Nuño

Nuño (Spanish) or Nunyo (Catalan) is a masculine given name of Latin origin (Nunnus, Nonnus, Nunus, Nunno, etc.). 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]

• 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

See also

• 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

1. 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.
2. 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.