Guajardo Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The distinguished Spanish surname Guajardo is of toponymic origin, being derived from the place where the original bearer lived or held land. In this instance the surname Guajardo is derived from the place name Guajar. "Guajar" is derived from the Arabic word "w zar" which denotes an "inaccessable mountain" or "refuge." This derivation of the place name "Guajar" is not unusual, since it was in southern Spain that the Arab influence on the Spanish language and culture was most profound.

Guajardo Early Origins

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The surname Guajardo was first found in Guajar, the name of three municipalities in the province of Granada, located in southern Spain. Early evidence suggests that the origins of the name come from a knight named Don Pedro Guajardo-Fajardo from the house of Santa María de Ortigueria in Galicia, who went on the conquest of Cordoba, and consequently established a house there.

Guajardo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Guajardo-Fajardo, Guajardos, Guajarda, Gujarda and others.

Guajardo Early History

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Guajardo Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Antonio Guajardo who voyaged to American in 1540; Francisco Guajardo who came to New Spain in 1580; Bernardo Guajardo who sailed for Peru in 1592; and Santiago Guajardo who settled in Texas at the age of 26..

Contemporary Notables of the name Guajardo (post 1700)

Jorge Eugenio Guajardo Gonzalez, Mexican politician and diplomat from Nuevo León
Roberto Guajardo Suárez (1918-2008), Mexican lawyer, the second Director-General of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Manuel "René" Guajardo Mejorado (1933-1992), Mexican professional wrestler
Alberto Guajardo (b. 1868), Mexican politician

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Archivo General De Indias, Sevilla. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias durante los Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Edited by the docents of the General Indian Archives under the Director of the Archives, Don Cristobal Bermudez Plata 3 Volumes - Volume 1 1509-1534. Sevilla, Spain: Imprenta de la Gavidia, 1940. Print.
Domínguez, C. Hispano de Apellidos y Blasones. 4 Vols. 2001. Print.
Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
Chronological list of passengers to Spanish America (including Florida and Louisiana, 1538-1559). From documents in the "Indian Archives". Sevilla. Print.
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Heraldic Patronimica Española Y Sus Patronimicos Compuestos. Madrid: Hidalguía, 1976. Print.
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The Guajardo Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Guajardo Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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