Ayala (surname)
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| Etymology | Ayala/Aiara |
| Place of origin | Spain |
Ayala (Basque: Aiara) is a toponymic surname, originally de Ayala (of Ayala), deriving from the town of Ayala/Aiara in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.
It is linguistically unrelated to the Hebrew female given name Ayala, which is of Biblical origin.
People[]
- Alexis Ayala (born 1965), actor
- Aramis Ayala (born 1975), American attorney
- Carlos Ayala Vargas (born 1980), leader of the Spanish Pirate Party
- Diego Ayala (disambiguation), multiple people
- Diego Ayala (footballer) (born 1990), Paraguayan footballer
- Diego Ayala (tennis) (born 1979), American tennis player
- Eligio Ayala (1879–1930), President of Paraguay 1923–1924
- Eusebio Ayala (1875–1942), President of Paraguay 1921–1923
- Enrique Zobel de Ayala (1877–1943), historical leadership figure of the Philippine Falange political party
- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, (c. 1550 – after 1616), indigenous Peruvian chronicler during the Spanish conquest
- Fernando Zobel de Ayala (born 1960), brother of Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala
- Francisco Ayala (novelist) (1906–2009), novelist
- Francisco J. Ayala (born 1934), Spanish-American biologist and philosopher
- Inés Ayala (born 1957), Spanish politician
- Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (born 1959), current CEO of Ayala Corporation, son of Jaime Zobel de Ayala
- Jaime Zobel de Ayala (born 1934), Filipino businessman, founder of Ayala Corporation, 2007's No. 1 richest in the Philippines
- Joey Ayala (born 1956), Filipino musician
- Josefa de Ayala (c.1630–1684), Spanish-born, Portuguese painter
- Juan de Ayala (1745–1797), Spanish naval officer and explorer
- Pedro Ayala (1911–1990), American accordionist
- Pedro de Ayala (died 1513), Spanish diplomat in Tudor England and Scotland
- Pero López de Ayala (1332–1407), Castilian chronicler, diplomat, and poet
- Paulina Ayala (born 1962), Canadian politician
- Ramon Ayala (disambiguation) (or, Ramón), multiple people
- Ramon Ayala (accordion player), (born 1928) Mexican accordion player
- Ramón Ayala (Argentine musician), (born 1937) Argentine singer and poet
- Ramón Ayala Rodríguez, (born 1976) birth name of Puerto Rican musician Daddy Yankee
- Ramón Ayala (judoka), (born 1979) Puerto Rican judoka
- Vanessa Ayala, Colombian-American artist
- Violeta Ayala (born 1978), filmmaker and writer
Sportspeople[]
- Bobby Ayala (born 1969), Major League pitcher
- Celso Ayala (born 1970), Paraguayan soccer player
- Daniel Sánchez Ayala (born 1990), Spanish soccer player
- Hercules Ayala (1950–2020), Puerto Rican wrestler
- Josué Ayala (born 1988), Argentine footballer
- Lucas Ayala (born 1978), Argentine footballer
- Luis Ayala (born 1978), American-Mexican baseball pitcher
- Luis Ayala (tennis) (born 1932), Chilean professional tennis player
- Paulie Ayala (born 1970), Mexican-American former boxer
- Roberto Ayala (born 1973), Argentine international footballer
- Rubén Ayala (born 1950), retired Argentine footballer
- Tony Ayala Jr. (1963–2015), former middleweight boxer
See also[]
- Ayala (disambiguation)
References[]
This page lists people with the surname Ayala.
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Categories:
- Surnames
- Basque-language surnames