De la Mora (surname)
De la Mora is a surname. "De la," in several Romance languages (including Spanish and Romanian), means "from." "Mora," in Spanish, translates to "mulberry."
Etymology
"Mora" might denote places in the Spanish provinces of Albacete, León, , Navarre, Toledo (town of Mora), or Mexican province of Guanajuato (town of Doctor Mora).
"Mora" might represent a toponymic surname for a family who lives or lived where mulberries grow or grew.
"Mora," might be part of an ethnic phrase that means "the Moorish woman's son," from mora "(female) Moor."
Similar surnames: Del Moral, Lamora, Delamar, De Moura, De La Torre, Della Porta.[1]
People with the surname
- Alexandra de la Mora (born 1980), Mexican actress
- Brittni de La Mora (born 1987), American pornographic actress
- David de la Mora (born 1989), Mexican boxer
- Enrique de la Mora (1907–1978), Mexian architect
- Fernando de la Mora (politician) (1773–1835), Paraguayan statesman
- Fernando de la Mora (tenor) (born 1958), Mexican operatic tenor
- Francisco de la Mora y Ceballos Spanish military officer and merchant
- Georgina de la Mora, American pastor
- Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora (1924–2002), Spanish essayist and politician
- Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora (born 1943), Mexican author, playwright, and critic
- Itzel Ríos de la Mora (born 1978), Mexican politician
- Marco Fabián de la Mora (born 1989), Mexican soccer player
- Sergio José de la Mora, American pastor
- Ximena Puente de la Mora (born 1977), Mexican lawyer, academic, researcher, and politician
See also
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names: "De la Mora," (Vol. 1 of 3: "A–F"), Patrick Hanks (ed.), Oxford University Press (2003), pps. 429–430; OCLC 427704494
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