Given name & surname

Mejia

Mejia is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Tagalog, Cebuano, and Pangasinan.

Original SpanishMejía

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mejia comes from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Mejia as a surname developed from Mejía.

Mejia’s family of names

In English usage, Mejia as a surname developed from the Spanish form Mejía. In English usage, Mejia as a surname has a related form in MEXIA. In Pangasinan usage, Mejia as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Mejía.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Latin

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Spanish

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Basque

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