Gomez surname meaning

Gomez comes from the medieval Spanish personal name Gómez (also Gome), generally traced to a Visigothic word for "man." Like Martin or Thomas in English, the given name itself became a hereditary surname.

Portuguese and Galician cousins often appear as Gomes. US records usually omit the accent (Gomez for Gómez). Treat it as a parent's-name surname: descent from a man called Gómez, not a mulberry grove or a craft. The short family gloss is what matters for this catalog.