Peruvian Name Generator
Authentic Peruvian names with Quechua and Spanish surnames
Generate realistic Peruvian names for men and women: Spanish given names with the paternal and maternal surnames Peruvians actually use, plus Quechua, Aymara, Amazonian, Italian, Chinese and Japanese family names from every region of the country. Ideal for novels, games, screenplays and Spanish practice.
About Peruvian names
Peruvian names carry the country's geography in them. Every Peruvian has two surnames, paternal then maternal, and those surnames usually say where the family comes from. The most common surnames nationally are Quispe, Flores, Sánchez, Rodríguez, García, Huamán, Mamani, Torres, Díaz and Ramos, and the fact that three Quechua and Aymara names sit in that top ten is unlike anywhere else in Latin America. Quispe (crystal), Huamán (hawk), Condori (condor), Mamani (falcon), Puma, Choque, Ccahuana, Ticona and Apaza dominate Cusco, Puno, Ayacucho and Huancavelica; the doubled cc in Ccopa, Ccanto and Ccorimanya marks a Quechua glottal sound.
The coast tells a different story. Italian names like Ghio, Raffo and Canessa came with nineteenth-century Ligurian merchants; Wong, Chang and Lau arrived with Cantonese labourers; Higuchi, Kuroiwa and Shimabukuro belong to the large Nikkei community; and Ballumbrosio, Mosquera and Campos are linked with Afro-Peruvian families around Chincha and El Carmen. In the Amazon, Shipibo and Kukama surnames such as Amasifuen, Tananta, Manuyama and Ahuanari are everyday names in Iquitos and Tarapoto.
First names are generational: Teodoro and Eufemia belong to grandparents, Wilmer and Yesenia to the 1980s, Italian-style Gianmarco and Fiorella to Lima's middle class, and Thiago, Luana and Mía to today's nurseries. This generator combines all of these so each result reads like a real DNI entry.
How to choose Peruvian names
- Always give a character both surnames in documents, news writing and formal introductions (paternal first, maternal second); in conversation Peruvians use only the first one.
- Place a character by surname: Quispe, Ccahuana and Huamán for Cusco and Ayacucho; Mamani, Ticona and Apaza for Puno; Tananta, Amasifuen and Pinedo for the Amazon; Ghio, Raffo and Wong for Lima and Callao.
- Date a character by first name: Melquiades and Petronila are elderly, Wilmer and Maribel are in their forties, Gianmarco and Fiorella are in their thirties, Yerson and Maricielo are in their twenties, and Thiago and Luana are children.
- Quechua given names such as Inti, Killa, Sumaq, Amaru and Urpi are increasingly used by Andean and Lima families alike; pairing one with Quechua surnames makes an instantly recognisable modern Peruvian name.
- Keep the accents (Huamán, Cáceres, Núñez, Ñaupari) and the doubled cc in Ccopa or Ccorimanya; stripping them makes a name look transcribed rather than Peruvian.
Frequently asked questions
What are the most common Peruvian last names?
Quispe is the single most common surname in Peru, followed by Flores, Sánchez, Rodríguez, García, Huamán, Mamani, Torres, Díaz, Ramos, Rojas, Vásquez, Chávez, Gonzales, Castillo, Fernández, Ramírez, Paredes, Condori and Espinoza. Note that Peruvians usually spell Gonzales with an s rather than the Spanish z.
Do Peruvians have two last names?
Yes. Every Peruvian carries a paternal and a maternal surname, and both appear on the DNI identity card, school rolls, and official documents. Day to day, people introduce themselves with the first surname only, so Luis Quispe Mamani is simply Luis Quispe to his colleagues.
What are typical Quechua names in Peru?
Quechua surnames include Quispe, Huamán, Condori, Mamani, Puma, Choque, Ccahuana, Ticona, Apaza, Yupanqui, Sulca, Huanca and Ccopa, many of which refer to animals, stones or qualities. Quechua given names in use today include Inti (sun), Killa (moon), Sumaq (beautiful), Amaru (serpent), Urpi (dove), Illari (dawn), Kusi (joy), Wayra (wind) and Sayri (prince).
Why do so many Peruvians have Italian, Chinese or Japanese names?
Peru received large waves of immigration: Ligurian Italians from the 1840s (Ghio, Raffo, Canessa, Piaggio), roughly 100,000 Cantonese labourers between 1849 and 1874 (Wong, Chang, Lau, Kcomt), and Japanese farm workers from 1899 (Higuchi, Kuroiwa, Shimabukuro, Uehara). Their descendants are fully Peruvian and usually carry a Spanish first name with the immigrant surname.
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All 500 Peruvian names
A: 52 names
- Abel Ccencho Huayhua
- Abelardo Sucso Mamani
- Adán Pacaya Yaicate
- Adela Mamani Ccallo
- Adriano Guevara Silva
- Agripina Nina Apaza
- Alberto Kcomt Lau
- Aldo Canessa Raffo
- Alejandrina Yupanqui Ccallo
- Alejandro Corrales Obando
- Alejandro Huayhua Sulca
- Alejo Larco Hoyle
- Alessandra Aramburú Gamio
- Alessandra Paz Zegarra
- Alessia Dibós Orbegoso
- Alex Lozano Ramírez
- Alexandra Delgado Bazán
- Alfonso Ballumbrosio Vásquez
- Alfredo Talavera Portugal
- Alicia Cusihuamán Ccorimanya
- Almendra Soto Ramos
- Alonso Gálvez Brescia
- Álvaro Loayza Ugarte
- Álvaro Peña Herrera
- Amaru Choque Ticona
- Ambrosia Torres Castillo
A, continued
- Amelia Arimuya Canaquiri
- Amílcar Díaz Romero
- Ana Cecilia Núñez del Prado
- Ana Lucía Condori Apaza
- Ana Paula Cornejo Ballón
- Ana Sato Shimabukuro
- Anacleto Ramos Chávez
- Anderson Apaza Huanca
- Andrea Miró Quesada Rada
- Andrés Huamán Oscco
- Andrés Wiese Rebagliati
- Ángel Chuquillanqui Ñaupari
- Angello Sánchez Huanca
- Aníbal Mejía Cueva
- Antonella Reyes Pinto
- Antonella Vidal Boza
- Apolinario Nuñez Tafur
- Aquilino Quispe Cusi
- Ariana Bazán Sologuren
- Arnaldo Mamani Laura
- Ascencio Ccanto Huaringa
- Asunta Quispe Mamani
- Aurelia Quiñones Garcés
- Aurora Inuma Pinchi
- Axel Ccopa Puma
- Aydeé Loayza Ugarte
B: 11 names
- Basilio Montenegro Carrasco
- Beatriz Santa Cruz Campos
- Benita Huaraca Ccorahua
- Benjamín Palacios Ruiz
- Bernardina Zavala Villanueva
- Bertha Coaquira Ticona
- Brayan Nuñez Quispe
- Brígida Lima Quispe
- Brigitte Choque Ticona
- Bruno Raygada Sarmiento
- Bruno Salazar Cuba
C: 21 names
- Camila Ferreyros Gálvez
- Camila Loayza Benavides
- Carla Ugaz Málaga
- Carlo Ratto Parodi
- Carlos Alberto Polar Rodríguez
- Carlos Enrique Ccahuana Puma
- Carlos Nishikawa Tanaka
- Carmela Yupanqui Taipe
- Carmen Rosa Espinoza Pinedo
- Ceferino Acosta Valdez
- César Augusto Díaz Rojas
- Chaska Quispe Mamani
- Cinthia Pinedo Tananta
- Cirilo Ñaupari Pariona
- Claudia Obando Salas
- Claudia Patricia Rodríguez Málaga
- Clemente Condori Nina
- Crisóstomo Valdez Zavala
- Cristhian Castro Palacios
- Cristina Delgado Loayza
- Cristóbal Ráez Bazán
D: 18 names
- Dalila Burga Chávez
- Daniel Pinchi Ramírez
- Daniela Alzamora Ráez
- Daniela Osma Aljovín
- Darwin Tapullima Guerra
- Dayana Cabrera Valdivia
- Delia Chalco Ccama
- Delia Yaicate Murayari
- Deyvis Gutiérrez Ticona
- Diego Alonso Pérez Macedo
- Diego Cillóniz Vidal
- Dina Pumacahua Huamán
- Dionisia Chávez Paredes
- Dionisio Huanca Churata
- Donato Morales Ríos
- Dora Seoane Grohmann
- Doris Dogny Podestá
- Dylan Acosta Paredes
E: 36 names
- Edgar Arias Quilca
- Edgar Yupanqui Taipe
- Edgardo Vilca Huanca
- Edith Chuquimia Apaza
- Edwin Rodríguez Chávez
- Efraín Callata Vilca
- Efraín Ugarte Zapata
- Eladio Taipe Huarcaya
- Elena Llerena Begazo
- Elena Shimabukuro Uehara
- Eleodoro Tello Vergara
- Eleuterio Alcántara Espinoza
- Elizabeth Villanueva Saavedra
- Elmer Sánchez Cabanillas
- Eloy Hancco Ccallo
- Elsa Benites Ayllón
- Elvis Huillca Ccorimanya
- Emiko Uehara Oshiro
- Emilio Moreyra Carrillo
- Enrique Sam Chang
- Epifanio Castillo Flores
- Erick Tuanama Fasabi
- Ernesto Linares Delgado
- Esperanza Montes Campos
- Esteban Ccallo Huamaní
- Esteban Roca Rey
- Estefany Huamán Ramos
- Estrella Ccahuana Castillo
- Eufemia Chacca Ccapa
- Eufracia Ríos Soto
- Eugenia Huaringa Ñaupari
- Eulogio Mamani Huamán
- Eusebia Mamani Vilca
- Eustaquia Flores Huanca
- Evaristo Pacheco Cusi
- Ever Quispe Huaraca
F: 24 names
- Fabrizio García Chumpitaz
- Facundo Pflucker Zevallos
- Fátima Pardo Figari
- Faustino Condori Rojas
- Felícitas Cueva Izquierdo
- Félix Incacutipa Cahui
- Fermín Villanueva Meza
- Fernanda Ugarte Olivera
- Fernando Quiñones Santa Cruz
- Filomena Puma Sucso
- Fiorella Lazarte Cárdenas
- Fiorella Paredes Vásquez
- Flavia Laura Quenta
- Flor de María Apaza Condori
- Flora Vásquez Ayllón
- Florentino Apaza Ccama
- Fortunato Ccahuana Sulca
- Francisco Aljovín Miró Quesada
- Francisco Javier Cáceres Núñez
- Franco Moroni Gaggero
- Franco Ramos Quispe
- Frank Alva Guerrero
- Fredy Ccorahua Quispe
- Froilán Quenta Choquehuanca
G: 23 names
- Gabriela Ugarte Roca
- Gael Ríos Cabanillas
- Germán Chique Apaza
- Gerson Díaz Ccahuana
- Gianella Mamani Choque
- Gianfranco Medina Chumbes
- Gianmarco Palacios Ruiz
- Giovanni Piaggio Ferraro
- Giulia Dasso Berninzon
- Giuliana Ferrero Risso
- Giuliana Torres Mendoza
- Gladis Ticona Quenta
- Gladys Flores Huamán
- Gonzalo Figari Piazza
- Gonzalo Miranda Portocarrero
- Gonzalo Tejada Medina
- Gonzalo Zegarra Murguía
- Graciela Tello Flores
- Gregorio Chocce Tapia
- Griselda Huaringa Chuquillanqui
- Guillermo Cornejo Chávez
- Gumercinda Espinoza Ñaupari
- Gustavo Arévalo Dávila
H: 13 names
- Harold Cáceres Vilca
- Henry Chujandama Sinarahua
- Hermelinda Tafur Alcántara
- Hermes Flores Pezo
- Herminia Cusi Ccopa
- Hermógenes Catacora Mamani
- Hernán Apaza Lipa
- Hernán Cisneros Larco
- Hernán Reyes Loayza
- Hernando Benites Ochoa
- Hugo Cahui Condori
- Hugo Yamashita Miyasato
- Humberto Ferrari Balbi
I: 11 names
- Ignacio Orbegoso Pardo
- Illapa Ccanto Yupanqui
- Illari Puma Mamani
- Inés Ccanto Huaranga
- Inocencio Lazo Ponce
- Inti Condori Apaza
- Irma Ochoa Tello
- Isabella Lazo Calderón
- Isidora Hoyle Pflucker
- Isidro Huallpa Quispe
- Iván Ticona Huarachi
J: 32 names
- Jacinto Huamaní Ccapa
- Janeth Huanca Ticona
- Javier Lau Kcomt
- Javier Málaga Lazarte
- Jean Carlos Flores Mamani
- Jean Pierre Rojas Condori
- Jeancarlo Torres Apaza
- Jefferson Ccahuana Mamani
- Jeremy Sulca Huamán
- Jéssica Amasifuen Tuanama
- Jesús Rafael Alcántara Otoya
- Jhon Anderson Huamaní Quispe
- Jhonatan Chávez Vásquez
- Jhonny Sangama Amasifuen
- Jhordan Espinoza Paredes
- Jhoselyn Huamaní Quispe
- Jimmy Rengifo Pinedo
- Joao Chávez Rodríguez
- Joaquín Zapata Sulca
- Joel Ruiz Saavedra
- Jorge Eduardo del Prado Valdivia
- Jorge Luis Rojas Paredes
- José Antonio Málaga Bellido
- José Carlos Chávez Torres
- Josefina Sarmiento Larco
- Josué Ramírez Choque
- Juan Manuel Villarreal Cornejo
- Juan Pablo Ríos Vela
- Julieta Carrillo Wiese
- Julio César Fernández Ríos
- Julio Huarachi Quispe
- Justina Condori Choque
K: 11 names
- Kantu Ccopa Sulca
- Karen Pinedo Ruiz
- Karina Wong Chang
- Katherine Gutiérrez Salazar
- Katia Allccahuamán Pariona
- Kevin Arturo Meza Huamán
- Kevin Cárdenas Huayta
- Kiara Medina Salazar
- Killa Mamani Huanca
- Kusi Ramos Huaringa
- Kusiy Huaringa Puma
L: 31 names
- Leandro Olivera Alzamora
- Lenin Tananta Shupingahua
- Leoncio Huamán Ccanto
- Leonor Quispe Huillca
- Leydi Vega Castro
- Lidia Ccama Huallpa
- Liliana Kuoc Wong
- Liliana Rivera Cornejo
- Lino Sucso Ccahuana
- Lisbeth Huayhua Ccorimanya
- Liz Ccallo Mamani
- Liz Guerra Chujandama
- Lizeth Choque Gutiérrez
- Lorenzo Ghio Canessa
- Lourdes Ayllón Zambrano
- Lourdes Pezo Ríos
- Luana Morales Velásquez
- Lucero Mamani Cruz
- Lucía Bentín Schmidt
- Lucía de la Puente Olaechea
- Lucía Paredes Gamarra
- Lucía Portugal Montesinos
- Luciana Castro Núñez
- Lucinda Paucar Huayhua
- Lucio Chura Calcina
- Ludovina Guevara Acosta
- Luis Alberto Quispe Mamani
- Luis Fernando Ballón Zegarra
- Luis Miyasato Oshiro
- Luz Clarita Mamani Torres
- Luz Marina Guerrero Reyes
M: 42 names
- Magaly Huarachi Catacora
- Manco Condori Ccahuana
- Manuel Salas Pacheco
- Marcela Raffo Bianchi
- Marcelina Ponce Montenegro
- Marcelina Sulca Ccallo
- Marcelino Paredes Torres
- Marco Antonio Valencia Flores
- María Elena Ramos Sánchez
- María Fernanda Zegarra Polar
- Mariafé Apaza Sánchez
- Mariana Rey de Castro
- Maribel Oscco Ccencho
- Maribel Quispe Huaringa
- Maricielo Condori Mamani
- Marina Ahuanari Cahuaza
- Marisol Huaracha Sucso
- Marisol Vilca Calcina
- Marita Guerra Tuesta
- Maritza Díaz Gonzales
- Marlene Vizcarra Tejada
M, continued
- Marleny Chambi Arias
- Marleny Ticona Condori
- Martín Benavides de la Puente
- Mateo Olaechea Dibós
- Matías Carrasco Ballón
- Matías Sologuren Bentín
- Mauricio Alva Bustamante
- Mayra Huamaní Ramírez
- Melquiades Soto Guevara
- Mercedes Oshiro Higa
- Mía Valentina Arias Portocarrero
- Micaela Piazza Moreyra
- Miguel Ángel Choque Ticona
- Milagritos Vilca Vásquez
- Milagros Cáceres Vilca
- Milagros Tafur Escobedo
- Mirella Shupingahua Sangama
- Mirtha Cusi Paucar
- Modesto Puma Quispe
- Moisés Huillca Cusihuamán
- Mónica Chong Siu
N: 15 names
- Nancy Ccapa Quispe
- Natividad Ccapa Hancco
- Nayeli Huanca Condori
- Nélida Ccopa Ticona
- Nelson Chipana Lima
- Nely Mozombite Pacaya
- Nely Ñaupari Ccahuana
- Néstor Quiroz Ordóñez
- Nicanor Cutipa Mamani
- Nicol Paredes Medina
- Nicolás de Castro Osma
- Nina Puma Ccahuana
- Noelia Pezo Tananta
- Noemí Ccencho Cárdenas
- Norma Chura Mamani
O: 8 names
- Ofelia Zapata Lazo
- Olga Romero Benites
- Ollanta Huamán Quispe
- Omar Ccahuana Vilca
- Orlando Macedo Tello
- Orlando Ñaupari Ccahuana
- Óscar Gonzales Pinedo
- Oswaldo Dahua Inuma
P: 18 names
- Pablo Gildemeister Aramburú
- Pachacútec Ramos Yupanqui
- Pamela Cavero Urbina
- Paola Saavedra Rengifo
- Pascual Ñaupari Quispe
- Patricia Chang Say
- Patricia Chumbes Ayala
- Patricia Isabel Valdivia Talavera
- Paulina Calcina Quispe
- Paulina Sulca Huamán
- Pedro Higuchi Sato
- Percy Allccahuamán Huamaní
- Petronila Huamán Condori
- Pierina Vega Salcedo
- Piero Alonso Delgado Campos
- Piero Salazar Vega
- Pilar Pacheco Linares
- Primitiva Carrasco Morales
Q: 1 name
- Qori Apaza Callata
R: 42 names
- Rafael Begazo Rivera
- Rafaella Rebagliati Raygada
- Raúl Mamani Coaquira
- Raúl Palomino Mayta
- Raúl Tejada Mosquera
- Rebeca Chang Lay
- Renata Bruno Dellepiane
- Renata Zevallos Iturregui
- Renzo Castillo Huanca
- Reynaldo Ticona Machaca
- Ricardo Montesinos Llerena
- Ricardo Wu Choy
- Rigoberto Huanca Ccahuana
- Rita Vela Manuyama
- Rocío Arce Ramírez
- Rodrigo Gamio Pinillos
- Rodrigo Mendoza Cornejo
- Roger Sucso Hancco
- Rolando Huamaní Ccopa
- Romina Tudela Gildemeister
- Rómulo Ccorahua Paucar
R, continued
- Ronal Quispe Pilco
- Ronald Canaquiri Tamani
- Ronaldo Ccencho Allccahuamán
- Ronaldo Zavala Campos
- Ronny Castillo Huamaní
- Rosa Angélica Mendoza Villarreal
- Rosa Emilia Chávez Arce
- Rosa Kuroiwa Yamashiro
- Rosa María Huamán Flores
- Rosario Pariona Ccahuana
- Rosmery Ayala Ccasani
- Rosmery Mayta Chipana
- Rossana Olcese Rossi
- Roxana Aroni Chique
- Rubén Huarcaya Chacca
- Rubén Quenta Apaza
- Rufina Ccahuana Huamán
- Rumi Huanca Choquehuanca
- Ruperta Meza Nuñez
- Ruth Huanca Lipa
- Ruth Sinarahua Lozano
S: 29 names
- Sabina Mamani Huanca
- Sami Condori Huamaní
- Sandy Fasabi Tapullima
- Santiago Berninzon Ugaz
- Santiago Valdez Roca
- Santos Abanto Burga
- Santos Chura Apaza
- Santos Huamán Ccanto
- Sara Hancco Chura
- Saturnino Ccorimanya Puma
- Saúl Ccapa Huaraca
- Sayani Apaza Huanca
- Sayri Yupanqui Cusi
- Sebastián Guerrero Tapia
- Sebastián Schmidt Tudela
- Segundo Cahuaza Mozombite
- Segundo Izquierdo Abanto
- Selene Tamani Dahua
- Sergio Rada Ferreyros
- Shirley Quispe Rojas
- Silverio Cusi Chacca
- Silvia Lorena Bellido Cáceres
- Sinchi Mamani Ccopa
- Soledad Huarcaya Cusi
- Sonia Quilca Ticona
- Sonia Taipe Ccorahua
- Stefano Ticona Ccopa
- Sumaq Quispe Yupanqui
- Susana Carrillo Ballumbrosio
T: 13 names
- Teodoro Churata Quispe
- Teodoro Manuyama Ahuanari
- Teodosia Apaza Cutipa
- Teófilo Quispe Chambi
- Teresa Belaúnde Aliaga
- Thiago Ponce Aguirre
- Tika Huamán Condori
- Tito Murayari Arimuya
- Tomás Delfino Baertl
- Tomás Iturregui Chocano
- Toribio Ccopa Yupanqui
- Treysi Rodríguez Espinoza
- Tupac Huamán Ccopa
U: 2 names
- Urpi Flores Ccanto
- Urpillay Ticona Cusi
V: 12 names
- Valentina Brescia Benavides
- Valentina Chocano Olivera
- Valeria Ortiz Puma
- Valeria Pinillos Cillóniz
- Valeriano Apaza Ticona
- Vasco Boza Dasso
- Venancia Rojas Ramos
- Verónica Medina Corrales
- Víctor Raúl Sánchez Aguilar
- Vidal Pariona Huaringa
- Vilma Machaca Condori
- Vladimir Arias Ccama
W: 11 names
- Walter Arce Vizcarra
- Walter Huaringa Pariona
- Wara Chambi Mamani
- Wari Quispe Sulca
- Wayra Ticona Chambi
- Wilber Huaraca Paucar
- Wilder Cubas Díaz
- Wilfredo Calcina Aroni
- Wilmer Ccahuana Yupanqui
- Wilmer Espinoza Yupanqui
- Wilson Ccallo Hancco
X: 1 name
- Ximena Rivera Torres
Y: 20 names
- Yadhira Huanca Díaz
- Yadira Puma Sulca
- Yamileth Condori Flores
- Yanet Choquehuanca Mamani
- Yaneth Huayta Palomino
- Yaneth Paucar Sulca
- Yanina Palacios Alva
- Yaquelin Pilco Mamani
- Yeni Chambi Mamani
- Yerson Quispe Apaza
- Yesenia Ramírez Cárdenas
- Yesenia Ramírez Macedo
- Yesenia Vilca Apaza
- Yesica Ticona Cáceres
- Yessica Pacheco Cusi
- Yolanda Cabanillas Cubas
- Yolanda Huanca Chambi
- Yoni Vásquez Sánchez
- Yovana Cusihuamán Huillca
- Ysabel Vásquez Chávez