Given name & surname · also Spanish
Davila
“from Ávila”
Davila is a surname from Spanish (ultimately Galician). It is used in English and Galician.
Original SpanishDávila
Meaning & origin
What it means
Davila goes back to Spanish Dávila, meaning “from Ávila.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Davila comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Galician.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Davila as a surname developed from Dávila.
Davila’s family of names
In English usage, Davila as a surname developed from the Spanish form Dávila. In Galician usage, Davila as a surname has a related form in Da Vila. In Greek usage, Davila as a surname is a transliteration of Δαβήλα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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