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Munio or Muño is a masculine given name of uncertain origin, possibly GermanicJaime de Salazar Acha (1985), "Una familia de la Alta Edad Media: Los Vela y su realedad histórica", ''Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos'' (Madrid: Asociación Española de Estudios Genealogicos y Heraldicos), vol. 1, p. 24n. or
Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
.Lidia Becker (2009), ''Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.–12. Jahrhundert)'' (De Gruyter), pp. 741ff. The accent may originally have been on the final syllable, yielding the spellings Munió, Muñó and Muñón in modern Spanish. Its
patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...
form is Muñoz or Muñiz (from the medieval Latin genitive form ''Munionis''). It is etymologically distinct from the name Nuño and Nuno, with which it has often been confused since the
Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
. It may refer to: *
Munio Núñez Munio Núñez, Count of Castile (899– and c. 904–c. 909), was a nobleman who was almost certainly the son of Nuño Muñoz, who would have been the son of Munio Núñez de Brañosera who in 824, with his wife Argilo, granted the '' Carta Pueb ...
, Count of Castile (899–c. 901 and c. 904–c. 909) *
Munio Vélaz Munio Vélaz or Vigílaz (died before 931) was the Count of Álava and probably also of Biscay. The exact dates of his countship are unknown. Only one document, dated 18 May 919 in the cartularies of Valpuesta, names Munio as count in Álava. He r ...
(died before 931), Count of Álava and probably also of Biscay * Munio or Muño Alfonso (died 1143), Galician nobleman, military leader in the ''Reconquista'', and governor of Toledo * Munio Peláez (died 1149?), Galician magnate *
Munio of Zamora Munio of Zamora, O.P., (1237 – 19 February 1300) was a Spanish Dominican friar who became the seventh Master General of the Dominican Order in 1285, and later a bishop. Life Spain No details of Munio's early life are recorded, but he ...
(1237–1300), Spanish Dominican friar, seventh Master General of the Dominican Order, and bishop * Munio Kasiringua (born 1987), Namibian rugby union player * Munio Pillinger, Austrian table tennis player in the 1920s * Munio Weinraub (1909–1970), Israeli architect


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