Heredia

Heredia is a surname originating in a place-name. One such surname is Basque, derived from the village Heredia in Álava, Basque Country. Another form seems be related to a root derived from Old Danish and Old Swedish Erik and Eirikr. It is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. Name variations include: Eiric, Eric, Erish, Herrick, Herricke, de Herédia, de Heredia, etc., as well as some reference to ancient Roman etymology for heredium, singular of Heredia (etymology). An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Heredia arrived in the Americas quite early. The earliest origin is yet to be published. The following people have the surname: Castro Curvelo de Herédia (November 1966), also known as D. Isabel, Duchess of Braganza, Princess Royal of Portugal, noblewoman, and the wife of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the defunct Portuguese throne. Born to descendants of Portuguese peerage (see: Portuguese nobility). Agustín Heredia (born 1997), Argentine footballer Alberto Heredia (1924–2000), Argentine painter and sculptor Alberto Heredia Ceballos (born 1987), Spanish soccer player Alejandro Heredia (1788–1838), Argentine statesman Alonso Fernández de Heredia (died 1782), Spanish general and politician Ángel Guillermo Heredia Hernández (born 1975), Mexican sports coach and former discus thrower Arnold Heredia (born 1940), Pakistani Catholic priest and human rights activist Carlos María de Heredia, Mexican critical thinker, author of Spiritism and Common Sense (1922), and friend of magician Harry Houdini Cayetano Heredia (1797–1861), Peruvian physician Daniel Heredia Abidal (born 1993), Spanish singer Enrique Fernández Heredia (fl. 1900s), Spanish military commander Fernando Martínez Heredia (1939–2017), Cuban politician Gil Heredia (born 1965), American baseball player Gonzalo Heredia (born 1982), Argentine actor Gonzalo Heredia (sailor) (born 1962), Argentine sailor Guillermo Heredia (baseball) (born 1991), Cuban baseball player José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905), French poet José María Heredia y Heredia (1803–1839), Cuban poet and political activist Juan Carlos Heredia (born 1952), Argentine–Spanish retired footballer Juan Fernández de Heredia (c.