(
Spanish) or (
Catalan) is a masculine
given name
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of
Latin
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origin (, , , and so on). Its
Portuguese form is . Its
patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic.
Patronymics are used, b ...
is (). Already in the
Middle Ages
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the name was being confused with the similar but distinct name
Munio.
The meaning of the name is disputed. It could come from late Latin , meaning 'tutor', later 'monk'. The classicist Iiro Kajanto proposed a
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foot ...
origin, since the name is mainly found in formerly Celtic-speaking parts of Spain.
[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. 773ff.]
People with the given name Nuño
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Nuño Rasura (9th century), one of two legendary judges of Castile
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Nuño Fernández (fl. 920–27), count of Castile
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Nuño I (bishop of Mondoñedo) (1025–1027), a medieval Galician bishop
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Nuño Álvarez de Carazo (floruit 1028–1054), a Castilian nobleman, diplomat, and warrior
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Nuño Alfonso (1112–1136), a medieval Galician bishop
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Nuño Pérez de Lara (died 3 August 1177). a Castilian nobleman, politician and military leader
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Nuño Sánchez (c. 1185 – 1242), a nobleman in the Crown of Aragon
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Nuño González de Lara (died 1275), a Castilian nobleman, royal counsellor and military leader
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Nuño González de Lara (died 1291), a Castilian nobleman and military leader of the House of Lara
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Nuño González de Lara (died 1296), a Castilian noble of the House of Lara
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Nuño de Guzmán
Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán (1558) was a Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator in New Spain. He was the governor of the province of Pánuco (province), Pánuco from 1525 to 1533 and of Nueva Galicia from 1529 to 1534, and president of the ...
(c. 1490 – 1558), a Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator in New Spain
People with the surname Nuño
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Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño (1913–1976) was a Spanish art historian, author, teacher, and art critic.
See also
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Neno (name)
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Nino (name)
*Nino is considered to be an Italian language, Italian masculine name that is in use throughout Italy as a diminutive form of several names such as Antonino (name), Antonino, Giannino, Saturnino (disambiguation), Saturnino, Severino and all names ...
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Niño (name) Niño ( Spanish for '' boy'') is a given name, nickname and surname of Spanish origin. The appearance of the surname dates back to medieval Spain, where several prestigious families had the surname, such as the Niño de Guevara family of Bishops fro ...
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Nuno (disambiguation)
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Nuño Álvarez (disambiguation)
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Nuño González de Lara (disambiguation)
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Nuño Gómez, a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Spain
Notes
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