Navarro (surname)

Navarro is a Spanish and French surname.[1] Navarro is a habitational surname denoting someone from Navarre (Basque: Nafarroa)[2] after the Kingdom of Pamplona took on the new naming in the high Middle Ages, while also keeping its original meaning of 'Basque-speaking person' in a broader sense, an ethnic surname.[3] Ultimately the name is derived from the Basque word naba (meaning 'plain next to mountains').[4] (Spanish) One who came from Navarro (plain among hills), an ancient kingdom in Spain. The surname, Navarro, was born as a nickname given to Navarre gentlemen-knights who participated in the Spanish reconquest. Besides the surname Navarro was expanded throughout Valencia.

Navarro
Origin
Language(s)Basque
Meaningsomeone from Navarre
Region of originSpain, France
Other names
Variant form(s)Navarra

Notable people with the surname

See also

References

  1. "Surname Database: Navarro Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database.
  2. "Navarro Name Meaning & Navarro Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.
  3. Sainz Pezonaga, Jabier (May–August 2003). "Antroponimia Medieval Euskérica en la Navarra Tudelana". Fontes Linguae Vasconum: Studia et Documenta. Gobierno de Navarra; Institución Príncipe de Viana. 1 (93): 340. ISSN 0343-6993.
  4. Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001. ISBN 9780195081374.
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