Given name & surname · also Spanish

Gongora

Gongora is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque.

Original SpanishGóngora

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gongora comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Basque.

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How it developed

From Spanish Góngora.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gongora’s family of names

In English usage, Gongora as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Góngora.

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