Mexican American Name Generator

Mexican American names across four generations

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Mexican American names for every generation of a family, such as Ashley Morales, Rudy Aguirre, Maria Elena Ruiz, Xochitl Ramirez and Marisol Vasquez-Reed. Spanish, English and bilingual first names are paired with Mexican surnames in the one-surname style used in the United States.

About Mexican American names

A Mexican American name tells you two things at once: the family's surname and the generation that chose the first name. Most entries here have a single surname, the way US documents record it, where a name in Mexico carries the father's surname and then the mother's. Accent marks are left off because American paperwork usually drops them (Hernandez, Garcia, Cantu, Jose), while the ñ is kept in surnames such as Treviño, Peña and Zuñiga.

The list follows a family through time. Immigrant grandparents keep compound Spanish names like Jose Luis Ayala and Maria del Carmen Rosales. Their children often got English names at school, so a Jose became Joe and a Consuelo became Connie, while relatives went on using short forms such as Lupe, Chuy and Beto at home. Later generations carry English first names (Ashley Morales, Brandon Salinas) or names that work in both languages (Mateo Garza, Sofia Trujillo).

Three smaller groups round it out. Surnames such as Archuleta, Lucero, Baca, Vigil and Cavazos belong to families in New Mexico and South Texas whose roots there are older than the border. Nahuatl and Maya given names, including Xochitl, Citlali and Ixchel, grew popular from the Chicano movement of the 1960s onward. Hyphenated surnames and Jr. or III forms mark blended families and sons named for their fathers.

How to choose Mexican American names

  • Pick the generation first. Refugio, Socorro and Jose Guadalupe suit a grandparent born in Mexico, Rudy, Connie and Mary Lou suit someone who went to school in the US around the 1950s, Ashley, Brandon and Tiffany suit a 1980s or 1990s birth, and Mateo and Camila suit a child today.
  • Give one character more than one name. A man can be Jesus Manuel on his birth certificate, Chuy to his mother and Jesse at work, and the name someone uses for him tells the reader how close they are.
  • Use the surname for place. Archuleta, Maestas and Vigil point to northern New Mexico, Cavazos, Longoria and Benavides to South Texas, and Yorba and Sepulveda to old California families.
  • A Jr. or III usually gets a household nickname so that two people do not answer at once: the son of Arturo Villa Sr. might be Art, Artie or simply Junior.
  • Decide on a spelling once. The same family can be Vasquez or Vazquez, Gonzalez or Gonzales, Treviño or Trevino, so pick one for your story and keep it on every page.

Frequently asked questions

What are common Mexican American last names?

Garcia, Hernandez, Martinez, Lopez, Gonzalez, Rodriguez, Perez, Sanchez and Ramirez lead the count, and several of them now rank among the most common surnames in the United States as a whole. This list spreads wider on purpose, with entries such as Tiffany Mendoza, Kevin Ochoa and Destiny Cantu, plus regional surnames like Archuleta, Lucero and Cavazos.

Do Mexican Americans use two last names?

In Mexico a person carries the father's surname followed by the mother's. In the United States most families settle on one, usually the father's, because forms have a single last-name box. Some keep both with a hyphen so the pair is read as one surname, and hyphens also mark blended families, as in Marisol Vasquez-Reed and Owen Cantu-Russo.

Why do the names here have no accent marks?

For decades many US record systems could not print accents, so Hernández became Hernandez and José became Jose on birth certificates, school rolls and licenses. Families often kept the Spanish pronunciation anyway. This list follows that document style throughout and keeps only the ñ, as in Lupe Saldaña and Ricardo Peña.

Where do names like Xochitl and Citlali come from?

Both are Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, which is still spoken in Mexico today: Xochitl means flower and Citlali means star. Ixchel is the name of a Maya goddess. Parents choose these names to honor indigenous ancestry, and the list pairs them with everyday surnames, as in Xochitl Ramirez and Tonatiuh Robles.

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A: 47 names

  • Aaron Velasquez
  • Abel Mercado Jr.
  • Adan Arellano Jr.
  • Adelina Saiz
  • Adrian Orozco
  • Adriana Rosas
  • Agapita Velarde
  • Alejandro Medina
  • Alex Carrasco
  • Alexa Arroyo
  • Alexis Esquivel
  • Alfredo Cabrera Jr.
  • Alice Verdugo
  • Alondra Ramos
  • Alonzo Tijerina
  • Alyssa Calderon
  • Amador Canales
  • Amanda Rios
  • Amaya Bernal
  • Amber Vega
  • Ameyalli Soto
  • Amparo Garibay
  • Ana Maria Villaseñor
  • Ana Sofia Olvera
  • Anahi Santos
  • Andrea Cuevas
  • Andrea Xochitl Pineda
  • Andres Cano
  • Andrew Campos
  • Andrew Schmidt-Morales
  • Angel Vera
  • Anthony Garcia
  • Apolinar Frias
  • April Zuñiga
  • Araceli Soto
  • Ariana Rodriguez
  • Armando Solis Jr.
  • Arnoldo Benavides
  • Arsenio Lujan
  • Art Villalobos
  • Arturo Villa Sr.
  • Ascencion Dominguez
  • Ashley Morales
  • Aurelia Olivares
  • Aurora Villanueva
  • Austin Ibarra
  • Ava Romero-Patel

B: 17 names

  • Baldemar Cavazos
  • Bea Cuellar
  • Becky Uribe
  • Benjamin Villa
  • Benny Baca
  • Beto Rosas
  • Bianca Bernal
  • Blake Sanchez
  • Blanca Estela Renteria
  • Blas Guerra
  • Bobby Zendejas
  • Bonifacio Lemus
  • Brandon Salinas
  • Brenda Castro
  • Brittany Sandoval
  • Bruno Sanchez
  • Bryan Arellano

C: 35 names

  • Cameron Ramirez
  • Camila Villarreal
  • Carlos Mendoza-Hughes
  • Carmen Fuentes O'Connor
  • Carolina Barajas
  • Cassandra Nava
  • Catalina Ponce
  • Celestino C de Baca
  • Celina Abeyta
  • Chad Gonzalez
  • Chava Venegas
  • Chela Portillo
  • Chelsea Rivas
  • Chloe Alvarez-Kim
  • Christina Suarez
  • Christopher Avila
  • Chuy Mendoza
  • Cipriano Mares
  • Citlali Aguirre
  • Citlalli Figueroa
  • Claudia Ortega
  • Cleofas Gurule
  • Cody Villarreal
  • Concha Leyva
  • Connie Zavala
  • Consuelo Armenta
  • Cordelia Quintana
  • Corey Villanueva
  • Courtney Fuentes
  • Craig Garcia
  • Crescencio Lira
  • Crystal Franco
  • Cuauhtemoc Zavala
  • Cuauhtli Espinoza
  • Cynthia Marin

D: 21 names

  • Damian Mercado
  • Daniel Lozano
  • Daniel Ortiz-Kowalski
  • Daniela Quintero
  • Danielle Miranda
  • Danny Becerra
  • Dante Barrera
  • David Zuñiga
  • Delfina Yzaguirre
  • Deluvina Ulibarri
  • Derek Cabrera
  • Desiree Valencia
  • Destiny Cantu
  • Diego Salas
  • Diego Tonatiuh Flores
  • Dolores Machado
  • Donaciano Chacon
  • Dora Montemayor
  • Dulce Roman
  • Dustin Galvan
  • Dylan Zamora

E: 38 names

  • Eddie Castillo
  • Edgar Ramos
  • Eduardo Guzman
  • Efrain Gomez
  • Ehecatl Juarez
  • Elena Esparza
  • Elena Ruiz-Sullivan
  • Elias Valenzuela
  • Elida Elizondo
  • Eloisa Tenorio
  • Eloy Archuleta
  • Emilia Cordova
  • Emiliano Valencia
  • Emma Enriquez
  • Emma Flores-Nguyen
  • Encarnacion Ybarra
  • Enrique Barrera IV
  • Epifanio Rael
  • Erendira Molina
  • Eric Pineda
  • Erica Escobar
  • Erick Fernandez
  • Erika Padilla
  • Erlinda Maestas
  • Ernest Yorba
  • Ernestina Olguin
  • Ernesto Rivas Sr.
  • Ernie Tafoya
  • Esequiel Torrez
  • Esmeralda Rojas
  • Esperanza Llamas
  • Esteban Beltran II
  • Esther Palacios
  • Ethan Gutierrez-Wong
  • Eufemia Sena
  • Eulalia Sotelo
  • Eusebio Saucedo
  • Eva Benavides

F: 11 names

  • Fabian Flores
  • Feliciana Manzanares
  • Felipe Lugo
  • Felipe Orozco Sr.
  • Fernando Soto
  • Filiberto Roybal
  • Florentino Mireles
  • Floyd Lucero
  • Francisco Javier Meza
  • Frank Carrasco
  • Freddy Anaya

G: 18 names

  • Gabriel Cuauhtemoc Lara
  • Gabriel Melendez
  • Gabriel Thompson-Garza
  • Gabriela Meza
  • Gael Suarez
  • Garrett Lopez
  • Genoveva Candelaria
  • Gerardo Mendez
  • Gilbert Yañez
  • Gloria Camacho
  • Goyo Rocha
  • Grace Murphy-Luna
  • Grant Parra
  • Guadalupe Romero
  • Guillermina Heredia
  • Guillermo Ibarra III
  • Gumaro Ruelas
  • Gustavo Moreno

H: 11 names

  • Hannah Cohen-Salinas
  • Heather Marquez
  • Hector Campos Jr.
  • Helen Corona
  • Henry Bustamante
  • Herman Lovato
  • Herminia Fierro
  • Hilario Saenz
  • Homero Falcon
  • Hortencia Otero
  • Hortensia Favela

I: 15 names

  • Ian Beltran
  • Iker Anaya
  • Iliana Perez
  • Irene Murillo
  • Isaac Bautista
  • Isabel Nieto
  • Isabel Ramos-Carter
  • Isabella Montoya
  • Isidro Camarillo
  • Ismael Jimenez
  • Itzcoatl Navarro
  • Itzel Moreno
  • Ivan Alvarado
  • Ixchel Sandoval
  • Izel Contreras

J: 42 names

  • J. Jesus Solorio
  • Jacqueline Huerta
  • Jaime Guerrero
  • Jasmine Sanchez
  • Jason Vazquez
  • Javier Aguilar
  • Jazmin Cortez
  • Jennifer Melendez
  • Jeremy Cardenas
  • Jesse Dominguez III
  • Jessica Herrera
  • Jessica Lopez Whitfield
  • Jesus Manuel Olvera
  • Jimmy Aranda
  • Joaquin Arredondo
  • Joe Rangel
  • Johnny Olvera
  • Jordan Hernandez
  • Jorge Luis Tirado
  • Jorge Santos
  • Jose Angel Rincon
  • Jose Antonio Plascencia
  • Jose de Jesus Ornelas
  • Jose Guadalupe Ceja
  • Jose Luis Ayala
  • Jose Maria Escamilla
  • Jose Refugio Tinoco
  • Jose Trinidad Zambrano
  • Josefa Higuera
  • Joshua Navarro
  • Josie Marin
  • Josue Alvarez
  • Juan Carlos Barajas
  • Juan Francisco Pedraza
  • Juan Jose Robledo
  • Juan Manuel Orozco
  • Juanita Garcia
  • Julian Perez-Schneider
  • Julian Zamora
  • Julieta Villegas
  • Julio Cisneros Sr.
  • Justin Delgado

K: 8 names

  • Karina Mendez
  • Kayla Duran
  • Kevin Ochoa
  • Kiko Leal
  • Kimberly Gallegos
  • Kristen Ramirez
  • Krystal Cuevas
  • Kyle Estrada

L: 28 names

  • Lalo Ponce
  • Lauren Mejia
  • Leo Guajardo
  • Leonardo Macias
  • Leonel Torres
  • Leroy Jaramillo
  • Leticia Guerrero
  • Lety Osorio
  • Librada Esquibel
  • Librado Vela
  • Licha Guajardo
  • Liliana Bravo
  • Lily Tanaka-Ochoa
  • Lizbeth Moreno
  • Lizette Jimenez
  • Logan Muñoz
  • Lola Andrade
  • Lorena Gutierrez
  • Lorenzo Zuñiga Jr.
  • Lucas Escobar
  • Lucas Hernandez-Park
  • Lucia Andrade
  • Lucy Caballero
  • Luis Alberto Magaña
  • Luis Rangel Jr.
  • Luna Marin
  • Lupe Saldaña
  • Lupita Sosa

M: 59 names

  • Macario Cedillo
  • Malinalli Ortega
  • Manny Villegas
  • Manuel Ortega Jr.
  • Manuelita Mestas
  • Marco Portillo
  • Marcos Ortega
  • Marcus Barrera
  • Marcus Diaz-Washington
  • Margie Segura
  • Maria Concepcion Urias
  • Maria Cristina Solorzano
  • Maria de Jesus Arreola
  • Maria de los Angeles Loera
  • Maria del Carmen Rosales
  • Maria Dolores Oropeza
  • Maria Elena Ruiz
  • Maria Elvira Jaimes
  • Maria Esther Carranza
  • Maria Guadalupe Tovar
  • Maria Isabel Covarrubias
  • Maria Luisa Tamayo
  • Maria Teresa Montañez
  • Maria Trinidad Quezada
  • Maribel Guzman
  • Maricela Diaz
  • Mario Calderon Jr.
  • Marisol Peña
  • Marisol Vasquez-Reed
  • Marlene Gomez
  • Martha Alicia Godinez
  • Martin Valencia Jr.
  • Mary Helen Lozano
  • Mary Lou Espinoza
  • Mateo Garza
  • Matias Aranda
  • Matthew Acosta
  • Max Armijo
  • Max Chapa
  • Maya Citlali Romero
  • Maya Varela
  • Mayra Fernandez
  • Meche Arroyo
  • Megan Figueroa
  • Melanie Tovar
  • Melissa Cervantes
  • Memo Zarate
  • Metztli Vargas
  • Mia Galvan
  • Michelle Mercado
  • Miguel Angel Cordova
  • Miguel Torres-Anderson
  • Minerva Longoria
  • Mireya Ortiz
  • Mitchell Martinez
  • Mixtli Herrera
  • Moises Cruz
  • Monica Alvarado
  • Monique Pacheco

N: 18 names

  • Nando Duarte
  • Natalia Nava
  • Natalie Esparza
  • Natalie Johnson-Treviño
  • Nathan Carrillo
  • Nayeli Estrada
  • Nena Chapa
  • Nestor Naranjo
  • Neto Galvan
  • Nico Leal
  • Nicolas Rangel
  • Nicole Juarez
  • Nina Sandoval-Reyes
  • Ninfa Leal
  • Noah Miller-Zamora
  • Noe Diaz
  • Noemi Flores
  • Norma Martinez

O: 13 names

  • Ofelia Valdivia
  • Olga Mora
  • Olivia Castillo-Jensen
  • Olivia Rocha
  • Ollin Guerrero
  • Omar Haddad-Rivera
  • Omar Padilla
  • Onofre Serna
  • Oralia de la Garza
  • Orlando Vigil
  • Oscar Fuentes III
  • Osvaldo Ortiz
  • Owen Cantu-Russo

P: 12 names

  • Paloma Parra
  • Pancho Nieto
  • Patsy Valle
  • Pedro Macias Jr.
  • Pedro Pablo Munguia
  • Pepe Hernandez
  • Perla Vargas
  • Petra Nevarez
  • Poncho Cano
  • Porfirio Sisneros
  • Priscilla Cisneros
  • Procopio Montaño

Q: 2 names

  • Quetzal Medina
  • Quetzalli Rios

R: 32 names

  • Rachel Bravo
  • Rachel Molina
  • Ralph Madrigal
  • Ramiro Lozano III
  • Ramon Antonio Casillas
  • Ramona Samaniego
  • Ramoncita Mondragon
  • Randy Cordova
  • Raul Vargas
  • Ray Quiroz
  • Raymond Salazar Jr.
  • Raymond Sepulveda
  • Refugio Bañuelos
  • Regina Lopez
  • Renata Magaña
  • Rene Cortez
  • Ricardo Peña
  • Richard Arredondo
  • Rigoberto Lomeli
  • Robert Acosta Sr.
  • Roberto Gallegos Jr.
  • Rocio Alvarez
  • Rodolfo Bautista Jr.
  • Rogelio Reyes
  • Rosa Jimenez-Walker
  • Rosa Maria Zepeda
  • Rosalinda Meyer
  • Rose Marie Terrazas
  • Rosie Galindo
  • Ruben Cervantes II
  • Rudy Aguirre
  • Ryan Contreras

S: 23 names

  • Sabino Ochoa
  • Sabrina Quintero
  • Salvador Preciado
  • Samantha Solis
  • Samuel Cisneros
  • Santiago Pacheco
  • Santos Farias
  • Sara Galindo
  • Saul Rojas
  • Scott Treviño
  • Sean Serrano
  • Sebastian Cantu
  • Sergio Roman
  • Shane Bautista
  • Socorro Partida
  • Sofia Itzel Miranda
  • Sofia Trujillo
  • Sophia Reyes-O'Brien
  • Spencer Tapia
  • Stella Bernal
  • Stephanie Nuñez
  • Steven Lara
  • Sylvia Ocampo

T: 19 names

  • Tara Gonzalez
  • Tenoch Salazar
  • Tere Valadez
  • Tiffany Mendoza
  • Tito Barragan
  • Tizoc Delgado
  • Tlalli Avila
  • Tlaloc Mendez
  • Tomas Escobar Sr.
  • Tonantzin Carrillo
  • Tonatiuh Robles
  • Toño Barajas
  • Tony Esquivel
  • Tranquilino Apodaca
  • Travis Montoya
  • Trevor Salas
  • Trinidad Vallejo
  • Troy Rodriguez
  • Tyler Maldonado

U: 2 names

  • Ulises Gutierrez
  • Uriel Romero

V: 11 names

  • Valentina Ibarra
  • Vanessa Trujillo
  • Veronica Villa
  • Vicky Peralta
  • Victor Guzman-Bell
  • Victor Serrano II
  • Victoria Beltran
  • Viola Griego
  • Virginia Rubio
  • Viridiana Torres
  • Viviana Duarte

W: 1 name

  • Wesley Chavez

X: 3 names

  • Ximena Tapia
  • Xochi Marquez
  • Xochitl Ramirez

Y: 11 names

  • Yadira Medina
  • Yahir Perez
  • Yaotl Mejia
  • Yaretzi Dominguez
  • Yesenia Aguilar
  • Yolanda Fitzgerald
  • Yolotzin Campos
  • Ysabel Olivas
  • Ysidro Sepulveda
  • Yuliana Cruz
  • Yvette Reyes

Z: 3 names

  • Zachary Valenzuela
  • Zoe Delgado-Brooks
  • Zyanya Luna