This is a list of "other" surnames from Isabel's account books (late 15th c. Spain). (These are surnames which are not obviously patronymic or locative surnames.) When multiple spellings are given for a single name, the most common variant is given first, with less common variants in parentheses. The root meanings of some of these surnames are given in italics. In the late 15th century, most Spaniards inherited their surnames from their fathers, so these meanings probably did not apply to the individuals who bore these names.
Other surnames
| Abril | April |
| Aguado | (figuratively) exhausted |
| Alcaçar | fortress |
| Alcon | falcon |
| Almayda | |
| Aragones | person from Aragon |
| Ayere (Ayre) | |
| Badelas | |
| Bajas (Baxas, Baxes) | short (?) |
| Balboa (Barboa) | |
| Bamonte | |
| Banbela | |
| Banegas | |
| Bárba | bearded (?) |
| Barbero | barber |
| Barril | |
| Baylín | |
| Bertino Sans | |
| Bogado (Govado) | |
| Bota | |
| Brasa | live coal, ember |
| Bretanzos | |
| Briçianos | |
| Brusa | |
| Cabrero | goatherder |
| Cacho | a little bit |
| Çafra | |
| Çahera | |
| Calabaças | gourds |
| Calahorra | |
| Calante | |
| Calderon | big cauldron |
| Caminante | walker, traveller |
| Cañero | pipe maker |
| Cano | grey, hoary |
| Çapata | shoe |
| Cardoso | full of thistles (may be a place name) |
| Carperon | |
| Carral (Carra) | |
| Carrasco | |
| Carreño | |
| Carrillo | cheek (the body part) |
| Cascon | helmet |
| Casteles | |
| Castellano | person from Castile |
| Castellon | possibly also person from Castile |
| Catala | Catalan speaker (?) |
| Catarribera | |
| Çatico | |
| Cavallero | horseman, knight |
| Cenisçeros | |
| Çenturion | centurion |
| Çeron | |
| Chacon | |
| Chanta | |
| Cherino | |
| Cintero | |
| Cocon | |
| Cola | tall |
| Coll | |
| Collaço | serf, farmhand |
| Colmenares | |
| Colon | |
| Comete | |
| Conchada (Conchava) | |
| Correa | belt |
| Corredor | runner |
| Çorrilla | skunk |
| Cortes | courteous |
| Corvacho | crow-like |
| Cotado | |
| Covarrubias (Cuevas Ruvias) | white caves |
| Cuello | neck |
| Dey | |
| Donant | |
| Donayre | |
| Duran | |
| Escalante | |
| Escalera | stairs |
| Fajardo | |
| Ferrer | |
| Florentin | person from Florence |
| Flores | flowers |
| Fogaça | hearth |
| Fontesar | |
| Fonte Poutein | |
| Forentin | person from Florence (?) |
| Gajardo | |
| Galas | |
| Galiano | person from Galicia |
| Galvan | |
| Galves | |
| Garavito | |
| Garnica | |
| Garrido | |
| Gaytan | |
| Girán | |
| Girao | |
| Gramaja (Gramaje) | |
| Grand | large |
| Guerrero | warrior |
| Guerrey | |
| Herrero | smith |
| Hortolano | |
| Hurtado | |
| Justeniano | |
| Lascaris | |
| Loriguero | |
| Lusicori | |
| Maça | |
| Maderuelo | |
| Madraso | |
| Mafaraxas | |
| Maldonado | |
| Malon | |
| Marañon | (cashew) nut |
| Marques | marquis; possibly patronymic from some form of Marco |
| Marroqui | |
| Martil | |
| Mata | |
| Mato | |
| Mexía | person from Mexico |
| Mexica | |
| Mirones | |
| Mondexar | |
| Mondragon | |
| Mora | blackberry (may be a place name) |
| Moya | |
| Natalez | |
| Navaroo | person from Navarre (probably a scribal error for Navarro) |
| Oleylas | |
| Oller | potter (?) |
| Onte | |
| Ordas | |
| Ordoñes | |
| Orejón | big ear |
| Orenes | |
| Ortelano | |
| Osorio | |
| Ospital | hospital, lodging-place |
| Ozalla | |
| Pacheco | |
| Palafox | |
| Palomino | dove (?) |
| Pardo | spotted |
| Patudo | |
| Patyño | |
| Pedrosa | stony |
| Pellicer | |
| Pereyra | |
| Pimentel | |
| Pina | pine |
| Pinedo | |
| Pinto | spotted |
| Piquier | |
| Porras | clubs |
| Preto | |
| Quadrado | square (angular?) |
| Quexada | jaw |
| Quicedo (Quizeda) | |
| Rache | |
| Rachen | |
| Raçoso | |
| Ram | |
| Rancha | |
| Raso | |
| Rejón | |
| Roche | |
| Roman | |
| Romano | Roman |
| Romero | pilgrim |
| Rosa | rose |
| Rosil | |
| Salazar | |
| Sandin | |
| Sandino | path |
| Santos | saints (may be a place name) |
| Saravia | |
| Sariñena | |
| Sarmiento | |
| Sarria | |
| Serra | hill, high place |
| Serrano | person from the hills (serra) |
| Sesto | |
| Seve | |
| Situ | |
| Soler | |
| Sorje | |
| Sosa | |
| Symilor | |
| Tasina | |
| Texen (Dexen) | |
| Texera (Texeda, Tejeda, Texeyra) | |
| Texil | |
| Tinoco | |
| Torrero | bull-keeper or fighter |
| Toxenes | |
| Tuñon | |
| Vaca | cow |
| Vaes | |
| Valdés | |
| Valera | |
| Vanegas | |
| Varela | |
| Vela | |
| Velez | |
| Vello (Bello) | |
| Venegas | |
| Vera | true |
| Vida | life |
| Yebera (Yevera) | |
| Ynfante | heir |
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