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Clan Rising is the living atlas of European family heritage, built one people at a time. Spanish heritage is now on the map — the meaning of your surname, the homeland it came from, and the stories that travelled with it into the diaspora.
On the map
Where Spanish heritage sits in Europe
This is the homeland on the modern map. The names below already file here; the heritage regions that subdivide it, and the deeper map, are coming next.
Spanish names already in the atlas
- GarcíaThe bear-name of the Navarrese kings — now a surname for a continent.
- RodríguezSon of Rodrigo — the name of the last king of Gothic Spain.
- MartínezSon of Martín — the soldier-saint who shared his cloak.
- HernándezSon of Fernando — the king-name of the Reconquista.
- LópezSon of Lope — son of the wolf.
- GonzálezSon of Gonzalo — and Castile's first independent count.
- PérezSon of Pedro — son of the rock.
- SánchezSon of Sancho — 'the holy one', and a name of kings.
- RamírezSon of Ramiro — a name from the dawn of the Reconquista.
- TorresBy the towers — a name from the frontier of castles.
- FloresSon of Floro — or simply, the flowers.
- RiveraOf the riverbank — a name born by the water.
- GómezSon of Gome — an old, plain name for 'man'.
- DíazSon of Diego — and the name the Cid carried.
- CruzOf the Cross — a surname taken in devotion.
- ReyesThe Kings — for the Three Magi of the Epiphany.
- MoralesOf the mulberry groves — the trees that fed the silk.
- GutiérrezSon of Gutierre — a Gothic warrior-name.
- OrtizSon of Fortún — a fortunate, Basque-rooted name.
- RamosThe branches — for Palm Sunday.
- ChávezOf Chaves — a Roman spa-town on the Galician march.
- MendozaCold mountain — and one of Castile's great houses.
- RuizSon of Ruy — the short road to Rodrigo.
- ÁlvarezSon of Álvaro — 'the all-guarding'.
- CastilloThe castle — the word at the root of Castile itself.
- JiménezSon of Jimeno — a deep Basque name in a Castilian coat.
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