Surname · also Spanish

Zuñiga

Zuñiga is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque. It is used in Spanish, Tagalog, and Basque.

Original SpanishZúñiga

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Zuñiga comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Basque.

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How it developed

From Spanish Zúñiga, from Basque Zuñiga.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Zuñiga’s family of names

In Basque usage, Zuñiga has a later derivative in ZUNIGA. In Spanish usage, Zuñiga as a surname has a related form in Zúñiga. In Filipino usage, Zuñiga as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form ZUNIGA.

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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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