The meaning of the name is disputed. It could come from late Latin nonnus, meaning 'tutor', later 'monk'. The classicist Iiro Kajanto proposed a
Celtic origin, since the name is mainly found in formerly Celtic-speaking parts of Spain.[2]
People with the given name Nuño
Nuño Rasura (9th century), one of two legendary judges of Castile
Nuño Gómez, a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Spain
Notes
^Jaime de Salazar Acha (1985), "Una familia de la Alta Edad Media: Los Vela y su realedad histórica", Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos (Madrid: Asociación Española de Estudios Genealogicos y Heraldicos), vol. 1, p. 24n.
^Lidia Becker (2009), Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.–12. Jahrhundert) (De Gruyter), pp. 773ff.
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