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Monday, February 5, 2007 (read 458897 times)
 

Super-Long Spanish Names!

by Celine

When I first got to Spain, right away I noticed that Spanish people had very long names. From the beginning, I learned that when a child is born, he/she receives the first surname from the father and the second surname is the first surname of the mother. This seems very simple, and for this reason, I accepted this difference without any more questions.

e.g. Juan Martínez Escudero + Marta Villanueva Cortés => Juan Martínez Villanueva

After doing a little research, I found out it can get quite a bit more complicated than what I previously thought. What happends when two spanish people get married??

Well…

If Teresa García Ramírez marries Elí Arroyo López, she doesn't change her name, BUT it would be extremely common for her to add "de Arroyo" (literally, "of Arroyo"), making her name Teresa García Ramírez de Arroyo. This is why the names get so long!! Now…imagine that Teresa's name is actually Maria Teresa (it is very common for Spanish women to have two first names as well…commonly the first being Maria.)

Now the final result is Maria Teresa García Ramírez de Arroyo!! That sure is one long Spanish name!!!


Keywords: spain,culture

Comments

1 » maria de la santa cruz rosalina agnelia rodriguez cuellar rene' (on Tuesday, May 10, 2011) said:

I love this website but I am a little depressed that I could not find my name. :( but i still love you guys :) <3
Maria de la santa cruz rosalina agnelia rodriguez cuellar rene'

2 » Blog Moderator (on Wednesday, May 11, 2011) said:

Hello Maria de la Santa Cruz Rosalina Agnelia Rodriguez Cuellar Rene, sorry we dont have your name listed here. But we have lots of Spanish names and there meanings on our Baby Name page:
http://www.donquijote.org/culture/babynames/
Check it out! :)

3 » Sa (on Sunday, October 28, 2012) said:

That is not common:

"If Teresa García Ramírez marries Elí Arroyo López, she doesn''t change her name, BUT it would be extremely common for her to add "de Arroyo" (literally, "of Arroyo"), making her name Teresa García Ramírez de Arroyo."

4 » Anonimo (on Thursday, December 13, 2012) said:

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso

This was Pablo Picasso''s real name (Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer).

5 » bdhwvdewudv34vjldvcwd (on Friday, October 10, 2014) said:

OMG THIS IS SO FUNNY

6 » Esteban Enrique-Núñez-García Ramírez-Vasquez-Rodriguez-Hernandez-Cortés Martínez-Roberto Smith (on Friday, December 12, 2014) said:

Juan

7 » zzwegjofollz53 (on Sunday, January 25, 2015) said:

I''ll have meed a guy that Has A Long
Sooooo...here is it

Gentrato Kejon Azekolubojanstralo [31 Letters]

8 » Jose jk (on Tuesday, March 17, 2015) said:

maria de la santa cruz rosalina agnelia rodriguez cuellar rene maria de la santa cruz rosalina agnelia rodriguez cuellar rene maria de la santa cruz rosalina agnelia rodriguez cuellar rene.

9 » Mike Vivian (on Friday, April 10, 2015) said:

Juan Carlos Santiago-Dominguez Rodriguez Hernandez Martinez Juan-Pablo White

10 » Mica (on Monday, September 28, 2015) said:

What if they have kids. How does that work out??

11 » Ale (on Thursday, October 22, 2015) said:

Maria Alejandra Vargas Arroyo Ruiz Rodriguez Vargas Guzman Garcia is my full name hahah

12 » prone (on Sunday, October 25, 2015) said:

Martin Arturo Gonzalez Parangaricutirimicuaro

thats a long name: my real name lol pray for me !!

13 » Pretty Much Sums It Up (on Friday, April 1, 2016) said:

I think that the best one is Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón.

14 » Krystal Maria Sofia la Carolina Maite Lola Alexa Martinez (on Tuesday, August 30, 2016) said:

Loool

15 » Amalia Sultana (on Wednesday, August 31, 2016) said:

this is so cool

16 » jkjnjnjjkkjbkjb (on Wednesday, November 16, 2016) said:

Jose Maria Juan Gabriel Angel Capri Perez Aguilar Garcia De la Santa Maria Juana

17 » marie gonzales de la rosa rodriguez baez (on Wednesday, December 21, 2016) said:

heheheheheheh

18 » Grant the whiteboy (on Wednesday, January 4, 2017) said:

I used comment four to annoy my Spanish teacher on a paper
Needless to say it worked

19 » John Smith (on Thursday, January 5, 2017) said:

the logest name i have ever encountered in Spain, George Michael Carrie Fisher Debby Reynolds

20 » Alex (on Sunday, April 2, 2017) said:

Maria grazia Teresa DiGiantomasso Tsantefskis is my aunties real full name

21 » Ana Maria Rodriguez a la Dominican el Gonzales Garcia Santigo de Hernandez (on Friday, April 14, 2017) said:

smh, i have the longest neme

22 » celeste perez castro sanchez de la roja barragan perez de la cruz del santo domingo amen hermanos (on Tuesday, May 9, 2017) said:

celeste perez castro sanchez de la roja barragan perez de la cruz del santo domingo amen hermanos

23 » José Luis Juan Miguel Ángel José Francisco Jesús Antonio Alejandro Flores (on Thursday, May 18, 2017) said:

¡Ay, Dios mío!

24 » Macy Eager (on Tuesday, June 6, 2017) said:

Mia Rosa de la Comilda Rodriguez la Hermanos

26 » Aseela wong (on Tuesday, August 1, 2017) said:

I want my name in Spanish

27 » Juan (on Thursday, September 7, 2017) said:

There are some countries where the girl lose the 2nd surname so my mam who was Zulay Aurelia Gómez Rodríguez became Zulay Aurelia Gómez de Zorrilla, well, it''s still simmilar to what was pointed.

and actually the name María es so common that nobody use to give that name to their children so nowadays is not common to find girls called María.

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