Surname
San Diego
“St. James”
San Diego is a surname from Spanish. It is used in Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
What it means
San Diego goes back to Spanish San Diego, meaning “St. James.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
San Diego’s family of names
In English usage, San Diego shares an earlier linguistic root with Jago.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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