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Surname origin?

Does anyone know what surname gonzalez mean?
heard it means son of gonzalo
Gonzalo i heard may mean, battle elf, warrior ready to fight, battlefield or battle place, war
even as weird as wolf, or strife.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Definition: A patronymic name meaning "son of Gonzalo." The given name "Gonzalo" comes from the medieval name Gundisalvus, which was the Latin form of a Germanic name composed of the elements "gund," meaning "war" and "salv" which is of unknown meaning.

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