Surname
Dávila
“from the town”
Dávila is a surname from Galician. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dávila goes back to Galician da vila, meaning “from the town.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Dávila’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Dávila has a later derivative in DAVILA.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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