Llopis History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Portugal
Spain

Etymology of Llopis

What does the name Llopis mean?

In Portugal, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that described a person's temperament or appearance were frequently used. Such nicknames sometimes became hereditary and were passed down as surnames onto further generations. The name Llopis is thought to be derived from the Latin word "lupus," meaning "wolf."

Alternatively, the name could have been a patronymic name, meaning "Son of Lope", where Lope is a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf".

Early Origins of the Llopis family

The surname Llopis was first found in the province of Lugo where today it is the most common name in that area.

Llopis Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lopez, Lopes, Lope, Llop, Lupus, Llopis and others.

Llopis Ranking

France, the name Llopis is the 7,489^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Llopis migration to the United States +

Llopis Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Carlos Llopis, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1879 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Llopis (post 1700) +

Iñigo Llopis Sanz (b. 1998), Spanish Paralympic swimmer, two-time Paralympian

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)