Mejia (surname)

Mejia (surname)
Mejia
Family name
Meaning Possibly a religious byname, from a vernacular form of the Latin Messias[1][2]
Region of origin Spain
Related names MEJIAS, MEGIA, MEGIAS, MASCHIA and MASHIACH

Mejia or Mejía, also written as Mexia or Mejias, is a Spanish surname of Jewish origin meaning messiah. It was first found in Galicia - an autonomous community in northwest Spain,[3] after the Spanish obliged the Jewish settlers to change their surname to Castillian.[4]

People with the surname Mejia

  • Diego Mejía (born 1982), Salvadoran football forward
  • Edgar Mejía (born 1988), Mexican footballer
  • Hermann Mejia (born 1973), Venezuelan-born illustrator and painter
  • Natalie Mejia (born 1988), Mexican American musician
  • Roberto Mejía (born 1972), Dominican Republic baseball player
  • Sammy Mejia (born 1983), Dominican American basketball player
  • Jenrry Mejía (born 1989), Dominican baseball player

References

  1. ^ http://www.4crests.com/mejia-coat-of-arms.html
  2. ^ http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Mejia-family-history.ashx
  3. ^ http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/mejia-family-crest.htm
  4. ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/6078304/Apellidos-Sefarditas

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