Villalobos (surname)
Encyclopedia
Villalobos is a Jewish Spanish
(Sephardic of Castile and León origin) family name
surname (meaning town of wolves) and common in Spain
, Latin America
, Italy
, and The Philippines.
A person from Villalobos
, Villalobos is a city in the province of Zamora in Spain which derives its name from Spanish villa "town", lobo "wolf". The element VILLE 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.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
(Sephardic of Castile and León origin) family name
Family name
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surname (meaning town of wolves) and common in Spain
Spain
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, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, Italy
Italy
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, and The Philippines.
A person from Villalobos
Villalobos
Villalobos is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 295 inhabitants. Surname of Villalobos come from town of Villalobos, Spain....
, Villalobos is a city in the province of Zamora in Spain which derives its name from Spanish villa "town", lobo "wolf". The element VILLE 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
Moors
The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of the Maghreb region who are predominately of Berber and Arab descent. They came to conquer and rule the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. At that time they were Muslim, although earlier the people had followed...
, 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.
See also
- Vega de VillalobosVega de VillalobosVega de Villalobos is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 152 inhabitants....
, Town of Spain. - Villalobos, Town of Spain
- Heitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
, a Brazilian classical composer. - Carmen VillalobosCarmen VillalobosCarmen Villalobos is a Colombian actress, most recognized for her supporting roles in several telenovelas including La Tormenta and Amores de Mercado...
, Colombian actress. - Rebecca Villalobos, date with Baseball player David JusticeDavid JusticeDavid Christopher Justice is a former outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves , Cleveland Indians , New York Yankees , and Oakland Athletics .-Early life:David was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Robert and Nettie Justice...
- Ricardo VillalobosRicardo VillalobosRicardo Villalobos is a Chilean-German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well-known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in today's minimal techno scene....
, Chilean-German electronic music producer and DJ. - Celia VillalobosCelia VillalobosCelia Villalobos Talero is a Spanish politician.She was the mayor of Málaga from 1995 to 2000, when she joined José María Aznar's cabinet as the minister of food and health from 2000 to 2002. Her role at this ministry was controversial mainly due to a speech she gave during the concern over...
, Spanish politician. - Joshua VillalobosJoshua VillalobosJoshua Villalobos is a soccer player who plays Midfielder for the Puerto Rican National team. He played college soccer at Furman University where he was a standout.-References:...
, Puerto Rican Midfielder. - Ruy López de VillalobosRuy López de VillalobosRuy López de Villalobos was a Spanish explorer who sailed the Pacific from Mexico to establish a permanent foothold for Spain in the East Indies, which was near the Line of Demarcation between Spain and Portugal according to the Treaty of Saragossa in 1529...
, Spanish explorer named the Philippines after king Philip II of Spain. - Joaquín VillalobosJoaquín VillalobosJoaquín Villalobos is a Salvadoran politician and former guerrilla leader.Villalobos was one the main leaders of the People's Revolutionary Army, or Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, a group that emerged in El Salvador in the early 1970s as a loose federation of cells with roots in various...
, Salvadoran politician. - Lolo VillalobosLolo VillalobosJose D. "Lolo" Villalobos y Gutierrez was a Cuban politician.Villalobos was the son of Plutarco Villalobos y Marquez and Amelia Olivera y Gutierrez. In 1930, he graduated from the Instituto de Segunda Ensenza de la Habana...
, Cuban politician. - Manuel VillalobosManuel VillalobosManuel Arturo Villalobos Salvos is a Chilean footballer, who currently is on Huachipato. Villalobos has many different nicknames...
, Chilean footballer. - Benji VillalobosBenji VillalobosBenji Oldai Villalobos is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for C.D. Águila.-Club career:Although Villalobos had been signed to C.D. Águila since 2006, he did not get any game time until May 2, 2008 in a league match against Alianza F.C.. Although C.D...
, Salvadoran footballer. - Saul VillalobosSaul VillalobosSaul Villalobos Gutiérrez is a midfielder currently playing for Atlas, in the Primera División de México.-Career:Villalobos began his playing career in the Atlas youth teams in 2006...
, Mexican midfielder. - Enrique VillalobosEnrique VillalobosEnrique Villalobos Brassart is a retired basketball player. He played 8 times with the Spain national team.-Clubs:* 1983-84: Canoe N.C.*1984-86: CB Málaga*1986-88: Cajamadrid*1988-92: Real Madrid...
,Spanish basketball player. - Horacio VillalobosHoracio VillalobosHoracio Villalobos is a Mexican TV host, actor and model.-TV shows:His television career began with the news channel ECO and other Televisa shows like Gaceta Cultural, 6205 el Planeta, Entre Butacas, Trapitos al Sol and Operación Triunfo.His first project in Televisa's music channel Telehit was...
, Mexican TV host, actor, model. - Sergio Villalobos, Chilean historian.
- Villalobos Rescue CenterPit Bulls and ParoleesPit Bulls and Parolees is a television show televised on the American Animal Planet cable channel. It premiered on October 30, 2009, attracting over 16 million unique viewers since its debut...
, rehabilitation and placement facility for abused and abandoned Pit Bulls in California. - Yadhira Carrillo VillalobosYadhira CarrilloYadhira Carrillo Villalobos is an actress and former beauty queen.-Early career:Yadhira Carrillo was chosen Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes in 1994...
, Mexican actress and former beauty queen. - Carlos VillalobosCarlos VillalobosCarlos Jonathan Villalobos, Jr. is an American composer, studio musician, recording engineer, and multi-instrumentalist.-La Esperanza:La Esperanza is Villalobos's Latin-new age project....
, American composer and studio musician. - Pablo VillalobosPablo VillalobosPablo Villalobos is a Spanish long-distance runner. He finished seventh in the 5,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and fifth in the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. In 2003 created of campoatraves.com, a Spanish website about...
, Spanish long-distance runner. - Guadalupe Villalobos VélezLupe VélezLupe Vélez was a Mexican film actress. Vélez began her career in Mexico as a dancer, before moving to the U.S. where she worked in vaudeville. She was seen by Fanny Brice who promoted her, and Vélez soon entered films, making her first appearance in 1924. By the end of the decade she had...
, Mexican film actress. - J. Alex VillalobosJ. Alex VillalobosJ. Alex Villalobos is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing the 38th District since 2001. Previously he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1993 through 2000. He served as the Republican Majority Whip from 2001 to 2002 and as the Republican Majority Leader...
, Cuban-American Republican member of the Florida Senate. - Carlos Méndez VillalobosCarlos Méndez VillalobosCarlos Méndez Villalobos is a Mexican writer of poetry, short stories and novels. He is also an awarded physician for the Mexican Health Ministry, in the central state of Guanajuato.-Biography:...
, Mexican writer of poetry, short stories and novels. - Román Arrieta VillalobosRomán Arrieta VillalobosRomán Arrieta Villalobos, known as Manzanita, was a Roman Catholic Archbishop in Costa Rica. He was born in San Antonio de Belén, Heredia, on November 13, 1924. He finished his secondary studies in Heredia before entering the Conciliar Seminary of San José, Costa Rica.Ordained in the Metropolitan...
, Costa Rican Roman Catholic Archbishop. - José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, Mexican politician.
- Oscar Chavez Villalobos, Mexican politician.
- Nelson Villalobo FerrerNelson Villalobo FerrerNelson Villalobo Ferrer known as Nelson Villalobo is an artist in the disciplines of painting, engraving, assemblage, illustration and has also been a professor of art. In 1973 he studied in the Escuela Provincial de Arte, Santa Clara, Las Villas, Cuba. Between 1974–1978 he studied at the Escuela...
, Cuban artist. - Jacobo Villalobos Reyes, Mexican Army and father of Guadalupe Villalobos VélezLupe VélezLupe Vélez was a Mexican film actress. Vélez began her career in Mexico as a dancer, before moving to the U.S. where she worked in vaudeville. She was seen by Fanny Brice who promoted her, and Vélez soon entered films, making her first appearance in 1924. By the end of the decade she had...
. - Vernor Muñoz Villalobos, Costa Rican lawyer, educator and philosopher.
- Annette Villalobos, French actress.
- Emely Villalobos, American Model, Actress and Singer on MTV.
- Ligiah Villalobos, Mexican-American film Producer La Misma LunaLa Misma LunaLa misma luna is a 2007 Mexican-American drama film in Spanish and English directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, and Eugenio Derbez.-Plot:...
. - Francisco Villalobos, British actor.
- David Villalobos, Actor.
- Martin Armando Villalobos, Chilean wealthy
- Marjorie villalobos
- Noa Michelle Villalobos
- Reynaldo Villalobos, is a director for the re-imagined series of Battlestar Galactica, Sacrifice, and Many films.
- Esmeralda Villalobos, fictional character created by Quentin TarantinoQuentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
in the film Pulp FictionPulp fictionPulp fiction may refer to:* pulp magazines, short stories presented in a magazine format, printed on cheaply made wood-pulp paper* Pulp Fiction, a 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino...
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