Where does last name Benavides come from/mean?

Question

any ideas?

Answer 1

Benavides  

Last name origin & meaning:

Spanish: patronymic from the common medieval personal name Ben Avid, of Arabic origin, from ibn ‛Abd ‘son of the servant (of God)’ see Benavidez.

Benavidez  

Last name origin & meaning:

Spanish (Benavídez): variant of Benavides.

Answer 2

Origin Displayed: Spanish

Spelling variations of this family name include: Benevides, Benavides and others.

First found in Asturias, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Among the earliest settlers were Juana de Benavides who arrived in Honduras in 1599 with her six children, Fernando de Benavides and his family who emigrated to Peru in 1598 and Antonio de Benavides who came to Guatemala in 1592.

Some noteworthy people of the name Benavides

    * Santos Benavides, American, Confederate colonel during the American Civil War, the highest-ranking Mexican-American soldier to serve in the Confederate military

    * Freddie Benavides (b. 1966), American, professional (Major League) baseball player

Benavides=Saintly life=Castile

Answer 3

I would agree completely that the name is of Spanish origins.

Just to warn you that the name being from Spain, does not equate with your FAMILY being from Spain. Historically, Spanish explorers were all over the world.. including Mexico, South America, the Phillipines...so forth.

If your only interest is in the name, then generic info works. If you are interested in your ANCESTRY, the only accurate way is to work from YOU, backwards, and find where your ancestors actually lived. Your ancestry could be more German (or anything) than Spanish, depending on who the ancestors actually were.