Gonsales
Gonsales as a last name is a Portuguese variation of the Spanish surname González/Gonzales.[1] Following Portuguese naming customs, the name originated from a patronymic and meant 'son of Gonsalo'.
People with the surname
- Francisco Rebolo Gonsales (1902–1980), Brazilian painter
- Domingo Gonsales, the pseudonym of author Francis Godwin (1562–1633) with his work The Man in the Moone
- Pablo Gonsales, past member of the band Cymande
Fictional characters
- Police Lt. Edgar "Blackie" Gonsales, character in the 1949 film Tension, played by William Conrad
See also
- Gonçalves, Portuguese equivalent of Gonzalez
- Gonsalves, English language variation of Gonçalves
- Gonzalez (disambiguation)
- Gonzales (disambiguation), Spanish variation of Gonzalez
- Saint Gonsalo Garcia (1556–1597)
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American family names. Internet Archive. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2003. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
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