Gonzalo (name)

The name is given for Galician Saint Gonzalo (d. c. 1108/12), bishop of Mondoñedo from 1071. It derives from a Gothic name with the first element gunþi- ("battle"). The second element is uncertain, the latinization Gundisalvus may be based on a folk etymological interpretation based on Latin salvus. Suggestions include gunþi-saiwala- (as it were "battle-soul") and gunþis-albs ("battle-elf").

The patronymic surnames of this name are "González", or "Gonçalves" in Portuguese.

Given name

Notable people with the name include:

Medieval

• Saint Gonzalo (Gonzalo Froilaz, d. c. 1112), bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
• Gonzalo Ruiz or Rodríguez, feudal lord of La Bureba (or Burueba) throughout much of the mid-twelfth century
• Gonzalo Rodríguez Girón (d. 1231), Castillian noble
• Gonzalo de Berceo (d. 1264), Castillian poet
• Gonzalo Pérez (d. c. 1451), Valencian painter

Early Modern

• Gonzalo de Alvarado (born 15th/16th century), brother of Don Pedro
• Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453–1515), known as el Gran Capitán, Castilian general and statesman
• Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1635), Spanish military leader
• Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478–1557), Castilian writer and historian
• Gonzalo Pizarro (1502–1548), Spanish conquistador
• Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509–1579), Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America
• Gonzalo García Zorro (c. 1500 – 1566), Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people
• Gonzalo Guerrero (fl. 1500), Spanish sailor who was enslaved by the Maya and later became a respected warrior under a Maya Lord
• Gonzalo Macías (born ~1509), Spanish conquistador who participated in the expedition from Santa Marta into the Muisca Confederation
• Gonzalo Méndez de Canço (1554–1622), Spanish Admiral and the seventh Governor of Florida (1596–1603)
• Gonzalo Suárez Rendón (fl. 1540), Spanish conquistador, known as the founder of Boyacá and Tunja

Modern

• Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine (1937–2000)
• Gonzalo Abán (born 1987), Argentine footballer
• Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán (1908–1996), Mexican anthropologist
• Gonzalo Arango (1931–1975), Colombian poet/novelist and founder of Nadaism
• Gonzalo Arconada (born 1961), Spanish football manager
• Gonzalo Barroilhet (born 1986), Chilean decathlete
• Gonzalo Castro Randón (born 1987), German footballer of Spanish origin
• Gonzalo "Chory" Castro Irizábal (born 1984), Uruguayan footballer
• Gonzalo Colsa (born 1977), Spanish footballer
• Gonzalo Córdova (1863–1928), Ecuadorian president
• Gonzalo Curiel (composer) (1904–1958), Mexican film composer
• Gonzalo P. Curiel (born 1953), United States District Judge
• Gonzalo de la Fuente (born 1984), Spanish footballer
• Gonzalo de la Torre (born 1977), Mexican-American singer-songwriter, director and producer
• Gonzalo Escobar (born 1989), Ecuadorian tennis player
• Gonzalo Fernández (Uruguayan politician) (born 1952), Foreign Minister of Uruguay from 2008 to 2009
• Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (born 1980), Spanish golfer
• Gonzalo Garcia (basketball)
  (born 1967), Argentine basketball coach
• Gonzalo Garcia (dancer) (born 1979/1980), New York City Ballet principal dancer
• Gonzalo García García
  (born 1983), Spanish footballer
• Gonzalo García Núñez (1947–2024), Peruvian economist and politician
• Gonzalo González (footballer, born 1993), Uruguayan footballer
• Gonzalo González (footballer, born 1995), Argentine footballer
• Gonzalo Higuaín (born 1987), Argentine-French football player
• Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez
  (born 1984), Argentine football player
• Gonzalo Jara (born 1985), Chilean football player
• Gonzalo Lira ([1968–2024), Chilean-American novelist
• Gonzalo Longo (born 1974), Argentine rugby union player
• Gonzalo Márquez (1946–1984), Venezuelan-American baseball player
• Gonzalo Miranda (born 1979), Chilean track and road cyclist
• Gonzalo Montiel (born 1997), Argentine World Cup winning football player
• Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora, Spanish essayist and politician
• Gonzalo Piermarteri (born 1995), Argentine football player
• Gonzalo Pineda Reyes (born 1982), Mexican football player
• Gonzalo Ramos (actor) (born 1989), Spanish actor
• Gonzalo Ramos (footballer) (born 1991), Uruguayan football player
• Gonzalo Rodríguez (disambiguation), several people
• Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
  (1947–1989), co-founder of the Medellín drug cartel and founder of paramilitarism in Colombia
• Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (born 1969), British philosopher
• Gonzalo Rodríguez Risco (born 1972), Peruvian playwright and screenwriter
• Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Argentine baroque oboist
• Gonzalo Salas (born 1974), Argentine road cyclist
• Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (born 1930), Bolivian politician and businessman
• Gonzalo Schnorr Fornari
  (born 1999), Brazilian footballer
• Gonzalo Sorondo (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer
• Gonzalo Suárez (born 1934), Spanish writer/director
• Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement
• Gonzalo Vargas (born 1981), Uruguayan football player

Pseudonym

• Gonzalo, nom de guerre of Shining Path leader Abimael Guzmán

Fictional characters

• Gonzalo (Shakespeare)
  , a courtier in Shakespeare's The Tempest

Surname

• Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress and producer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Gonzalo
• Gonçalo, its Portuguese equivalent
• Gonzales (surname)
  , Spanish surnames meaning 'son of Gonzalo'
• Lalo (nickname)

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