Villalobos (surname)
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Language(s) | Spanish |
Meaning | "Town of Wolves" |
Region of origin | Castile and León, Spain |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Villallonga, Villali, Villalgordo, Villalba, Villalain, Villalbazo, Villalbos, Villalobas, Villalobo, Villaloboz, Villalohos, Villalabos, Villatoro, Villaire, Villa-Lobos, and Bialobos |
Villalobos is a Spanish surname (meaning town of wolves) and common in Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Italy
Villalobos is a city in the province of Zamora in Spain which derives its name from Spanish villa "town" and lobos "wolves". The element villa was used for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an isolated farmhouse or in the town. The word was later used of a group of houses forming a settlement. Surnames derived from place-names are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names. Topographic names are derived from general descriptive references to someone who lived near a physical feature such as an oak tree, a hill, a stream or a church. Habitation names are derived from pre-existing names denoting towns, villages and farmsteads. Other classes of local names include those derived from the names of rivers, individual houses with signs on them, regions and whole countries. In the 8th century, Spain fell under the control of the Moors, and this influence, which lasted into the 12th century, has also left its mark on Hispanic surnames. A few names are based directly on Arabic personal names. The majority of Spanish occupational and nickname surnames, however, are based on ordinary Spanish derivatives. In Spain identifying patronymics are to be found as early as the mid-9th century, but these changed with each generation, and hereditary surnames seem to have come in slightly later in Spain than in England and France. As well as the names of the traditional major saints of the Christian Church, many of the most common Spanish surnames are derived from personal names of Germanic origin. For the most part these names are characteristically Hispanic. They derive from the language of the Visigoths, who controlled Spain between the mid-5th and early 8th centuries.[citation needed]
Arts, music, and letters[]
- Carlos Méndez Villalobos (born 1954), Mexican writer
- Carlos Villalobos (born 1975), American composer and musician
- Carmen Villalobos (born 1983), Colombian actress
- Gina Villalobos (born 1970), American singer-songwriter (daughter of Reynaldo, below)
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), Brazilian classical composer
- Horacio Villalobos (born 1970), Mexican TV host and actor
- Ligiah Villalobos (first credit 2000), Mexican-American film producer
- Lupe Vélez, full name Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez (1908–1944), Mexican film actress
- Osmariel Villalobos (born1988), Venezuelan TV show host and Miss Earth Venezuela 2011
- Reynaldo Villalobos (born 1940), American cinematographer and director (father of Gina, above)
- Ricardo Villalobos (born 1970), Chilean-German DJ and music producer
- Yadhira Carrillo, full name Yadhira Carrillo Villalobos (born 1972), Mexican actress
Athletes[]
- Alberth Villalobos (born 1995), Costa Rican footballer
- Benji Villalobos (born 1988), Salvadoran footballer
- Enrique Villalobos (born 1965), Spanish basketball player
- Josh Villalobos (born 1985), Puerto Rican footballer
- Manuel Villalobos (born 1980), Chilean footballer
- Pablo Villalobos (born 1979), Spanish long-distance runner
- Saúl Villalobos (born 1991), Mexican footballer
Politics, law, and government[]
- Celia Villalobos (born 1949), Spanish politician
- J. Alex Villalobos (born 1963), American politician (grandson of Lolo, below)
- Joaquín Villalobos (born 1951), Salvadoran politician
- José Ángel Córdova Villalobos (born 1953), Mexican politician
- Juan Henríquez de Villalobos (1630–1689), Spanish soldier and governor of Chile
- Lolo Villalobos (1913–1997), Cuban politician (grandfather of J. Alex, above)
- Ruy López de Villalobos (1500–1544), Spanish explorer
- Sergio Villalobos (born 1930), Chilean historian
Other[]
- Francisco López de Villalobos, (1474-1549), Spanish physician and author
- Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla (born 1921), Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
- Maria Cristina Villalobos, American mathematician
- Román Arrieta Villalobos (1924–2004), Costa Rican Roman Catholic archbishop
Fictional people[]
- Esmeralda Villalobos, fictional character in the film Pulp Fiction
See also
- Villalobos (disambiguation)
- Surnames
- Spanish-language surnames