702 Global YGLESIAS Family Members

YGLESIAS Family History

Perhaps not surprisingly as this name means 'church', it is one of Spains most popular surnames. Recorded in several spelling forms including Iglesia, Iglesias, Yglesia, de la Yglesias, Iglesiaz, and others, the surname describes a person who lived by or worked at a church. In that case the surname can be either residential or job descriptive. In no sense of the word does it imply any religious position within the church, but it may also have been a nickname for a 'churchy' person, or perhaps given the robust medieval sense of humour, the reverse! Unfortunately we cannot prove the precise meaning either way, it would have been necessary to be present when the name was first given, to be absolutely certain of the original meaning.