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If the author is here, they might want to do a small polishing in their Spanish section. For Argentina, it says > This literally means “son of Gonzalo,” and t

If the author is here, they might want to do a small polishing in their Spanish section. For Argentina, it says > This literally means “son of Gonzalo,” and though you don’t meet a lot of Gonzalos walking around these days, back in medieval times you did meet a good number of Gundisalvus’.* First, you absolutely meet a lot of Gonzalos - it's a very popular name in South America. Second, and nitpicking: we can make an educated guess that the ~ez suffix means "son of". This is also seen in "Fernandez", which is "son of Fernando". But then, why does Lopez mean "wolf" and not "son of the wolf"? And shouldn't "Martinez" be "Son of Martin"?

zamadatix 7y ago
"But then, why does Lopez mean "wolf" and not "son of the wolf"? And shouldn't "Martinez" be "Son of Martin"? " According to Wikipedia: "López is a surname of Spanish origin. It was originally a patronymic, meaning 'Son of Lope', Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning 'wolf'." "It originated as a patronymic surname, meaning 'son of Martín'... itself derived from the Latin Martinus, whose root is Mars, the name of the Roman god of fertility and war." . So it seems the article left out some detail from each.