Sunday, September 18, 2005

Moorish Surnames

To this day, we have people (mostly Spanish/Latin in origin) with Moor-related surnames, and even first names.

A few surnames that come to mind are in three categories:

Religious: Medina
Arabic Al=the: Alvarado, Alhambra, Alvarez
Arabic Z: Zambrano

1 Comments:

Blogger David said...

Jeri as a last name I can't find the origin or meaning.
Could be Sabah al Jeri, or Jery, or Jericho.
Aparently inmigrants came from Europe to South America on 1800 or before.
Any help I will apreciate.
Thanks
David

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