Lobos History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Portugal
Spain

Etymology of Lobos

What does the name Lobos 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 Lobos 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 Lobos family

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

Lobos Spelling Variations

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

Lobos migration to the United States +

Lobos Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Santiago Lobos, aged 25, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Lobos (post 1700) +

Lucas Armando Lobos (b. 1981), Argentine-born Mexican footballer

Sources +

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)