanish gender equality law since 1999.

What Are Some Latest Spanish Names?

Since 2013, if a child’s parents cannot agree on which surname should come first, an official will decide, with the paternal name being the default choice.

The sole requirement is that the surname order must be the same for each son and daughter; they cannot alter it independently. 

Now, let’s check out some latest Spanish names that are trending this year:

Guillermo Ferreira

Alba Maria Avilés

Jose Miguel Yáñez

Oriol Escudero

Alan Biescas

Xabier Villalba

Jose Angel Morterero

Abel Gómez

Julen Ballesteros

Santiago Suárez

Iker Cuevas

Oriol Martín

Arnau Gómez Gomis

Blanca Menéndez

Patricia Halconero

Oscar Cubero

Miquel Lago

Carla Bailén

Kevin Malillos

Arnau Fuster o Fusté

Ibai Fraile

Aritz Capitán

Gael Caballero

Iker Moliner

Isabel Maria Guerrero

Saul Zapatero

Gael Carpentier

Francisco Javier Aisa

Ricardo Cubero

Arturo Herrero

Angel Ramos

Xavier Ramos

Jose Sánchez

Jose Maria Yáñez

Joaquin Cedillo

Carles Serrano

Ariadna Soria

Pedro Santolaria

David Gómez Gomis

Cesar Alonso

Marco Lagos

Sofia Giménez

Borja Carnicer

Fernando Escudero

Jose Angel Catalá

Aaron Llopis

Andres Collado

Leyre Enríquez

Youssef Bermúdez

Gorka Ayerbe

Jose Saldaña

Mikel Fidalgo

Rafael Carbonero

Marco Morterero

Alonso Torrente

Jairo Cuéllar

Joan Conejero

Erik Briones

Eva Maria Bilbao

Joaquin Tejedor

Pedro Escudero

Arturo González

Gabriel Morterero

Judith Carpenter

Andres Gabasa

Joan Rabellino

Alejandro Abad

Saul Rivera

Abraham Gállego

Mario Bescós

Youssef Serrano

Pablo Malillos

Francisco Javier Camarero

Alvaro Valdés

Juan Antonio Canales

Leticia Peris

Olga Fidalgo

Aaron Barceló

Unai Salazar

Yaiza Bielsa

Antonio Jose Ascaso

Aritz Fuster o Fusté

Alan Sastre

Diego Panadero

Jose Antonio Biel

Aitor Ramírez

Denis Costa

Luna Castellano

Ismael Valladares

Enrique Hernández

Joel Peris

Vicente Carreiro

Maria Del Carmen Linares

Brais Lago

Alan Merino

Kevin Menéndez

Teo Durán

Elsa Carpenter

Omar Castillero

Aleix Ballester

Miquel Peris

Brais Rodríguez

Jan Gistaín

Antia Biel

Antonio Vázquez

Sheila Valdés

Marc Cueva

Juan Carlos Soria

Adan Tejedor

Jose Angel Carpintero Charpentier

Thiago Labrador

Carlos Costa

Pablo Pedrero

Gerard Laguna

Salvador Soldado

Jesus Olloqui

Antonio Dávila

Mikel Riba

Yeray Fonz

Joaquin Orellana

Aimar Ariza

Pedro Marinero

Jairo del Valle

Oriol Lago

Nicolas del Valle

Pol Riba

Francisco Escudero

Aleix Sáenz

Iago Camarero

Carlos Sanhueza

Jon Bolea

Jose Antonio Suárez

Africa Muñoz

Aritz Gállego

Miguel Gutiérrez

Juan Francisco Rey

Iago Rey

Rodrigo Páez

Francisco Javier Vázquez

Naia Vélez

Adam Arriaga

Sergi Gistaín

Aimar Ligüerre

Arnau Artigas

Fun Fact: The law of Spain also gives an individual a choice to change the order of their last names once they reach adulthood.

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