Montoya is a Basque surname. It originally comes from a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava, in the Basque region of northern Spain.[1] During the Reconquista, it extended southwards throughout Castille and Andalusia. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys. It has become more frequent among Gitanos than among the general Spanish population.[2]

People with the surname Montoya include:

Fictional characters

  • Carmelita Montoya Fox, a female INTERPOL officer from the Sly Cooper series of video games
  • Fritz Montoya, in the Honorverse book series
  • Inigo Montoya, a fencer from William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride and the movie from the novel
  • Domingo Montoya, father of Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride
  • Nemi Montoya, Norwegian comic book character
  • Renee Montoya, police detective in DC Comics' Gotham City Police Department
  • Josefina Montoya, an American Girl character residing in Santa Fe in 1824
  • Gabriel Montoya, one of the Spanish assassins from the 2015 film Bill

References

  1. "Heráldica y escudos de los apellidos españoles e hispanoamericanos".
  2. Faure, Roberto, ed. (2001). Diccionario de apellidos españoles (in Spanish). Madrid: Espasa. Section III.3.8 page XXXIX. ISBN 978-8423922895.
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