Fruela or Froila is a masculine

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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 Basqu ...

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

Fruela I of Asturias Fruela I (or Froila I), (c. 722 – 14 January 768) called the Cruel, was the King of Asturias from 757 until his death, when he was assassinated. He was the eldest son of Alfonso I and continued the work of his father. Pelayo was his materna ...

, king, r. 757–68 *

Fruela (usurper) Fruela (or Froila) was briefly the king of Asturias in 866 after usurping the throne from Alfonso III. Events Prior to seizing the throne, Fruela was a count in or of Galicia. There he presided over a legal hearing in Lugo on 5 June 861. The he ...

, 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 {{Spain-RC- ...

, r. 875–83 *

Fruela II of Asturias Fruela II (Froila II) (c. 875–July 925) was the King of Asturias from the death of his father, Alfonso III of Asturias, in 910 to his own death. When his father died, the kingdom was divided, with the third son, Fruela, taking the original port ...

, king, r. 910–25 *

Froia (bishop of Vic) Froia (or Fruia, ca, Frujà or ; died 992×93) was a canon of the cathedral of Vic from 957 and bishop from 972. His predecessor, Atto, tried to have Vic raised to archiepiscopal status, but was assassinated by his opponents. Elected to replace ...

, 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 Froila (or Fruela) Muñoz was a Leonese count. The sixty-seven surviving charters recording his property exchanges between 1007 and 1045 provide "compelling evidence of the active part that was being played by members of the aristocracy in the land ...

, 11th-century nobleman *

Froila Vermúdez de Traba Froila Vermúdez was a Galician nobleman born in the 11th century. He is the first known member of the House of Traba. This family was originally from the Costa da Morte. He was an important count in the north and north-west of Galicia. He died ...

, 11th-century nobleman *

Fruela Díaz Fruela (or Froila) Díaz (died 1119), known in contemporary sources as Froila Didaci or Didaz, was a nobleman in the Kingdom of León, the dominant figure in the centre of the realm during the late reign of Alfonso VI of León and Castile, Alfonso V ...

(d. 1119), nobleman *

Froila Ramírez Froila Ramírez, also spelled Fruela or Froilán ('' fl.'' 11501202), was a Leonese nobleman and a member of the Flagínez family. His power and influence lay chiefly in the heart of the province of León and its west, but it extended also into ...

(d. 1203), nobleman

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