Nuño (Spanish) or Nunyo (Catalan) is a masculine given name of Latin origin (Nunnus, Nonnus, Nunus, Nunno and so on). Its Portuguese form is Nuno. Its patronymic is Núñez (Latin: Nunni). Already in the Middle Ages the name was being confused with the similar but distinct name Munio.[1]
The meaning of the name is disputed. It could come from late Latin nonnus, meaning 'tutor', later 'monk'. The classicist Iiro Kajanto proposed a Celtic origin, since the name is mainly found in formerly Celtic-speaking parts of Spain.[2]
People with the given name Nuño
edit- Nuño Rasura (9th century), one of two legendary judges of Castile
- Nuño Fernández (fl. 920–27), count of Castile
- Nuño I (bishop of Mondoñedo) (1025–1027), a medieval Galician bishop
- Nuño Álvarez de Carazo (floruit 1028–1054), a Castilian nobleman, diplomat, and warrior
- Nuño Alfonso (1112–1136), a medieval Galician bishop
- Nuño Pérez de Lara (died 3 August 1177). a Castilian nobleman, politician and military leader
- Nuño Sánchez (c. 1185 – 1242), a nobleman in the Crown of Aragon
- Nuño González de Lara (died 1275), a Castilian nobleman, royal counsellor and military leader
- Nuño González de Lara (died 1291), a Castilian nobleman and military leader of the House of Lara
- Nuño González de Lara (died 1296), a Castilian noble of the House of Lara
- Nuño de Guzmán (c. 1490 – 1558), a Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator in New Spain
People with the surname Nuño
edit- Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño (1913–1976) was a Spanish art historian, author, teacher, and art critic.
See also
edit- All pages with titles beginning with Nuño
- All pages with titles containing Nuño
- Neno (name)
- Nino (name)
- Niño (name)
- Nuno (disambiguation)
- Nuño Álvarez (disambiguation)
- Nuño González de Lara (disambiguation)
- Nuño Gómez, a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Spain
Notes
edit- ^ Jaime de Salazar Acha (1985), "Una familia de la Alta Edad Media: Los Vela y su realedad histórica", Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos (Madrid: Asociación Española de Estudios Genealogicos y Heraldicos), vol. 1, p. 24n.
- ^ Lidia Becker (2009), Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.–12. Jahrhundert) (De Gruyter), pp. 773ff.