SURNAME-ORIGINS = NUNEZ THANKS

NUNEZ (Sp.) Descendant of NUNO, from a medieval given name of uncertain origin. It first appears in the Latin forms of "Nunnius" & "Nonnius". There may be some connection with "Muno". (Nuno and Muno both have ~ over the middle letter -n- making it "Nun-yo" and "Mun-yo".) ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara ritacjk wrote: >SURNAME-ORIGINS = NUNEZ > >THANKS > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >