Spanish Names from Jaén, 1495

by Sara L. Uckelman
known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael

© 2006 Sara L. Uckelman; all rights reserved
last updated 28Jun06

The following names are names of 541 family members of one Diego de Robles, who was charged and condemned by the Spanish Inquisition in 1495. Diego and his relatives were from the city of Jaén, which is in Andalusia in south-central Spain.

Feminine Given Names, by frequency

Name	Number
Costança	31
Costança	29
Constança	2
Leonor	26
Ysabel	26
Teresa	23
Juana	21
Maria	21
Maria	16
Mari	5
Blanca	16
Ynes	14
Catalina	12
Beatris	11
Beatris	9
Beatriz	2
Marina	8
Maior	4
Maior	2
Mayor	2
Argeda	2
Eluira	2
Guiomar	2
Luysa	2
Ageda	1
Aldonça	1
Ceçilia	1
Florinda	1
Graçia	1
Loçia	1
Violante	1

Masculine Given Names, by frequency

Name	Number
Diego	41
Fernando	37
Fernando	36
Fernanz	1
Juan	33
Pedro	32
Rodrigo	26
Alonso	24
Gonçalo	21
Martin	17
Lope	12
Luys	12
Françisco	10
Sancho	6
Manuel	4
Manuel	3
Manual	1
Ruy	4
Garçia	3
Garçia	2
Garcia	1
Gil	3
Gomes	3
Grauiel	3
Miguel	3
Aluar	2
Aluar	1
Aluaro	1
Andres	2
Anton	2
Jorge	2
Mateo	2
Bartolome	1
Chrisoual	1
Esteuan	1
Gauriel	1
Lorenço	1
Marcos	1
Sebastian	1

Patterns of surnames

455 of the 541 people were recorded with at least one byname. (The ones without bynames were primarily children). Of these, 406 had just one byname, 36 had two, and no one had more than two. The patterns of bynames and their frequencies are given in the chart below. There is no appreciable difference in the frequencies of these patterns when comparing women's names with men's names, with perhaps the exception that the O type were rarer for women.

P = patronymic

L = locative

O = other

Pattern	Number	Percentage
P	213	46.8%
L	176	38.7%
P + L	30	6.6%
O	17	3.7%
P + P	2	.4%
P + O	2	.4%
L + O	1	.2%
O + L	1	.2%

Surnames, alphabetically

Name	Number	Type
Alonso	13	P
Aluares	1	P
Baltanas	1	L
blanco	1	O
Castellano	1	O
de Alarcon	1	L
de Alcala	1	L
de Alcaras	2	L
de Aluares	1	L
de Andujar	4	L
de Anera	1	L
de Antequera	1	L
de Arroyo	5	L
de Aseo	1	L
de Baeça	29	L
de Baena	1	L
de Benauides	6	L
de Benavides	4	L
de Blaeça	1	L
de Burgos	1	L
de Caçorla	24	L
de Cañete	1	L
de Carmona	1	L
de Castro	19	L
de Ceçilia	2	L
de Cordoua	11	L
de Cordova	11	L
de Cuenca	1	L
de Eçija	4	L
de Eslaua	1	L
de Gant	1	L
de Guadalupe	1	L
de Jahen	13	L
de la Camara	1	L
de la Fuente	2	L
de la Oya	1	L
de la Puebla	5	L
de la Puerta	1	L
de Martos	1	L
de Molina	5	L
de Moratalla	2	L
de Narbaes	1	L
de Oliuares	4	L
de Puerto	2	L
de Quesada	2	L
de Robles	1	L
de Santa Cruz	1	L
de Santisteuan	4	L
de Santistevan	1	L
de Toledo	2	L
de Toro	2	L
de Tradas	1	L
de Vaena	1	L
de Vbeda	1	L
de Villaneuva	1	L
de Villarreal	3	L
de Xeres	2	L
del Puerto	2	L
Destepa	1	O
Dias	14	P
Diaz	10	P
el Blanco	1	O
el Hobo	1	O
el Lopes	1	O
Fernando	1	P
Fernanz	2	P
Ferrandes	23	P
Ferranz	1	P
Franco	1	O
Gala	1	O
Galafra	1	O
Galan	1	O
Gallador	1	O
Gallega	1	O
Garçia	1	P
Gil	1	P
Gomes	2	P
Gonçales	70	P
Gutierres	9	P
Javalera	1	O
Juan	1	P
Lopes	7	P
Lumbroso	1	O
Manuel	8	P
Martines	2	P
Martinez	1	P
Mendes	1	P
Mercader	4	O
Mercado	3	O
Nuñes	2	P
Nuñez	1	P
Partal	1	L
Pelaes	1	P
Pelaez	1	P
Peres	2	P
Portal	1	L
Ramires	9	P
Rodrigo	1	P
Rodrigues	40	P
Rodriguez	3	P
Ruys	2	P
Sanches	13	P
Suares	1	P
Toledano	1	O
Tondidor	1	O
Vanegas	1	P
Villarreal	1	L
Yañes	1	P

Source

Coronas Tejada, Louis, Conversos and inquisition in Jaén, trans. by Stephanie Nakache, (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1988).