Family name origins & meanings
- Spanish : variant of Covarrubias, a habitational name from places named Cobarrubias, in the provinces of Burgos and Soria. The place name, according to Tibón, means ‘red caves’, from Latin cava ‘cave’ + ruber ‘red’.
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