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Dominican Last Names

These Dominican last names mix the Spanish names heard across Latin America with names that are much more Dominican, like Almonte, Taveras, Féliz, Encarnación and Lantigua, listed A to Z with meanings and origins.

191 real surnames with meanings, A to Z.

A

  • Abinader

    Lebanese-Dominican, Arabic Abu Nader, father of Nader

  • Abreu

    Portuguese-Galician place name

  • Acosta

    Portuguese-Spanish for from the coast

  • Adames

    Son of Adam; Dominican surname

  • Alcántara

    From Arabic for the bridge

  • Almonte

    Andalusian town name; at the mountain

  • Alvarado

    Spanish place name; whitish land

  • Álvarez

    Son of Álvaro; all guard

  • Aquino

    From the Italian town of Aquino

  • Arias

    Galician-Leonese patronymic

  • De Aza

    Spanish for of Aza, a Castilian town

B

  • Báez

    Son of Pay, form of Pelayo

  • Batista

    Spanish-Portuguese for Baptist; Saint John

  • Bautista

    Spanish for Baptist

  • Beauchamps

    French for beautiful fields

  • Bello

    Spanish for handsome

  • Beltré

    Dominican form of Beltrán, bright raven

  • Billini

    Italian-Dominican family surname

  • Blanco

    Spanish for white

  • Bonilla

    Spanish place name; good little town

  • Brito

    Portuguese place name

  • Burgos

    From the Castilian city of Burgos

C

  • Cabral

    Portuguese for goat pasture

  • Cabrera

    Spanish for goat place

  • Cáceres

    From the Extremaduran city of Cáceres

  • Calderón

    Spanish for cauldron

  • Camilo

    From Latin Camillus, attendant

  • Canaán

    Lebanese-Dominican; biblical Canaan

  • Capellán

    Spanish for chaplain

  • Carrasco

    Spanish for holm oak

  • Carvajal

    Spanish for oak grove

  • Castillo

    Spanish for castle

  • Castro

    Spanish for hill fort

  • Cepeda

    Castilian place name; tree stump

  • Checo

    Dominican surname of uncertain origin

  • Colón

    Spanish form of Colombo, dove

  • Concepción

    Spanish for Immaculate Conception

  • Contreras

    Spanish place name; facing or opposite

  • Cordero

    Spanish for lamb

  • Corporán

    Dominican surname of uncertain origin

  • Cruz

    Spanish for cross

  • Cuevas

    Spanish for caves

  • Custodio

    Spanish for guardian; guardian angel

D

  • Dauhajre

    Lebanese-Dominican surname; Arabic origin

  • Delgado

    Spanish for thin

  • Deschamps

    French for of the fields

  • Díaz

    Son of Diego

  • Diloné

    Dominican surname; possibly French origin

  • Domínguez

    Son of Domingo; of the Lord

  • Dujarric

    French surname; French-Dominican family

  • Durán

    From Latin Durandus, enduring

  • Duvergé

    French-Dominican; from the orchard

E

  • Elías

    From Hebrew Elijah; common among Lebanese-Dominicans

  • Encarnación

    Spanish for Incarnation; religious devotion

  • Espaillat

    French origin; Santiago de los Caballeros family

  • Espinal

    Spanish for thorny thicket

  • Estévez

    Son of Esteban; crown

  • Eusebio

    Greek for pious

  • Evangelista

    Spanish for evangelist

F

  • Fabián

    From Latin Fabianus, bean grower

  • Féliz

    Spanish for happy or fortunate

  • Fermín

    From Latin Firminus, firm

  • Fernández

    Son of Fernando; bold journey

  • Figuereo

    Possibly a Dominican form of Figueroa or Figueiredo, fig tree place

  • Florentino

    From Latin Florentinus, flourishing

  • Frías

    Spanish town in Burgos; cold

G

  • García

    Possibly from Basque for young or bear

  • Gautier

    French form of Walter, army ruler

  • Genao

    Dominican surname; possibly from Genoa

  • Gil

    From Latin Aegidius

  • Gómez

    Son of Gome; man

  • González

    Son of Gonzalo; battle

  • Grullón

    Spanish, from grulla, crane

  • Guerra

    Spanish for war

  • Guerrero

    Spanish for warrior

  • Guzmán

    Castilian place name; possibly Germanic for good man

H

  • Haddad

    Arab-Dominican, Arabic for blacksmith

  • Hasbún

    Lebanese-Palestinian Dominican surname; Arabic origin

  • Hazim

    Lebanese-Dominican, Arabic for resolute

  • Heredia

    Place name in Álava; from heredad, estate

  • Hernández

    Son of Hernando; bold journey

  • Heureaux

    French for happy; French-Haitian Dominican family

  • Hidalgo

    Spanish for nobleman

  • Holguín

    Spanish surname; possibly Arabic origin

I

  • Inoa

    Dominican surname of uncertain origin

J

  • Jáquez

    Son of Jaque, form of Jacob

  • Javier

    Basque for new house

  • De Jesús

    Spanish for of Jesus

  • Jiménez

    Son of Jimeno; possibly Basque origin

  • Jorge

    From Greek Georgios, farmer

L

  • De la Cruz

    Spanish for of the cross

  • Lamarche

    French for the frontier march; French-Dominican

  • Lantigua

    From La Antigua, a place name; the ancient one

  • Lebrón

    Possibly from French Lebrun, brown

  • De León

    Spanish for of León, a city named after a Roman legion

  • Liriano

    Dominican surname of uncertain origin

  • Lizardo

    Dominican surname; possibly from Lisardo

  • Lora

    Andalusian town Lora del Río

  • Luciano

    From Latin Lucianus, light

  • Lugo

    From the Galician city of Lugo

  • Luna

    Spanish for moon

M

  • Majluta

    Lebanese-Dominican surname; Arabic origin

  • Mañón

    Galician place name

  • Marcelino

    From Latin Marcellinus, little Marcus

  • Marmolejos

    Spanish for little marble stones

  • Marte

    Spanish for Mars; Dominican surname

  • Martínez

    Son of Martín; dedicated to Mars

  • Mateo

    From Matthew, gift of God

  • Matos

    Portuguese-Galician for thickets

  • Medina

    From Arabic for city

  • Medrano

    Spanish place name in La Rioja

  • Mejía

    Possibly from Messias or a Galician place name

  • Melo

    Portuguese place name

  • Méndez

    Son of Mendo

  • Mendoza

    Basque for cold mountain

  • Mercedes

    Spanish for mercies; Our Lady of Mercy

  • Minaya

    From the Castilian town of Minaya

  • Montás

    Dominican surname; possibly Catalan origin

  • Montero

    Spanish for hunter

  • Morel

    French for dark-complexioned

  • Moreno

    Spanish for dark-haired

  • Morillo

    Spanish for little Moor or dark one

  • Mota

    Spanish-Portuguese for mound or motte

  • Moya

    From the town of Moya in Cuenca

  • Musa

    Arab-Dominican, Arabic form of Moses

N

  • Nader

    Lebanese, Arabic for rare

  • Nova

    Galician-Portuguese for new

  • Núñez

    Son of Nuño; possibly from Latin for ninth

O

  • Olivo

    Spanish for olive tree

  • Del Orbe

    Spanish for of the world

  • Ortiz

    Son of Orti; possibly fortunate

  • Ozuna

    Dominican surname; possibly of Basque origin

P

  • Paulino

    From Latin Paulinus, small

  • Peña

    Spanish for rock or crag

  • Peralta

    Navarrese town; high rock

  • Pérez

    Son of Pedro; rock

  • Pichardo

    Spanish surname; possibly Occitan origin

  • Pimentel

    Portuguese, possibly from pimenta, pepper

  • Pineda

    Spanish for pine grove

  • Polanco

    Cantabrian place name

  • Pujols

    Catalan for small hills

Q

  • Quezada

    From the Andalusian town of Quesada

R

  • Ramírez

    Son of Ramiro; famed counsel

  • Ramos

    Spanish for branches; Palm Sunday

  • Reyes

    Spanish for kings; Epiphany devotion

  • Reynoso

    Spanish place name in Burgos

  • Rivas

    Spanish for riverbanks

  • Rivera

    Spanish for riverbank

  • Rizek

    Lebanese-Dominican, Arabic Rizq, sustenance

  • Robles

    Spanish for oak trees

  • Rodríguez

    Son of Rodrigo; Germanic for famous ruler

  • Rojas

    Spanish place name; red lands

  • Rondón

    Spanish surname; possibly from ronda, patrol

  • Rosa

    Spanish for rose

  • Rosario

    Spanish for rosary; Marian devotion

  • Del Rosario

    Spanish for of the rosary

S

  • Sánchez

    Son of Sancho; holy

  • Santana

    Spanish for Saint Anne

  • Santos

    Spanish for saints

  • Selman

    Lebanese-Dominican, from Arabic Salman, safe

  • Sención

    Dominican surname; possibly from Ascensión

  • Severino

    From Latin Severinus, stern

  • Silverio

    From Latin Silverius, of the forest

  • Solano

    Spanish for sunny place

  • Soriano

    Spanish for from Soria

  • Sosa

    Portuguese-Spanish place name

  • Soto

    Spanish for grove

  • Suero

    Old Spanish given name; possibly swineherd

  • Susaña

    Dominican surname; possibly from Susana

T

  • Tavárez

    Dominican form of Portuguese Tavares

  • Taveras

    Dominican variant of Portuguese Tavares

  • Tejada

    Spanish for yew grove

  • Tejeda

    Spanish for yew grove

  • Terrero

    Spanish for mound of earth

  • Tineo

    From the Asturian town of Tineo

  • Toribio

    From Saint Turibius

  • Trinidad

    Spanish for Holy Trinity

U

  • Ulloa

    Galician place name

  • Ureña

    From Urueña, a town in Valladolid province

V

  • Valdez

    Variant of Valdés, an Asturian place name (val, valley)

  • Vargas

    Spanish for sloping meadows

  • Vásquez

    Son of Vasco; Basque

  • Ventura

    Spanish for good fortune

  • Veras

    Possibly from vera, edge or riverbank

  • Vicente

    From Latin Vincentius, conquering

  • Vicini

    Italian for neighbors; Italian-Dominican family

  • Vicioso

    Spanish for lush or abundant

  • Villanueva

    Spanish for new town

Y

  • Yunén

    Lebanese-Dominican, possibly Arabic for Jonah

Z

  • Zapata

    From zapata, a kind of boot; nickname for a shoemaker

  • Zorrilla

    Spanish for little fox

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  • Acosta

    Portuguese-Spanish for from the coast

  • Almonte

    Andalusian town name; at the mountain

  • Holguín

    Spanish surname; possibly Arabic origin

  • Soriano

    Spanish for from Soria

  • Morillo

    Spanish for little Moor or dark one

  • De León

    Spanish for of León, a city named after a Roman legion

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    Everyday names and their Spanish roots

    The names you meet most often in the Dominican Republic include Rodríguez, Pérez, Martínez, García, Sánchez, Hernández, Díaz, Reyes, Peña and Jiménez. Most of these are Spanish patronymics and widespread in the Spanish-speaking world. Reyes, meaning kings, is tied to the feast of the Three Kings on 6 January, and Peña, a rock or crag, is one of several place names that became unusually frequent on the island over the centuries.

    Beyond the top ten, the list gets more distinctive. Santos, Batista, Rosario and De la Cruz are all far more common here than in Spain, and names such as Polanco, Almonte, Tavárez, Núñez and Guzmán stand out. Many came with settlers from Andalusia, Extremadura and the Canary Islands, and they multiplied in a small colonial population that stayed fairly isolated for long stretches of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

    Devotional and regional names in the list

    Religious names are a signature of Dominican naming. Encarnación refers to the Incarnation, Mercedes to Our Lady of Mercy, Rosario to Our Lady of the Rosary and Concepción to the Immaculate Conception, while Trinidad and Evangelista follow the same pattern. Many began as names chosen at baptism, often for a feast day, and became surnames when children took them into civil records. Our Lady of Mercy is also honoured as a patron of the country.

    Some names hint at a region. The Cibao valley around Santiago is often associated with names such as Tavárez, Almonte, Lantigua, Jáquez and Ureña, while Féliz, Matos and Cuevas are especially familiar in the southwest around Barahona. Baseball has carried many of these names far beyond the island, and fans will recognise Pujols, Ozuna, Guerrero and Soto from Major League rosters. The meaning beside each entry tells you where a name first came from.

    Tips for using these Dominican last names

    Dominicans carry two surnames, so the list is best used in pairs. A common name with a distinctive one sounds most natural, for example Pérez Almonte or Rodríguez Encarnación. Compound surnames starting with De, such as De León, De la Cruz and Del Rosario, count as one surname, so a person called María De la Cruz Féliz has only two. That detail trips up many writers and many online forms.

    The search box ignores accents, so typing Feliz finds Féliz and Tavarez finds Tavárez. Spelling itself varies between families, and Tavárez and Taveras, or Vásquez and Vázquez, are often treated as variants, depending on how a name was first registered. If a name seems missing, try a shorter piece such as tav or vas. The search also checks meanings, so a word like saint or king gathers the religious and royal names together.

    Frequently asked questions

    What are the most common Dominican last names?

    Rodríguez, Pérez, Martínez, García, Sánchez, Hernández and Díaz lead most lists, with Reyes, Peña, Jiménez, Santos and Ramírez close behind. Names such as Almonte, Tavárez and Encarnación are less frequent overall but much more distinctively Dominican.

    Why are so many Dominican last names religious?

    Catholic practice shaped naming for centuries. Children were often named for a feast day or a devotion at baptism, and names like Encarnación, Mercedes and Rosario passed into civil registers as surnames. The Marian devotions of Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady of Altagracia remain central to Dominican faith today.

    Is Féliz a Dominican name?

    Yes. Féliz, meaning happy or fortunate, is strongly associated with the southwest of the country, especially Barahona and nearby provinces. Its spelling with a z is typical of Dominican records. Many Dominicans named Féliz now live in New York and other diaspora cities.

    Do Dominican and Puerto Rican families share names?

    Many names overlap, since both islands were settled from Spain and the Canary Islands. Rivera and Colón feel especially Puerto Rican, while Almonte, Féliz and Tavárez feel more Dominican. Migration in both directions means you will find every one of these names on both islands.

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