Belizean Name Generator
Kriol, Mestizo, Maya, Garifuna and Mennonite full names
Belizean full names in the country's real mix: Kriol names like Winston Tillett and Joycelyn Usher, Mestizo names like Hilberto Novelo, Maya families such as Domingo Coc and Petrona Choc, Garifuna names like Cyril Palacio and Mennonite names like Abram Friesen.
About Belizean names
Belize is the one country in Central America where English is the official language, and its names show several communities living side by side. Kriol families carry British and other European surnames that have become local markers: Tillett, Usher, Gillett, Flowers, Cadle, Belisle and Hyde are everyday names in Belize City and the river villages. Mestizo families, strongest in Corozal, Orange Walk and Cayo, bring Spanish names such as Novelo, Ayuso, Rosado and Alamilla, and many northern families carry Yucatec Maya surnames like Ake, Cocom, Canul and Pech.
In the south the Q'eqchi' and Mopan Maya of Toledo have short family names, often a single syllable: Coc, Choc, Pop, Cal, Cho, Bol and Sho. The Garifuna towns of Dangriga, Hopkins, Seine Bight and Punta Gorda are home to the Palacio, Arzu, Cayetano and Lambey families, whose Spanish-looking surnames sit beside English given names. Mennonite farming settlements such as Spanish Lookout and Shipyard add Low German family names like Friesen, Reimer, Penner and Dueck.
The 500 entries follow the everyday Belizean pattern of a given name and one surname, with a few middle names. They come in nine groups: Kriol men and women, Mestizo men and women, northern Maya, southern Maya, Garifuna, Mennonite and three-part names. Each entry is a fresh pairing, not the name of a particular person.
How to choose Belizean names
- Match the surname to the district. Tillett, Usher and Flowers fit Belize City and the Belize River valley, Novelo and Ayuso fit Orange Walk and Corozal, Coc and Choc fit the villages of Toledo, and Arzu and Lambey fit Dangriga and the southern coast.
- Use one surname. Spanish-speaking Belizeans usually go by a single family name in school, work and the press, so Marisol Perdomo is more typical than a two-surname form.
- Write Spanish surnames the way Belizean records tend to, without accent marks, as in Galvez, Gongora and Mejia. The letter ñ is sometimes kept, as in Nuñez and Magaña.
- Pick the given name by generation. Egbert, Hortence and Winnifred suit grandparents, Dwayne and Latoya their children, and Tevin, Kayla or Shanice the grandchildren.
- For a Mennonite character stay with the small stock of biblical and German given names, such as Abram, Heinrich, Katharina and Aganetha, paired with one of a few dozen family names.
Frequently asked questions
What are common Belizean last names?
It depends on the community. Kriol families are known for Tillett, Usher, Gillett, Flowers, Cadle and Hyde, Mestizo families for Novelo, Ayuso, Rosado and Perdomo, Maya families for Coc, Choc, Pop and Cal, and Garifuna families for Palacio, Arzu, Cayetano and Lambey. The list pairs each of these with given names that fit, as in Winston Tillett, Domingo Coc and Clotilda Cayetano.
Why do Maya surnames in Belize look so short?
Q'eqchi' and Mopan family names are often one syllable, such as Coc, Pop, Cal, Bol, Sho and Ba, and they are usually paired with Spanish saints' names. That gives full names like Petrona Choc and Basilio Cho. In the north, Yucatec Maya surnames are a little longer, as in Anastacio Ake and Eulogio Cocom.
Do Belizeans use two surnames like other Central Americans?
Mostly not. Belize was a British colony and keeps the English habit of a given name, sometimes a middle name, and one family name, so the list has entries like Jose Luis Novelo and Marie Therese Belisle with a single surname. Some Spanish-speaking families do use both parents' surnames, but it is less common than in Guatemala or Mexico.
Are these the names of real people?
No entry is meant to name a particular person. The given names and surnames are ones Belizeans carry, the list was drafted by pairing them, and we tried to leave out the full names of well-known public figures. With common surnames a pairing can still match a private person by chance, so treat any match as a coincidence.
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All 500 Belizean names
A: 44 names
- Abelardo Bobadilla
- Abigail Meighan
- Abner Medina
- Abram Friesen
- Adela Medina
- Adelina Bol
- Adrian Manzanero
- Adriano Ical
- Aganetha Wiebe
- Agapito Cucul
- Agatha Fehr
- Agatha Palacio
- Agripina Cucul
- Akeem Wade
- Alberto Magaña
- Alfredo Bo
- Alma Acosta
- Althea Westby
- Alton Staine
- Alvin Paulino
- Alyssa Marie Hyde
- Amalia Catzim
- Ambrose Valentine
- Amelia Shal
- Amira Saldivar
- Ana Lucia Alamilla
- Anabel Cansino
- Anastacio Ake
- Andres Mes
- Angelina Tiul
- Anita Caal
- Anita Centeno
- Anna Friesen
- Anselmo Caal
- Anthony Suazo
- Apolonio Pau
- Aracely Urbina
- Armando Perdomo
- Aron Barkman
- Arturo Aguilar
- Ashton Lightburn
- Audrey Gentle
- Aurelia Tut
- Aurelio Chee
B: 17 names
- Bartolo Tzul
- Basilia Cowo
- Basilio Cho
- Beatriz Mejia
- Benita Lino
- Benito Lizarraga
- Bernadette Gabourel
- Bernadine Arzu
- Bernard Cayetano
- Bernardino Cawich
- Bernhard Klassen
- Bertram Pascascio
- Beverly Sutherland
- Blanca Alamilla
- Brenda Welch
- Britney Shanelle Gentle
- Byron Swasey
C: 26 names
- Calbert Garnett
- Candelaria Coc
- Candice Garnett
- Candido Chan
- Carl Michael Tillett
- Carlos Verde
- Carlton Swift
- Carmelita Aragon
- Casimira Chuc
- Catarina Rash
- Cecilia Mariano
- Celestino Teul
- Celia Sansores
- Cesar Leiva
- Chantel Middleton
- Clifford Lambey
- Clinton Gentle
- Clive Morter
- Clotilda Cayetano
- Concepcion Montalvo
- Conrad Serano
- Cornelius Dyck
- Cristina Chen
- Cristobal Bol
- Cynthia Waight
- Cyril Palacio
D: 24 names
- Dalila Alpuche
- Daphne Bevans
- Dario Heredia
- Darius Sabal
- Darrell Goff
- David Harder
- Delmy Moreno
- Delroy Anthony Usher
- Denise Neal
- Desiderio Chi
- Desiree Lambey
- Desmond Centeno
- Devon Neal
- Dietrich Rempel
- Dionisia Itza
- Dionisio Lino
- Dolores Novelo
- Dominga Aranda
- Dominga Tzul
- Domingo Coc
- Dora Trejo
- Dorian Tucker
- Dorla Cadle
- Dwayne Flowers
E: 36 names
- Ebony Moody
- Eduardo Urbina
- Efrain Guerra
- Egbert Cadle
- Eleanor Banner
- Elena Arceo
- Eligio Mariano
- Elisabeth Thiessen
- Eliseo Mejia
- Elodio Galvez
- Elvia Cus
- Elvira Ayuso
- Emerson Fuller
- Emeterio Assi
- Emilia Vellos
- Emiliana Teul
- Emilio Alamilla
- Ernest Haylock
- Ernestina Canti
- Ernesto Aldana
- Errol Westby
- Esperanza Baeza
- Esteban Gongora
- Estela Navarro
- Estelle Goff
- Eufemia Loredo
- Eufemia Mesh
- Eugene Arzu
- Eugenio Rash
- Eulalia Arana
- Eulalia Yaxcal
- Eulogio Cocom
- Eustace Nicholas
- Eustaquia Pech
- Eva Loewen
- Evaristo Mis
F: 22 names
- Fabian Roches
- Fatima Verde
- Faustino Canul
- Fausto Aragon
- Felicia Wade
- Feliciano Coy
- Felicita Cacho
- Felicita Cho
- Felipe Escalante
- Felix Loredo
- Fermina Miguel
- Fidel Espejo
- Filomena Pat
- Florence Parham
- Florencia Sho
- Florencio Baeza
- Florentino Ack
- Florinda Bochub
- Florita Avila
- Floyd Welch
- Francine Broaster
- Franz Wiebe
G: 19 names
- Gabriela Azueta
- Gaspar Contreras
- Georgia Grant
- Gerhard Plett
- Gertrude Noralez
- Gilbert Arana
- Gilberto Montalvo
- Gilroy Waight
- Glenda Bradley
- Glenford Gabourel
- Gloria Villanueva
- Godwin Pitts
- Graciela Bobadilla
- Gregoria Poot
- Gregoria Quib
- Griselda Nuñez
- Gumercindo Pech
- Gwen Zuniga
- Gwendolyn Longsworth
H: 20 names
- Harold Augustine
- Harrison Hemmans
- Hazel Fuller
- Heinrich Dueck
- Helena Penner
- Heriberto Moreno
- Hermelinda Makin
- Hermelindo Tun
- Herminia Badillo
- Hilario Sam
- Hilberto Novelo
- Hilda Ortega
- Hipolita Puc
- Hipolito Miguel
- Horace Myvett
- Hortence Burgess
- Hortensia Augustine
- Hubert Bevans
- Hugo Cuellar
- Hyacinth Haylock
I: 18 names
- Ignacia Nolberto
- Ignacio Navarro
- Ileana Blanco
- Imelda Alcoser
- Ines Zetina
- Ingrid Myvett
- Inocencio Uck
- Iris Hemmans
- Irma Pacheco
- Isaak Thiessen
- Isabela Bo
- Isidora Teck
- Isidora Velasquez
- Isidoro Zuniga
- Isidro Correa
- Ismael Cervantes
- Israel Carballo
- Ivor Broaster
J: 27 names
- Jacinto Mai
- Jacob Reimer
- Jahmar Tyrell Cadle
- Jaime Salazar
- Janelle Humes
- Jasmine Quallo
- Javier Sabido
- Jermaine Banner
- Jerome Bradley
- Jewel Cain
- Johan Penner
- John Paul Arzu
- Jorge Villanueva
- Jose Luis Novelo
- Josefina Paz
- Josephine Bernardez
- Joycelyn Usher
- Juan Carlos Rosado
- Juana Chiac
- Juanita Burgos
- Juliana Tuyub
- Julio Nuñez
- Justina Froese
- Justina Saqui
- Justina Suazo
- Justino Ico
- Justo Noralez
K: 14 names
- Kadeem Jenkins
- Karen Thurton
- Karina Carballo
- Karla Yesenia Magaña
- Katharina Reimer
- Katherine Serano
- Kayla Panton
- Keisha Card
- Keith Burgess
- Kendra Jenkins
- Kenrick Usher
- Kenroy Emmanuel Flowers
- Kevin Lambey
- Klaas Kornelsen
L: 28 names
- Latisha Pitts
- Latoya Garbutt
- Lavern Coleman
- Lazaro Burgos
- Leandro Enriquez
- Lennox Gillett
- Leocadio May
- Leonarda Coh
- Leonardo Kus
- Leonel Ortega
- Leonie Apolonio
- Leroy August
- Leticia Cervantes
- Librada Tzib
- Ligorio Ash
- Lincoln Bernardez
- Lincoln Pollard
- Lionel Longsworth
- Lloyd Lamb
- Lorenzo Benguche
- Lorna Flowers
- Lourdes Peraza
- Lucas Ba
- Lucia Carrillo
- Lucille Casimiro
- Luis Alberto Pech
- Luis Vellos
- Lupita Campos
M: 41 names
- Macario Pott
- Manuel Zetina
- Manuela Pop
- Marcelina Tesecum
- Marcelina Yam
- Marcelino Ayuso
- Marcella Sabal
- Marcelo Nolberto
- Marco Encalada
- Marcos Pop
- Marcus Casimiro
- Margaretha Dyck
- Maria Elena Ayuso
- Maria Kornelsen
- Maria Santos Pop
- Mariano Chun
- Maribel Correa
- Marie Therese Belisle
- Mario Blanco
- Marisol Perdomo
- Marleni Aguilar
- Marlon Card
- Marta Contreras
- Martina Ical
- Marva Gillett
- Mary Agnes Cayetano
- Mateo Bautista
- Matilda Ogaldez
- Matilde Coy
- Matthias Cacho
- Melonie Courtenay
- Melvin Humes
- Menno Koop
- Mercedes Bautista
- Miguel Angel Canul
- Miguel Trejo
- Mirna Pineda
- Modesto Sub
- Monique Lamb
- Morris Slusher
- Myrna Belisle
N: 17 names
- Nadine Leslie
- Narcisa Chable
- Narciso Pacheco
- Nathaniel Thurton
- Natividad Ciego
- Natividad Ico
- Nazario Patt
- Nelly Escalante
- Nestor Badillo
- Neta Neufeld
- Neville Lennen
- Nicasio Sho
- Nigel Garbutt
- Nora Gutierrez
- Norbert Ciego
- Norma Requena
- Norris Sampson
O: 13 names
- Odessa Craig
- Odilia Riverol
- Ofelia Rosado
- Olegario Keme
- Olga Espejo
- Olive Rhaburn
- Olivia Colon
- Omar Sansores
- Orlando Alcoser
- Oscar Campos
- Osmond Colon
- Oswald Locke
- Otilia Cunil
P: 22 names
- Pablo Cansino
- Pantaleon Ogaldez
- Pascual Ishim
- Patrice Lennen
- Paula Ake
- Paula Paulino
- Paulette Dawson
- Paulina Ack
- Pauline Robateau
- Pedro Figueroa
- Pedro Pablo Cal
- Percival Craig
- Perla Gongora
- Peter Banman
- Petrona Benguche
- Petrona Choc
- Phyllis Arzu
- Pilar Galvez
- Placida Chub
- Porfirio Kumul
- Primitivo Bah
- Pulcheria Ba
R: 31 names
- Rafael Alpuche
- Ramon Gutierrez
- Ramona Cawich
- Raymond Dawson
- Raymundo Peck
- Reginald McKoy
- Reina Sabido
- Rene Dominguez
- Reynaldo Paz
- Rhonda Reneau
- Ricardo Arceo
- Rigoberto Rosado
- Rita Diego
- Roberto Acosta
- Rolando Apolonio
- Rosa Figueroa
- Rosa Maria Chan
- Rosalia Guerra
- Rosalind Valentine
- Rosalio Tush
- Rosaria Cal
- Rosendo Ku
- Rosita Cuellar
- Roxanne Eiley
- Roy Velasquez
- Ruben Avila
- Rudolph Belisle
- Rufina Ishim
- Rufus Diego
- Rupert Leslie
- Russell Trapp
S: 28 names
- Salvador Peraza
- Sandra Heredia
- Santa Mo
- Santiago Zaldivar
- Santos Chiac
- Sara Klassen
- Sarita Ellis
- Sebastian Choc
- Sebastiana Bah
- Secundino Saqui
- Selwyn Rhaburn
- Severiana Chan
- Shanae Latoya Gillett
- Shanice Tillett
- Shantel Locke
- Sharon Stuart
- Sheldon Meighan
- Sherlene Faber
- Silvana Petillo
- Silverio Chen
- Silverio Cob
- Silvia Salazar
- Simeon Ellis
- Simone Staine
- Sonia Encalada
- Stanley Rowland
- Steadman Eiley
- Susanna Dueck
T: 18 names
- Tamika McKoy
- Tanya Bowman
- Teodora Chee
- Teodoro Pineda
- Teofilo Petillo
- Teresita Leiva
- Tevin Middleton
- Thelma Ferguson
- Theodora Enriquez
- Tiburcio Dzul
- Tiburcio Oh
- Timotea Ash
- Timoteo Salam
- Tina Plett
- Tomas Cal
- Tranquilina Chi
- Troy Yorke
- Tyrone Hyde
U: 3 names
- Ubaldo Requena
- Ulric Faber
- Ursula Swasey
V: 15 names
- Valentin Riverol
- Valerie Swift
- Vaughn Forman
- Venancio Ek
- Verna Forman
- Vernon Robateau
- Veronica Lizarraga
- Vicente Shal
- Victor Saldivar
- Victoria Chun
- Victoriana Canul
- Victoriano Cus
- Victorina Roches
- Vincent Aranda
- Virginia Assi
W: 10 names
- Warren Moody
- Wayne Frazer
- Wenceslao Balam
- Wendell Reneau
- Wilhelm Loewen
- Wilma Tucker
- Wilmer Azueta
- Wilton Conorquie
- Winnifred Frazer
- Winston Tillett
Y: 3 names
- Yadira Magaña
- Yolanda Dominguez
- Yvette Hyde