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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Asturian-Leonese : habitational name from one of the places called Llamas in Asturies, apparently named with llama ‘mud’ (plural llamas). Compare Lamas.
  • Spanish : possibly a nickname from the plural of Spanish llama ‘flame’.

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