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Argentinian Last Names

These Argentinian last names are real surnames heard across Argentina, listed A to Z with meanings, from colonial Spanish names such as Sosa, Acosta and Pereyra to the many European and Middle Eastern names brought by later newcomers.

267 real surnames with meanings, A to Z.

A

  • Acosta

    Portuguese-Spanish for from the coast

  • Aguilar

    Spanish for eagle's nest

  • Aguirre

    Basque for open place or pasture

  • Albornoz

    Spanish from Arabic for hooded cloak

  • Álvarez

    Spanish, son of Álvaro; all guard

  • Anchorena

    Basque origin; Argentine patrician family

  • De Angelis

    Italian, of the angels

  • Aramburu

    Basque for head of the valley

  • Aranda

    Spanish town Aranda de Duero

  • Arce

    Spanish for maple tree

  • Arias

    Galician-Leonese patronymic

  • Ávila

    From the Castilian city of Ávila

  • Ayala

    Basque for slope or pasture

B

  • Barbieri

    Italian for barber

  • Barrionuevo

    Spanish for new neighborhood

  • Barrios

    Spanish for neighborhoods

  • Batistuta

    Possibly Italian origin; rare Argentine surname

  • Bauer

    German for farmer

  • Bazán

    Navarrese noble surname; common in northwest Argentina

  • Belgrano

    Italian Belgrano, Ligurian origin; Argentine founding father

  • Benedetti

    Italian for blessed

  • Benítez

    Spanish, son of Benito; blessed

  • Bergoglio

    Italian, Piedmontese family from Portacomaro, Asti

  • Bianchi

    Italian, from bianco, fair-haired; common in Argentina

  • Bianco

    Italian for white or fair

  • Blanco

    Spanish for white

  • Bonetti

    Italian, little good one

  • Bouchard

    French, from Germanic for strong; as corsair Hipólito Bouchard

  • Bravo

    Spanish for fierce or brave

  • Brizuela

    Spanish place name in Burgos

  • Brown

    Irish-Argentine, as of Admiral William Brown

  • Bruno

    Italian for brown-haired

  • Bustos

    Spanish for cattle pastures

C

  • Cabrera

    Spanish for goat place

  • Cáceres

    From the Extremaduran city of Cáceres

  • Calabrese

    Italian for from Calabria

  • Campos

    Spanish for fields

  • Carabajal

    Spanish for oak grove; Santiago del Estero surname

  • Carbone

    Italian for charcoal; charcoal burner

  • Cardozo

    Portuguese Cardoso, thistle place; Argentine spelling

  • Carrizo

    Spanish for reed grass; common in northwest Argentina

  • Caruso

    Italian, Sicilian for close-cropped boy

  • Castelli

    Italian for castles

  • Castillo

    Spanish for castle

  • Castro

    Spanish for hill fort

  • Cattaneo

    Italian for captain or vassal; Lombard origin

  • Cavanagh

    Irish Caomhánach, follower of Saint Caomhán

  • Cejas

    Spanish for eyebrows or ridges; Córdoba surname

  • Chávez

    Galician-Portuguese, from the town of Chaves

  • Chocobar

    Northwest Argentine surname; possibly indigenous origin

  • Cohen

    Jewish, Hebrew for priest; Jewish-Argentine

  • Colombo

    Italian for dove; Lombard origin

  • Colque

    Quechua for silver or money; Jujuy and Salta

  • Condori

    Aymara-Quechua for condor; common in Jujuy

  • Conti

    Italian for counts; noble retainer

  • Coppola

    Italian, southern word for cap

  • Coronel

    Castilian surname of uncertain origin, possibly from corona, crown

  • Correa

    Spanish for leather strap

  • Costa

    Italian and Portuguese for coast or slope

D

  • Díaz

    Spanish, son of Diego

  • Dillon

    Irish-Norman surname; Irish-Argentine family

  • Domínguez

    Spanish, son of Domingo; of the Lord

  • Duggan

    Irish Ó Dubhagáin, dark; Irish-Argentine family

E

  • Echenique

    Basque, from etxe, house; exact meaning uncertain

  • Echeverría

    Basque for new house; common in Argentina

  • Elizalde

    Basque for beside the church

  • Escobar

    Spanish for place of broom plants

  • Esposito

    Italian for exposed, a foundling; Neapolitan origin

  • Etchegaray

    French Basque for house on the height

  • Etcheverry

    French Basque for new house

  • Evans

    Welsh, son of Evan; Chubut Welsh colony

  • Ezcurra

    Basque place name in Navarre

F

  • Farías

    Portuguese-Galician place name

  • Farrell

    Irish Ó Fearghail, man of valor; Irish-Argentine

  • Fernández

    Spanish, son of Fernando; bold journey

  • Ferrara

    Italian, from the city of Ferrara

  • Ferrari

    Italian for smith; common in Argentina

  • Ferraro

    Italian, southern form of smith

  • Ferrero

    Italian, Piedmontese for smith

  • Ferreyra

    Portuguese Ferreira, ironworks; Argentine spelling

  • Figueroa

    Galician for fig tree place

  • Fischer

    German for fisherman

  • Flores

    Spanish for flowers

  • Fontana

    Italian for fountain or spring

  • Frías

    Spanish town in Burgos; cold

G

  • Gahan

    Irish Ó Gaoithín; Irish-Argentine family

  • Galeano

    Spanish, possibly from Galen; Litoral surname

  • Galli

    Italian for roosters

  • Gallo

    Italian and Spanish for rooster

  • Garay

    Basque for high place

  • García

    Spanish, possibly from Basque for young or bear

  • Garmendia

    Basque place name; mountain place

  • Gauna

    Basque place name in Álava; common in Argentina

  • Genovese

    Italian for from Genoa

  • Gentile

    Italian for kind or noble

  • Geoghegan

    Irish Mag Eochagáin; Irish-Argentine family

  • Ghiglione

    Italian, Ligurian-Piedmontese surname

  • Gil

    Spanish, from Latin Aegidius

  • Giménez

    Spanish, son of Jimeno; Argentine spelling

  • Giordano

    Italian, from the river Jordan

  • Godoy

    Galician place name; common in Argentina

  • Goldberg

    Jewish-German for gold mountain

  • Gómez

    Spanish, son of Gome; man

  • González

    Spanish, son of Gonzalo; Germanic for battle

  • Goyeneche

    Basque for upper house

  • Grasso

    Italian for fat or stout

  • Greco

    Italian for Greek

  • Gutiérrez

    Spanish, son of Gutierre; army ruler

  • Guzmán

    Spanish place name, possibly Germanic for good man

H

  • Haddad

    Syrian-Lebanese, Arabic for blacksmith

  • Heredia

    Spanish for inherited estate

  • Herrera

    Spanish for forge or blacksmith's place

  • Hoffmann

    German for steward of a farm

I

  • Ibáñez

    Spanish, son of Ibán, form of John

  • Ibarra

    Basque for meadow or river plain

  • Insaurralde

    Basque for beside the walnut trees; Litoral surname

  • Iraola

    Basque for fern place

  • Irigoyen

    Basque for upper town

  • Iturralde

    Basque for beside the spring

J

  • Jalil

    Lebanese-Argentine, Arabic Khalil, close friend

  • Jones

    Welsh, son of John; Chubut Welsh colony

  • Juárez

    Spanish variant of Suárez

  • Juri

    Lebanese-Argentine, from Arabic Khoury, priest

K

  • Karam

    Lebanese, Arabic for generosity

  • Kelly

    Irish Ó Ceallaigh, bright-headed; Irish-Argentine

  • Kenny

    Irish Ó Cionaoith; Irish-Argentine family

  • Kirchner

    German-Swiss for church sexton

  • Klein

    German for small

  • Krause

    German for curly-haired

L

  • Lacroze

    French surname; Buenos Aires tramway family

  • Larrañaga

    Basque for place of threshing floors

  • Larrea

    Basque for pasture

  • Ledesma

    Spanish town near Salamanca

  • Leiva

    Spanish place name in La Rioja

  • Leone

    Italian for lion

  • Levy

    Jewish, from the tribe of Levi

  • Lombardi

    Italian for from Lombardy

  • Longo

    Italian for tall

  • López

    Spanish, son of Lope; wolf

  • De Luca

    Italian, son of Luca

  • Lucero

    Spanish for morning star; common in Cuyo

  • Luna

    Spanish for moon; Aragonese place name

  • Lynch

    Irish Ó Loingsigh, mariner; Irish-Argentine

M

  • Macri

    Italian, Calabrian; possibly Greek for long

  • Maguire

    Irish Mag Uidhir, son of the dun one

  • Maldonado

    Spanish for badly given or ill-favored

  • Mamani

    Aymara for falcon; common in Jujuy

  • Mancini

    Italian for left-handed

  • Mansilla

    Spanish place name in León

  • Maradona

    Galician place name; origin in Lugo, Spain

  • Marchetti

    Italian, little Marco

  • Mariani

    Italian, from Mariano, of Mary

  • Marino

    Italian for of the sea

  • Martinelli

    Italian, little Martino

  • Martínez

    Spanish, son of Martín; dedicated to Mars

  • Martini

    Italian, son of Martino

  • Medina

    Spanish, from Arabic for city

  • Mendizábal

    Basque for wide mountain

  • Mendoza

    Basque for cold mountain

  • Menem

    Syrian-Argentine surname of Arabic origin

  • Messi

    Italian, from Recanati in the Marche; common in Rosario

  • Meyer

    German for estate manager or farmer

  • Miranda

    Spanish-Portuguese place name of uncertain meaning

  • Molina

    Spanish for mill

  • Montenegro

    Spanish-Galician for black mountain

  • Morales

    Spanish for mulberry trees

  • Morelli

    Italian for little dark one

  • Moreno

    Spanish for dark-haired

  • Moretti

    Italian for little dark one

  • Moyano

    Spanish place name; common in Córdoba

  • Mulhall

    Irish Ó Maolchathail; Irish-Argentine family

  • Müller

    German for miller

  • Muñoz

    Spanish, son of Muño

  • Murphy

    Irish Ó Murchadha, sea warrior; Irish-Argentine

N

  • Nader

    Lebanese, Arabic for rare

  • Napolitano

    Italian for from Naples

  • Navarro

    Spanish, from Navarre

  • Neumann

    German for newcomer

  • Núñez

    Spanish, son of Nuño; possibly ninth

O

  • O'Farrell

    Irish Ó Fearghail, man of valor; Irish-Argentine

  • Ocampo

    Galician for the field

  • Ojeda

    Spanish place name in La Rioja

  • Olivera

    Spanish for olive grove

  • Ortiz

    Spanish, son of Orti; possibly fortunate

  • Otamendi

    Basque for gorse mountain

  • Oviedo

    From the Asturian city of Oviedo

P

  • Páez

    Spanish, son of Pay, form of Pelayo

  • Palacios

    Spanish for palaces or manor houses

  • Palermo

    Italian, from the city of Palermo

  • Paredes

    Spanish for walls

  • Parodi

    Italian, Ligurian surname from Genoa

  • Paz

    Spanish for peace

  • Pellegrini

    Italian for pilgrims

  • Peralta

    Navarrese town; Latin for high rock

  • Pereyra

    Galician-Portuguese Pereira, pear tree; Argentine spelling

  • Pérez

    Spanish, son of Pedro; rock

  • Piccolo

    Italian for small

  • Ponce

    Spanish, from Latin Pontius

  • Pueyrredón

    From French Béarnese Pueyrredon; Argentine patrician family

  • Pugliese

    Italian for from Apulia

Q

  • Quiroga

    Galician place name

  • Quispe

    Quechua for free or saved; northwest Argentina

R

  • Ramírez

    Spanish, son of Ramiro; famed counsel

  • Ramos

    Spanish for branches; Palm Sunday

  • Ricci

    Italian for curly-haired

  • Rinaldi

    Italian, from Germanic Reginald, counsel ruler

  • Ríos

    Spanish for rivers

  • Riquelme

    Spanish, possibly from a Germanic name, powerful helmet

  • Rivas

    Spanish for riverbanks

  • Rivero

    Spanish for riverbank dweller

  • Rizzo

    Italian, Sicilian for curly-haired

  • Roberts

    Welsh, son of Robert; Chubut Welsh colony

  • Rodríguez

    Spanish, son of Rodrigo; famous ruler

  • Rojas

    Spanish place name; red lands

  • Roldán

    Spanish form of Roland, famous land

  • Romano

    Italian for Roman; common in Argentina

  • Romero

    Spanish for rosemary or pilgrim to Rome

  • Rosas

    Spanish for roses

  • Rossetti

    Italian, little red-haired one

  • Rossi

    Italian, from rosso, red-haired; common in Argentina

  • Rossini

    Italian, little red-haired one

  • Ruiz

    Spanish, son of Ruy, short for Rodrigo

  • Russo

    Italian, southern form of rosso, red-haired

S

  • Saadi

    Syrian-Lebanese, Arabic for fortunate

  • Sabatini

    Italian, from Sabato, born on Saturday

  • Sabbag

    Syrian-Lebanese, Arabic for dyer

  • Salinas

    Spanish for salt works

  • Sánchez

    Spanish, son of Sancho; holy

  • Santoro

    Italian, from Ognissanti, All Saints

  • Sapag

    Lebanese-Argentine family of Neuquén

  • Sarmiento

    Spanish for vine shoot

  • Sartori

    Italian for tailors

  • Scaloni

    Italian, possibly from scala, ladder

  • Schmidt

    German for smith; common in Argentina

  • Schneider

    German for tailor

  • Schwab

    German for Swabian; Volga German families in Argentina

  • Serrano

    Spanish for mountain dweller

  • Silva

    Portuguese-Galician for woodland

  • Simeone

    Italian form of Simon, he has heard

  • Soria

    From the Castilian city of Soria

  • Sosa

    Portuguese-Spanish place name; common in Argentina

  • Sotelo

    Galician for small grove

  • Suárez

    Spanish, son of Suero

T

  • Tévez

    Spanish surname; possibly from Téllez or Estévez

  • Tolaba

    Northwest Argentine surname of possible indigenous origin

  • Toledo

    From the Castilian city of Toledo

  • Torres

    Spanish for towers

U

  • Urquiza

    Basque for place of birches

  • Urrutia

    Basque for far away

V

  • Valdez

    Spanish for son of Baldo or valley

  • Vallejos

    Spanish for small valleys

  • Vargas

    Spanish for sloping meadows

  • Vázquez

    Spanish, son of Vasco; Basque

  • Vega

    Spanish for fertile meadow

  • Vera

    Spanish for edge or riverbank

  • Villalba

    Spanish for white town

  • Villarreal

    Spanish for royal town

  • Vitale

    Italian for full of life

W

  • Wagner

    German for wagon maker

  • Walsh

    Irish for Welshman; Irish-Argentine

  • Weber

    German for weaver

  • Williams

    Welsh, son of William; Chubut Welsh colony

Y

  • Yoma

    Syrian-Argentine surname of Arabic origin

Z

  • Zabaleta

    Basque for wide place

  • Zanetti

    Italian, Venetian diminutive of Gianni, John

  • Zárate

    Basque for thicket gate

  • Zimmermann

    German for carpenter

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  • Ponce

    Spanish, from Latin Pontius

  • De Luca

    Italian, son of Luca

  • Vitale

    Italian for full of life

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    Italian, from Germanic Reginald, counsel ruler

  • Gentile

    Italian for kind or noble

  • Aranda

    Spanish town Aranda de Duero

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    The most common Argentinian last names today

    The top of any Argentine ranking looks much like Spain's, led by patronymic names ending in -ez, which meant son of. González is the son of Gonzalo, Rodríguez the son of Rodrigo, Fernández the son of Fernando and Díaz the son of Diego. Look a little further down, though, and names appear that rank higher in Argentina than in Spain: Sosa, Romero, Acosta, Benítez, Medina, Pereyra, Ferreyra, Giménez, Aguirre and Luna.

    Several of these have Portuguese roots, a legacy of the colonial Río de la Plata, where Portuguese settlers and traders mixed with Spanish ones. Sosa comes from Sousa, Acosta from da Costa, the coast, Pereyra from Pereira, pear tree, and Ferreyra from Ferreira, a place of iron working. Other common names describe places or features: Molina means mill, Ríos rivers, Rojas red, Castro a fortified place and Herrera a smithy. Luna, moon, began as a place name in Aragon.

    Italian, Basque and other immigrant names

    Endings can help you guess where a family came from. Italian names often end in -i, -o or -ini, as in Rossi, Romano, Ferrari and Bianchi, and many Argentines of Italian descent carry names from Liguria, Piedmont, Calabria or Sicily. Basque names describe houses and landscapes, such as Aguirre, Echeverría and Irigoyen. Galician names like Otero, Varela and Seoane are common too, and Argentines have long used the word gallego for any Spaniard because so many came from Galicia.

    Smaller communities left clear marks in particular regions. Welsh settlers in Chubut brought names like Jones, Williams and Roberts to towns such as Trelew and Gaiman. Volga Germans settled in Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires province. Syrian and Lebanese families brought names like Menem and Saadi, while Armenian families added names ending in -ian. Argentine presidents reflect this mix, with Yrigoyen of Basque descent, Frondizi and Macri of Italian descent and Menem of Syrian descent.

    Accents, spellings and pronunciation tips

    Spanish surnames carry accent marks that show stress, as in González, Pérez and Benítez. Many official records, emails and foreign documents leave them out, so search the list with and without the accent if a name does not appear. The y spelling in Pereyra and Ferreyra is an older form that became fixed in Argentine records, while the same names are more often written Pereira and Ferreira in Uruguay, Brazil and Portugal.

    Pronunciation in Buenos Aires has its own flavour. In local Spanish, y and ll are said like sh, so Pereyra sounds like peh-RAY-sha and Castillo like cas-TEE-sho. Italian names keep their spelling but are often said with Spanish sounds. The Gi in Giménez is a Spanish h sound, while Giordano keeps an Italian j. For a porteño character, a Spanish first name with an Italian surname, or the other way round, feels natural.

    Frequently asked questions

    Which Argentinian last names have Portuguese roots?

    Sosa, Acosta, Pereyra and Ferreyra are good examples. They come from the Portuguese Sousa, da Costa, Pereira and Ferreira and reached the region in colonial times, when Portuguese settlers were common around the Río de la Plata.

    What does Sosa mean?

    Sosa is the Spanish form of the Portuguese Sousa, a name taken from the Sousa river and district in northern Portugal. It became one of the most common surnames in Argentina and Paraguay, much more common there than in Spain.

    Why does Pereyra have a y instead of an i?

    Older Spanish spelling often used y where modern Spanish uses i. Argentine records kept the older form for some names, so Pereyra and Ferreyra became the usual spellings there, while Pereira and Ferreira are more common elsewhere.

    Which presidents had immigrant family names?

    Many did. Hipólito Yrigoyen had Basque roots, Arturo Frondizi and Mauricio Macri Italian ones, and Carlos Menem was the son of Syrian immigrants. Their names show how much immigration changed the surnames heard in Argentina.

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