Given name & surname · also Old French
Spain
Spain is a surname from Old French, ultimately from Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Spain comes from Old French, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French Espaigne, from Latin Hispānia.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Spain’s family of names
In English usage, Spain has a nickname in Beefs.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 14
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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