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Help[Surname] Re: meaning of Gutierrez
in reply to a message by Jim Gutierrez
The Oxford Names Companion has the following -
... [patronymic]from the medieval given name Gutierre, from a Visigothic personal name of uncertain form and meaning, perhaps a [compound]of the elements gunƥi 'battle' + hairus 'sword'.
The words in brackets were abbreviated in the original. -ez ending is indicative of the surname deriving from the personal name of an ancestor.
... [patronymic]from the medieval given name Gutierre, from a Visigothic personal name of uncertain form and meaning, perhaps a [compound]of the elements gunƥi 'battle' + hairus 'sword'.
The words in brackets were abbreviated in the original. -ez ending is indicative of the surname deriving from the personal name of an ancestor.
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