Fruela or Froila is a masculine

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of Gothic origin used in Spain in the

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. The form "Froila" is that which appears in Latin inscriptions and documents, while "Fruela" is the

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form. For historical persons, the forms are largely interchangeable. The variant Froilán is of the same origin, but derives from the Latin

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form ''Froilane''. The feminine forms of the name, Froileuva (Froiliuba) or Froilana, were rarer.Julio de Prado Reyero, ''Siguiendo las huellas de San Froilán'' (Editorial San Esteban, 1994), pp. 26–27. The

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derived from Froila is Fróilaz (or Froilaz). Numerous variations on the name occur in medieval sources. From western Iberia: Froilla, Froyla, Froilo, Froia, Froiam, Frogila, Froiano, Froilarius, Froilatius, Froilano. From eastern Iberia: Foilani, Fraula, Friulano, Frodane, Froilane, Froilani, Froilus, Frolani, Frolia, Froylane, Froylano, Froylus, Frua, Fruao, Fruglane, Fruila, Fruilane, Fruilanus, Fruilla, Frula, Frulla, Fuila.Jordi Bolòs i Masclans and Josep Moran i Ocerinjauregui (eds.), ''Repertori d'Antropònims Catalans'', vol. 1 (Barcelona: 1994), p. 303, also list Fruilone, Fruilo, Fruile, Froilo and Froilone as feminine variants. It may refer to: *

Froia Froia was a Visigothic nobleman, probably a count, who rebelled and tried to seize the kingship in 653, either in the final weeks of the reign of Chindasuinth or in the opening weeks of that of his son, Reccesuinth. He had the support of the Ba ...

(fl. 653), Gothic count * Fruela of Cantabria (d. c. 758), Gothic nobleman *

Fruela I of Asturias Fruela I ( – 14 January 768), also referred to as Froila I and nicknamed "the Cruel," was the King of Asturias from 757 until his assassination. He was the eldest son of Alfonso I and continued his father's war against the Moors. Pelayo, the ...

, king, r. 757–68 * Fruela (usurper), king, r. 866 *

Froila (bishop of Lugo) Froila (in office 875–883) was a medieval Galician clergyman. References * Consello da Cultura Galega (ed.), ''Documentos da Catedral de Lugo'', (Santiago de Compostela, 1998) 9th-century Galician bishops 883 deaths Year of birth un ...

, r. 875–83 *

Fruela II of Asturias Fruela II ( 874–August 925) was the king of Asturias from 910 to 924 and king of León from 924 to 925. His father was Alfonso III of Asturias and his mother was Jimena. In 910 Fruela and two of his brothers deposed their father, Alfonso, and ...

, king, r. 910–25 * Froia (bishop of Vic), r. 957–72 *

Froila Arias Froila Arias (flourished 1056–72) was a Galician count who governed the fortress of Traba and the region of Trastámara during a tumultuous period. Froila was the son of Arias Tedóniz (flourished 1044–47), related apparently to the family o ...

, 11th-century nobleman * Froila Muñoz, 11th-century nobleman * Froila Vermúdez de Traba, 11th-century nobleman * Fruela Díaz (d. 1119), nobleman * Froila Ramírez (d. 1203), nobleman

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