| Surname | Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | Linguistic Origin | Meaning | |||||||
| 251 | Castro | Spanish | 1. Fortress/Citadel.; 2. Toponym of many Spain villages in which ‘Castro’ is part of their names; Surname found in 1311 in Aguilar de Campo, Palencia province, Spain (Ref. Sefarad, 1954, 14,2: 335-352 | |||||||||
| 252 | Catalan | Spanish | Toponym of Calalunia region in Spain, Surname found in 1285 in Calatayud, Spain (Ref. Jean Regne. Jews of Aragon, Doc. No.1273) | |||||||||
| 253 | Cazes | Kazes | Spanish | Derives from casas = houses; Surname found in in 1390 in Valencia, Spain (Ref.: Sefarad, 1986, 46,2: 315-339) | ||||||||
| 254 | Cesano | See: Tsesano | ||||||||||
| 255 | Chelebon | See: Tshelebon | ||||||||||
| 256 | Cohen | See: Koen; Surname found in various places in Spain in various dates of the 14th century (Ref. Sefarad) | ||||||||||
| 257 | Comtino | Italian | Count, Earl | |||||||||
| 258 | Confino | Spanish or Catalan | 1.Confined, jailed; 2. Derives from Cofen/Coffen (Ref. Cofen, Barcelona 1205 in Sources #1) | |||||||||
| 259 | Confortes | Conorti | Conortov | Spanish | Derives from confortar = comfort; probably the translation Hebrew Nehama or Menahem | |||||||
| 260 | Conorti | Conortov | See: Confortes | |||||||||
| 261 | Conortov | See: Confortes or Conorti and Bulgarian suffix ov; After his aliya in 1949, one person named so changed his name into: Barnes | ||||||||||
| 262 | Conto | Italian | Count, bill | |||||||||
| 263 | Cordev | See: Cordova | ||||||||||
| 264 | Cordova | Cordev | Spanish | Toponym of Cordoba, Spain | ||||||||
| 265 | Corona | Spanish or Italian | Crown | |||||||||
| 266 | Cosina | Italian | Cousin (feminine) | |||||||||
| 267 | Covo | Italian or Spanish | Toponym of Covo, a locality in Lombardia, Italy or/and in Valencia province, Spain. Surname found in 1489 as Cobo (Ref.: Sefarad, 1985, 45,2: 237-280 ) | |||||||||
| 268 | Crespi | See: Crispin | ||||||||||
| 269 | Crespin | See: Crispin | ||||||||||
| 270 | Crispin | Crespi | Crespin | French | Toponym of Crespian, west of Nimes, South of France. Surname found in 1302 in Valencia, Spain (Ref.: Jean Regne. Jews of Aragon. 1978. Doc. 2770) | |||||||
| 271 | Cuenca | Spanish | Toponym of Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |||||||||
| 272 | Danailov | See: Daniel and Bulgarian suffix ov; during the British Mandate of Eretz Israel, someone so called changed his name into: Daniel | ||||||||||
| 273 | Daniel | Danailov | Hebrew (Bible: Dan.1:10) | God has judged me; Name of the Prophet. Surname found in Barcelona, Spain in 1385 (Ref.: Sefarad, 1956, 16,1: 33-71 | ||||||||
| 274 | Danon | Danovski | Hebrew (Bible: Gen. 30:6) or Spanish | 1. Derives from Dan = judge, name of Yaakov's son ; 2. Augmentative of Spanish title Don | ||||||||
| 275 | Danovski | See: Danon and Russian suffix ski | ||||||||||
| 276 | Darsa | See: Dassa | ||||||||||
| 277 | Dassa | Darsa | Spanish | Toponym of Deza, Guadalajara province, Spain. Found as Daza in the vecinity of Avila, Spain in 1393: Daza.(Ref.: Sefarad, 1984, 44,2: 216--282) | ||||||||
| 278 | David | Davidov | Hebrew (Bible: I Sam 16:13) | Derives from David- Name of King of Israel. Found in 1372 in Perpignan, now France (Ref. Sefarad, 1954, 14,2: 99-115) | ||||||||
| 279 | Davidov | See: David and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 280 | De Calo | See: Calo | ||||||||||
| 281 | De la Rubisa | Rubisa | Hebrew and Spanish | Derives from De la Rabbi Ça = 'wife of Rabbi Yitzhak: 'de la' preceding Rabbi's name is for 'wife of ', Ça is the contracted form of Yitzhak currently used in medieval Spain. Surname found in 1389 in San Jaime (Tarazona province) (Ref. Motis Dolader, Miguel Ángel. Judíos de Tarazona en el siglo XIV. Tarazona, 2004.) | ||||||||
| 282 | De Mayo | See: Demayo | ||||||||||
| 283 | Deba | See: Diba | ||||||||||
| 284 | Dekalo | Greek | Derives from Kalo = good; De = of or from | |||||||||
| 285 | Delareya | Spanish | See: Lereya | |||||||||
| 286 | Delarubied | See: Benrubi | ||||||||||
| 287 | Delbaz | Arabic | Derives from Elbaz = the falcon preceded by contracted Spanish de = of | |||||||||
| 288 | Delereya | See: Lereya | ||||||||||
| 289 | Demayo | De Mayo | Maev/ Mayev | Mayo | Spanish | 1. Derives from mayo = month of May 2. mayo= the name of a tree decorated with ribbons that grows at the entrance of a house.Surname found in Mallen, Spain in 1589 (Ref.:Motis Delader, M.A.:Documentos sobre los judios de Borja (Zaragoza) 1455-1500, 1988. Doc.#143) | ||||||
| 290 | Diamante | Spanish | Diamond | |||||||||
| 291 | Diba | Deba | Spanish | Toponym of Deba a locality in Guipuzcoa province, Spain | ||||||||
| 292 | Diga | Italian or Ladino | 1. Pier, breakwater, a nickname for someone very strong 2.Second person of imperative tense of the verb "decir"= to tell; Can to be a nickname of someone who used to say many times "diga me" = tell me | |||||||||
| 293 | Djain | Spanish | Toponym of Jaen, province of Jaen, Spain | |||||||||
| 294 | Djaldeti | Jaldeti | See: Jaldeti | |||||||||
| 295 | Djerassi | Italian | Toponym of Geraci, a Sicilian Jewish community. Before the great fire that destroyed the whole Jewish quarter of Saloniki, this family used to pray in the Sicilia Yashan (old) synagogue [Molho, M Synagogues. in: Saloniki Ir vaEm Beisrael. Tel Aviv, 1967] | |||||||||
| 296 | Djibra | See: Djivre | ||||||||||
| 297 | Djivan | Turkish | Derives from ‘civan’ = young man | |||||||||
| 298 | Djivre | Djibra | Djivri | Hebrew | Derives from Gibre = masculine or my man; Surname spelled Gibre found in 1350 in Mirande de Ebro,Spain (Ref., Sefarad, 1942, 2,2: 325-375) | |||||||
| 299 | Djivri | See: Djivre | ||||||||||
| 300 | Djusto | Spanish | Derives from justo = Just, fair, honest. Probably a translation from the Hebrew ‘tsadik’ |