Given name & surname · also Spanish

Zuniga

Zuniga is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque.

Original SpanishZúñiga

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Zuniga comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Basque.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Zuniga as a surname developed from Zuñiga.

Zuniga’s family of names

In English usage, Zuniga as a surname developed from the Basque form Zuñiga. In English usage, Zuniga as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Zúñiga. In English usage, Zuniga as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Filipino form Zuñiga.

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