Pueyrredón is a French surname. It originated in the 13th century. Initial variants were Puyredón, Puiredón, Puecheredón and Puitredón.

Etymology

The name comes from "Podium Rotundum". "Puy" ("podium" in Latin) means mountain or hill, and "redón" means round. So, Pueyrredón" becomes "rounded hill". It was used at the

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to name "puy" (podium) any lonely mountain. Such structures were strategically useful for as

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sites, many royal family names included "Puy". Neither the family nor their contemporaries wrote the surname with an

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on the ''o'', as it is a French surname. The ordinance 6324 of the

General Pueyrredón Partido General Pueyrredón Partido is a '' partido'' located on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The ''partido'' covers 1,453 km2 and has a population of 564,056 (), most of whom live in the large coastal resort of Mar del Pl ...

rules that the surname has no stress mark, and that mentions of it should not include it.

History

The family was started by Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, born in 1736 in

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. He moved to Buenos Aires in 1764 and married Rita O´Doghan, daughter of Irish immigrants. They had 8 children, such as

Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan (December 18, 1777 – March 13, 1850) was an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century. He was appointed Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata after the Argentin ...

, who became

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. Juana was the most prolific: she married Anselmo Sáenz Valiente and had 14 children, starting the largest branch of the family, with 7284 descendants as of 2000.

Notables

(1777-1850),

* Prilidiano Pueyrredon (1823-1870), painter * José Hernández (1834-1886) *

Honorio Pueyrredón Honorio Pueyrredón (June 9, 1876 – September 23, 1945) was an Argentine lawyer, university professor, diplomat and politician. Born in San Pedro, Buenos Aires, Pueyrredón graduated at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires in 18 ...

(1876-1945), minister of

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 until his overthrow in ...

* Horacio Honorio Pueyrredón, national deputee * Ricardo Pueyrredón, ceremonial chief of

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* Victoria Ocampo, writer * Silvina Ocampo, writer * César "Banana" Pueyrredón, singer * Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (father), president of

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* Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (b. 1965),

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* Delfina Frers, model *

Fabiana Cantilo Fabiana Cantilo (born March 3, 1959) is an Argentine singer-songwriter. She has sold more than 6 million records in her career. Biography She was born in Buenos Aires, on March 3, 1959, daughter of Silvina Luro Pueyrredón and Gabriel Cantilo ...

(b. 1959), rock singer *

Patricia Bullrich Patricia Bullrich (; born 11 June 1956) is an Argentine professor and politician who was appointed Ministry of Security (Argentina), Minister of National Security in 2023 under president Javier Milei, having previously held the office under pres ...

(b. 1956), minister and presidential candidate * Juan Navarro, businessman leader of Exxel Group * Jorge Born, from Bunge&Born * Juan Born, from Bunge&Born * Inés de Lafuente Lacroze, businessman * Victoria Pueyrredon, writer * Enrique Pinedo, lawyer * José Cilley, rugbier

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