Another reference suggests it could have been derived from the Basque words asta and ur referring to rock and water respectively.

Ancient name for spain. As many people of Latin American or Spanish heritage are given two names María is most commonly the first name followed by a more modern second name such as María Isabella. It may therefore have been derived Latin apicula meaning bee. Titus once seen as a slightly forbidding Roman New Testament and Shakespearean name was brought back to contemporary life in the USA by the TV series Titus 2000 increasing in popularity along with other revived ancient names like Linus and Silas.

The name Agapetus was borne by two popes. Variant spelling of ItalianSpanish. This article includes an explanation of the general structure of medieval Arabic names.

This was the name of an 8th-century queen of Asturias Spain. The Renaissance was a period of cultural and artistic rejuvenation in Europe and spanned from the 14th to the 17th century. Guadalupe is a Spanish place name the site of a famous convent derived from Arabic وادي wadi meaning valley river possibly combined with Latin lupus meaning wolf.

More Aio m Medieval Basque Medieval Spanish Possibly originated from the name of the Roman deity Aius. Many Irish took refuge in Spain during the 17th century wars. The surname Spain was first found in Somerset where Alfred dEspagne was a great Norman Baron brother of Roger Toeni from Eespagne Pont Audemer who was granted twenty lordships in SomersetThe parish of Willingale- Spain derives the adjunct to its name from the family of Hervey de Spain to whom it belonged at the time of the Norman survey.

Visigothic name possibly derived from the Germanic elements aud wealth and sinþs path. 53 rows There are a variety of Spanish names from the ever-present Jose to the trendy Cruz and. Early Origins of the Spain family.

In Spain this mostly came in the form of written arts especially poetry. Arabs in Spain by Juliana de Luna Lists of masculine and feminine given names and bynames from 8th to 12th century Andalusia records. A topographic name Asturias is the name of a place in Spain.