Ecuadorian Name Generator
Coast, Sierra and Kichwa names from Ecuador
500 Ecuadorian names: coastal and highland surnames such as Zambrano, Intriago and Pazmiño, Kichwa surnames such as Quishpe and Guamán, Kichwa first names such as Inti and Sisa, and full names with two surnames such as Darwin Yagual Tomalá.
About Ecuadorian names
Ecuadorians use the Spanish system of two surnames: the father's first surname, then the mother's. Darwin Yagual Tomalá has a Yagual father and a Tomalá mother, and day to day he is Darwin Yagual. Two given names are common, and first names borrowed from history and abroad, such as Washington, Jefferson, Byron, Stalin and Lenin, all turn up.
What sets Ecuador apart from its neighbors is the surname stock, which changes by region. Manabí on the coast is home to Zambrano, Cedeño, Intriago, Loor and Alcívar, and the Santa Elena peninsula keeps indigenous coastal surnames such as Yagual, Tomalá and Quimí. Esmeraldas and the Chota valley, the centers of Afro-Ecuadorian life, have Ayoví, Nazareno, Chalá and Anangonó. The highlands mix old Quito and Cuenca families such as Chiriboga and Vintimilla with Kichwa surnames: Quishpe and Guamán everywhere, Cachiguango and Lema around Otavalo, Toaquiza in Cotopaxi, Yuquilema in Chimborazo and Sarango among the Saraguro. In the Amazon, Grefa and Tapuy are Napo Kichwa, Chumpi and Ankuash are Shuar and Nenquimo is Waorani.
Kichwa first names such as Inti (sun), Sisa (flower), Nina (fire) and Rumi (stone) have become more common in recent decades, first in indigenous families and now beyond them. Confirm a spelling with an Ecuadorian source before you rely on it.
How to choose Ecuadorian names
- Put the surnames in the right order: father's first, mother's second. In speech only the first is used, so María Augusta Pazmiño Proaño is Señora Pazmiño.
- Keep a region together. A character from Manabí can be a Cedeño Alcívar or a Macías Párraga, an Otavalo weaver a Cachiguango or a Muenala, and a footballer from Esmeraldas an Ayoví or a Nazareno.
- For a single surname that reads as Ecuadorian at once, pick one the neighbors do not share: Intriago, Loor, Chiriboga, Pazmiño, Quishpe or Pilataxi.
- Kichwa first names go with any surname today. Inti Cachimuel Muenala is traditional, and a Sisa or a Sami with a Spanish surname is just as likely in Quito.
- Shuar and Waorani surnames such as Tsamaraint and Enomenga belong to small Amazonian nations. Use them with care, and only for characters from those communities.
Frequently asked questions
How do Ecuadorian names work?
A full legal name has one or two given names and two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, as in Byron Vélez Mieles or Rosa Elena Tituaña Cachiguango. Women keep their own surnames after marriage. In daily life most people use one given name and the first surname.
What are typical Ecuadorian last names?
The most common surnames overall are ones the whole Spanish-speaking world shares, but the distinctive stock is regional: Zambrano, Cedeño, Loor and Intriago in Manabí, Pazmiño, Proaño and Jácome in Quito and the central highlands, Vintimilla and Tamariz in Cuenca, and Eguiguren and Burneo in Loja. Kichwa surnames such as Quishpe, Guamán, Chicaiza and Toapanta are among the most widespread in the Sierra.
How is this page different from the Quechua name generator?
The Quechua page has indigenous names only, from across the Andes. This page covers the whole country: mestizo, Afro-Ecuadorian, coastal, Lebanese-Ecuadorian and Amazonian names as well as the Kichwa ones. It uses the spellings of Ecuador, where the language is called Kichwa and the surnames are written Quishpe and Guamán, not Quispe and Huamán as in Peru.
Why are Stalin, Lenin and Washington on the list?
Because Ecuadorians use them. Parents, especially on the coast, have long named children after foreign statesmen, scientists and writers, so Darwin, Jefferson, Byron, Franklin and Édison are ordinary first names. They carry no political message.
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All 500 Ecuadorian names
A: 39 names
- Abdón
- Abel Paqui Poma
- Achik
- Adum
- Aguinda
- Ahua
- Alberto Angulo Klinger
- Alcívar
- Alexandra Vaca Proaño
- Amaguaña
- Amaru
- Ana Cristina Garaicoa Illingworth
- Ana Lucía Vásconez Villacís
- Anahí
- Anangonó
- Anchundia
- Andi
- Andrango
- Ángel Benigno Sarango Cartuche
- Ángel Gabriel Cobeña Vera
- Ángel Pilamunga Atupaña
- Angie Orrala Quimí
- Angulo
- Anilema
- Ankuash
- Anrango
- Apawki
- Arízaga
- Arosemena
- Arteta
- Ascázubi
- Aspiazu
- Asqui
- Atahualpa
- Atamaint
- Atupaña
- Aucancela
- Auki
- Ayoví
B: 17 names
- Baihua
- Bajaña
- Baltazar Mullo Guacho
- Baquerizo
- Barberán
- Basurto
- Blanca Narváez Benavides
- Bolívar
- Bolívar Villacrés Lalama
- Bone
- Borbor
- Borrero
- Bryan Steven Anchundia Mero
- Buñay
- Burneo
- Byron
- Byron Vélez Mieles
C: 49 names
- Cabascango
- Cachiguango
- Cachimuel
- Cacuango
- Caicedo
- Caiza
- Calapucha
- Camuendo
- Cangá
- Carabalí
- Carbo
- Carlos Julio Villamar Mora
- Carmen Amelia Rezabala Intriago
- Carmen Simbaña Pumisacho
- Carmita
- Carmita Samaniego Jaramillo
- Carrión
- Cartuche
- Catagua
- Catucuamba
- Cedeño
- Cerda
- César Guamangate Tigasi
- Cevallos
C, continued
- Chalá
- Chalán
- Chasiquiza
- Chicaiza
- Chilán
- Chiluisa
- Chiriap
- Chiriboga
- Chóez
- Cholango
- Chumpi
- Cobeña
- Cochea
- Conejo
- Congo
- Coquinche
- Cordero
- Corozo
- Cotacachi
- Crespo
- Cristhian Vinces Moreira
- Cuasapaz
- Cuero
- Cumandá
- Cungachi
D: 16 names
- Dahua
- Daniela Carrión Eguiguren
- Daquilema
- Darwin
- Darwin Yagual Tomalá
- Dassum
- Dávalos
- Dayana
- Dayana Menéndez Santana
- Del Pezo
- Delfina Duchi Cungachi
- Digna
- Doménica
- Doménica Icaza Arosemena
- Donoso
- Duchi
E: 18 names
- Eddy Tubay Quijije
- Édison
- Edwin Sevilla Tapia
- Egas
- Eguiguren
- Elizalde
- Eljuri
- Eloy
- Elsa Marina Montalvo Viteri
- Emilio José Aspiazu Noboa
- Endara
- Enomenga
- Enqueri
- Espín
- Espinales
- Esteban Ordóñez Crespo
- Estupiñán
- Evelyn Bailón Chávez
F: 9 names
- Farinango
- Fausto
- Fausto Naranjo Mera
- Febres-Cordero
- Francisco Javier Ascázubi Zaldumbide
- Francisco Sagñay Malán
- Franklin
- Freddy
- Freddy Lainez Gonzabay
G: 24 names
- Galo
- Galo Peñaherrera Játiva
- Ganchozo
- Gangotena
- Garaicoa
- Gema Palma Cedeño
- Génesis
- Génesis Nicole Intriago Vera
- Geovanny
- Germán Hidalgo Vásconez
- Giler
- Gladys Guerrero Salazar
- Gonzabay
- Grefa
- Guacho
- Guaillas
- Gualán
- Gualinga
- Guamán
- Guamangate
- Guanoluisa
- Guaraca
- Guerrón
- Guzñay
H: 6 names
- Héctor Cochea Bacilio
- Hernán Cadena Pozo
- Holger
- Holger Moreira Giler
- Holguín
- Huatatoca
I: 9 names
- Icaza
- Illingworth
- Imbaquingo
- Inti
- Inti Cachimuel Muenala
- Intriago
- Isabel Montúfar Pallares
- Iván Lastra Congo
- Iza
J: 27 names
- Jackson Cuero Estupiñán
- Jácome
- Jaime Arturo Sandoval Cárdenas
- Jairala
- Jairo Quiñónez Caicedo
- Japón
- Jaramillo
- Játiva
- Jefferson
- Jefferson Andrés Zambrano Loor
- Jenniffer Figueroa Bajaña
- Jéssica Holguín Reyes
- Jhon Jairo Pillasagua Lino
- Jhonny
- Jijón
- Jimpikit
- Jordy Chóez Delgado
- Jorge Elías Jairala Auad
- José Antonio Tenemaza Buñay
- José Ignacio Donoso Dávalos
- José Manuel Quishpe Guamán
- Juan José Caiza Chicaiza
- Juan Sebastián Egas Arteta
- Juan Xavier Baquerizo Carbo
- Juana Guzñay Yautibug
- Juank
- Julio César Ronquillo Franco
K: 14 names
- Katherine Loor Zambrano
- Katty Caicedo Quiñónez
- Kayap
- Kerly Borbor Suárez
- Killa
- Kinti
- Kléber
- Kléber Cevallos Moreira
- Klinger
- Kronfle
- Kuntur
- Kuri
- Kuri Japón Zhunaula
- Kuyllur
L: 19 names
- Lainez
- Lanchimba
- Larrea
- Lastra
- Lema
- Lenin
- Leonela Espinales Párraga
- Leonidas
- Licuy
- Lino
- Loor
- Lorena Cabrera Ochoa
- Lorenzo Ugsha Umajinga
- Lourdes Recalde Zurita
- Luis Alberto Cotacachi Anrango
- Luis Alfredo Burgos Peñafiel
- Luis Fernando Chiriboga Larrea
- Luis Pichisaca Mayancela
- Luz América Corozo Bone
M: 56 names
- Macas
- Machoa
- Macías
- Magdalena Suasnavas Tinajero
- Malán
- Malavé
- Males
- Malki
- Mamallacta
- Manuel Ulcuango Lanchimba
- Manuela
- Manuela Naula Daquilema
- Marco Vinicio Andrade Almeida
- María Asunción Gualán Chalán
- María Augusta Pazmiño Proaño
- María Belén Rosero Endara
- María Dolores Eguiguren Burneo
- María Fernanda Cedeño Alcívar
- María Gracia Santistevan Elizalde
- María Juana Cholango Tutillo
- María Olimpia Guanoluisa Sangucho
- María Paz Malo Moscoso
- María Petrona Anilema Aucancela
- María Rosa Guaraca Yuquilema
- María Tránsito Chiluisa Toaquiza
- Marieta
- Maritza
- Mariuxi
M, continued
- Mariuxi Mendoza Pico
- Marjorie Catagua Chilán
- Marlon
- Mashu
- Matilde
- Máximo Cueva Ojeda
- Mayancela
- Medardo
- Melany Tigrero Malavé
- Mera
- Mercedes Catucuamba Quilumbaquí
- Mero
- Mieles
- Milton
- Milton Moncayo Enríquez
- Mina
- Minda
- Mishell
- Mónica Ruales Revelo
- Monserrate
- Monserrate Vera Solórzano
- Montalvo
- Montúfar
- Moreira
- Morocho
- Moscoso
- Muenala
- Mullo
N: 17 names
- Nadia Kronfle Eljuri
- Nantip
- Naranjo
- Narcisa
- Narcisa Quijije Pincay
- Nathaly
- Naula
- Nazareno
- Nelly Freire Altamirano
- Nelly Guerrón Tadeo
- Nenquimo
- Nina
- Nina Farinango Cabascango
- Nixon Ayoví Nazareno
- Noboa
- Noteno
- Ñusta
O: 6 names
- Olmedo
- Omene
- Ordóñez
- Orrala
- Oswaldo
- Oswaldo Cisneros Paredes
P: 36 names
- Pablo Arízaga Tamariz
- Pacari
- Pacari Morocho Asqui
- Pallares
- Panchana
- Paola Troya Macías
- Paqui
- Párraga
- Paspuel
- Patricio Espín Jácome
- Paucar
- Paulina Bustamante Ponce
- Pazmiño
- Pedro Pablo Avilés Alvarado
- Pedro Toapanta Tipán
- Peñaherrera
- Perugachi
- Pesántez
- Pichisaca
- Pico
- Picuasi
- Piedad
- Piedad Viteri Tobar
- Pilamunga
- Pilataxi
- Pillajo
- Pillasagua
- Pincay
- Plúas
- Poma
- Porozo
- Preciado
- Proaño
- Pujupat
- Pumisacho
- Puwainchir
Q: 7 names
- Quijije
- Quilumbaquí
- Quimí
- Quinche
- Quiñónez
- Quishpe
- Quizhpi
R: 21 names
- Rafaela
- Ramón Alcívar Bravo
- Raúl Tamayo Pazmiño
- Recalde
- Remache
- Renán Chalá Minda
- Rezabala
- Riofrío
- Rocío Yépez Terán
- Rodrigo Ubidia Uquillas
- Ronny Del Pezo Catuto
- Ronquillo
- Rosa Elena Tituaña Cachiguango
- Rosa Elvira Carranza Coello
- Rosa María Paspuel Cuasapaz
- Rosa Quizhpi Tenesaca
- Rosalba Porozo Cangá
- Rosero
- Rumi
- Rumiñahui
- Ruth Elizabeth Pesántez Ávila
S: 32 names
- Saant
- Sacha
- Sagñay
- Samaniego
- Samay
- Sami
- Sami Yamberla Santillán
- Sangucho
- Santi
- Santiago Borrero Cordero
- Santillán
- Santistevan
- Sarango
- Sayri
- Segundo
- Segundo Chamorro Yandún
- Segundo Pilataxi Lema
- Shakai
- Sharup
- Shiguango
- Shirley Morán Plúas
- Shyri
- Simbaña
- Siquihua
- Sisa
- Sisa Conejo Quinche
- Solórzano
- Stalin
- Stalin Pico Basurto
- Suasnavas
- Sumak
- Susana Gangotena Jijón
T: 32 names
- Tadeo
- Tamariz
- Tamia
- Tamia Vacacela Guaillas
- Tanguila
- Tapuy
- Tatiana Cobeña Zambrano
- Tenemaza
- Tenesaca
- Teodoro Abad Peña
- Terán
- Tibán
- Tigasi
- Tigrero
- Tinajero
- Tipán
- Tito Barberán Macías
- Tituaña
- Tiwi
- Toa
- Toapanta
- Toaquiza
- Tobar
- Tomalá
- Tránsito
- Tsakimp
- Tsamaraint
- Tubay
- Tukup
- Tunki
- Tupak
- Tutillo
U: 4 names
- Ugsha
- Ulcuango
- Umajinga
- Uquillas
V: 12 names
- Vacacela
- Valdivieso
- Vásconez
- Verónica Ayala Bedón
- Víctor Manuel Saltos Mendoza
- Villacís
- Villacrés
- Villón
- Vinicio
- Vinicio Valdivieso Riofrío
- Vintimilla
- Viteri
W: 8 names
- Wachapa
- Wampash
- Washington
- Washington Macías Párraga
- Wayra
- Wilmer
- Wilmer Panchana Villón
- Wilson Guevara Villacís
X: 1 name
- Ximena Toral Vintimilla
Y: 15 names
- Yadira
- Yagual
- Yaku
- Yaku Perugachi Picuasi
- Yamberla
- Yamil Dassum Adum
- Yampik
- Yandún
- Yankuam
- Yarina
- Yautibug
- Yépez
- Yesenia Mina Preciado
- Yuliana Párraga Ganchozo
- Yuquilema