Last names???

Question

Does anyone know where these last names came from or originated?...

-Ramirez

-Hilario

-Laureta

-Arias

-Buendia

-Bantilan

It's not for homework or projects or anything like that... I was just curious. ^_^

Answer 1

Ancestry.com Name Meaning and History

RAMIREZ

Spanish (Ramírez): patronymic from the personal name Ramiro, composed of the Germanic elements ragin ‘counsel’ + mari, meri ‘fame’.

HILARIO

Portuguese (Hilário) and Spanish: from a personal name of the same origin as Hillary

ARIAS

Spanish: from the popular medieval personal name Arias which is probably of Germanic origin.

Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Spanish family name.

BUENDIA

1. probably a habitational name from Buendía in Cuenca province, Spain.

2. occasionally, a nickname from Spanish bueno ‘good’ + día ‘day’, presumably denoting someone who made frequent use of this salutation. Buendía was also occasionally used as a personal name in the Middle Ages, bestowed on a child as an expression of the parents’ satisfaction at the birth, or for the sake of a good omen.

Bantilan

Origin - Philippines

Laureta

Origin - Philippines