López
López is a surname of Spanish origin. It was originally a patronymic, meaning
Son of Lope,
Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin
lupus, meaning
wolf. The surname is first attested in Old Castile in the heart of Spain, where the name originated in Visigothic times; however, the name is not of Germanic origin, but rather from Latin. Its Portuguese equivalent is
Lopes, its Italian equivalent is
Lupo, its French equivalent is
Loup, and its Romanian equivalent is
Lupu or
Lupescu. López is the most common Spanish surname in the United Kingdom.