Surname meaning and origin
González
Spanish: Son of Gonzalo
Pronounced gohn-SAH-les (Spanish [ɡonˈsa.les], in Spain [ɡonˈθa.leθ]; US English gun-ZAH-lez)
Where the name comes from
- SpanishSon of GonzaloGonzalo < Latinized GundisalvusPatronymic. DAFN: "Spanish (González): patronymic from the personal name Gonzalo." Gonzalo comes from the Latinized form Gundisalvus of a Germanic name; its first element is often identified with Germanic gunþ- "battle", a gloss from secondary sources only. Gonzales is, in DAFN’s words, an "altered form of González." The origin of the Spanish -ez patronymic ending is debated: proposals include a Latin genitive, a pre-Roman (Iberian or Basque) suffix, and Latinized Gothic genitives; none is settled.
González across traditions
- United States and New Mexico. In the 2010 Census, González is one of six Hispanic surnames among the 15 most common US surnames. The Gonzales spelling is common in New Mexico.
Forms in other languages
Gonzales, Gonçalves (Portuguese), Gonsales, Gunsalus, De González
González in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
172
Hebrew Standard
1
Hebrew Ordinal
105
English Simple
630
English Sumerian
84
English Reverse
172
Greek Isopsephy
1
Chaldean
6
Pythagorean
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