Nunez surname meaning

Nunez is the common unaccented form of Núñez, a Spanish patronymic meaning “son of Nuño.” Nuño was a medieval personal name, and the ñ became n in many English-language records, immigration documents, and databases. The surname therefore records descent from an ancestor called Nuño; it does not literally describe a place or occupation. Núñez and Nunes are related-looking forms, though families with those spellings can have distinct Iberian histories. Parent’s name is the direct catalog type, with high confidence for the principal Spanish explanation. As with other patronymics, the surname alone cannot identify which Nuño or which regional line began a particular family.