Surname meaning and origin
Sánchez
Spanish: Son of Sancho
Pronounced SAHN-ches (Spanish [ˈsan.tʃes], in Spain [ˈsan.tʃeθ]; US English SAN-chez)
Where the name comes from
- SpanishSon of SanchoSancho < Latin SanctiusPatronymic. DAFN: "Spanish (Sánchez): patronymic from the personal name Sancho." Sancho comes from Latin Sanctius. The origin of the Spanish -ez patronymic ending is debated: proposals include a Latin genitive, a pre-Roman (Iberian or Basque) suffix, and Latinized Gothic genitives; none is settled.
Sánchez across traditions
- New Mexico. Colonists named Sánchez reached what is now New Mexico with Juan de Oñate’s expedition of 1598. DAFN: "In the US this surname is also found among Native Americans (mainly Pueblos)."
- Spain. One of the ten most common surnames in Spain; the most common in Salamanca province.
Forms in other languages
Sanches (Portuguese), De Sánchez, Sanchis (Catalan and Valencian)
Sánchez in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
130
Hebrew Standard
4
Hebrew Ordinal
75
English Simple
450
English Sumerian
87
English Reverse
290
Greek Isopsephy
1
Chaldean
3
Pythagorean
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