Torres (surname)
For other uses, see Torres.
Torres (sometimes spelled Torrez) is a surname in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, meaning "Towers".
History
A name given to a person who lived in or near a tower, from the Latin "turris." Torres is the 50th most popular surname in the United States and the 11th most popular Spanish surname.[1] It is a common surname in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and the Philippines, among others. In Italy, among other countries, it is found as a Sephardic surname.[2][3]
People with the surname
Athletes
- Abraham Torres, Venezuelan boxer
- Albert Torres, Spanish racing cyclist
- Andrés Torres, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Arturo Torres, American soccer player
- Aureliano Torres, Paraguayan footballer
- Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer
- Carolina Torres, Chilean pole vaulter
- Dara Torres, American swimmer
- Dilson Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
- Erick Torres, Peruvian footballer
- Eve Torres (born 1984), American professional wrestler
- Félix Ricardo Torres, Paraguayan footballer
- Fernando Torres (born 1984), Spanish footballer
- Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer
- Georgie Torres, Puerto Rican basketball player
- Héctor Torres, Mexican baseball player
- Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish engineer
- Johnny Torres, American soccer player
- José Torres (1936–2009), Puerto Rican boxer
- José Francisco Torres, American soccer player
- Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
- Macnelly Torres, Colombian footballer
- Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
- Miguel Angel Torres (born 1981), American MMA fighter
- Miguel Torres Gómez, Spanish footballer
- Óscar Torres, Venezuelan basketball player
- Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
- Raymundo Torres, Mexican boxer
- Roger Torres, Colombian footballer
- Salomón Torres, Dominican baseball player
- Sandra Torres, Argentine marathon runner
- Sandra Torres, Guatemalan politician
- Sergio Torres, Argentine footballer
- Tecia Torres, American mixed martial artist
- Todd Torres, Puerto Rican swimmer
- Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer
Performers and media figures
- Antonio Torres Jurado, Spanish guitarist and guitar maker
- Bartolomé de Torres Naharro, Spanish dramatist
- Coraima Torres, Venezuelan actress
- Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress
- Diego Torres, Argentinian pop singer
- Eddie Torres, Puerto Rican American salsa dance instructor
- Eugenio Torres Villarreal, Mexican professional wrestler, television host and rapper
- Fernanda Torres, Brazilian actress
- Fernando Torres, Brazilian actor
- Gina Torres, Cuban American actress
- Guillermo José Torres, Puerto Rican American TV reporter
- Joe Torres, American TV actor
- Judy Torres, Puerto Rican American pop musician and dancer
- Liz Torres, American actress, singer and comedian
- Néstor Torres, Puerto Rican jazz flautist
- Rawy Torres, Puerto Rican musician
- Roberto Torres, Cuban musician
- Samantha Torres, Spanish model
- Tico Torres, Cuban American musician and Bon Jovi drummer
- Tommy Torres, Puerto Rican musician
- Torres, stagename of American musician Mackenzie Scott
- Eduardo Serrano Torres, Venezuelan composer
- Xavier Enrique Torres, Puerto Rican actor
Artists and writers
- Alberto Torres, Brazilian social thinker
- Andrés Torres Queiruga, Galician theologian, writer and translator
- Angelo Torres, American cartoonist
- Ben Fong-Torres, American rock journalist
- Diego de Torres Vargas, Puerto Rican historian
- Diego de Torres Villarroel, Spanish writer
- Edwin Torres, American/Puerto Rican poet
- Félix González-Torres, Cuban artist
- Joaquín Torres García, Uruguayan artist
- Julio Romero de Torres, Spanish painter
- Luis Lloréns Torres, Puerto Rican writer and politician
- Tereska Torrès, French novelist
Politicians and public figures
- Abdelkhalek Torres, journalist and leader of Morocco
- Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian Roman Catholic priest
- Camilo Torres Tenorio, Colombian politician
- Edwin Torres, American state supreme court judge
- Esteban Edward Torres, Californian politician
- Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician
- Juan José Torres, Bolivian President
- Lucy Torres, Filipino politician
- Manuel Montt Torres, Chilean statesman and scholar
- Raul Torres, American politician
- Ruben Torres, Filipino politician
- Sandra Torres, First Lady of Guatemala
Scientists and explorers
- Belindo Adolfo Torres, Argentinian entomologist
- Carlos Torres, Chilean astronomer
- Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Spanish engineer and mathematician
- Luis de Torres, interpreter for Christopher Columbus
- Luis Váez de Torres, 17th century maritime explorer
Other
- Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, the 16th-century viceroy
- Susan Torres, American woman who gave birth while brain dead
- Tomás de Torres, Portuguese astrologer
Fictional characters
- Adam Torres, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- B'Elanna Torres, a character in Star Trek: Voyager
- Callie Torres, a character in Grey's Anatomy
- Drew Torres, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Eva "Papi" Torres, a character in The L Word
- Eddie Torres, a character in New York Undercover
References
- ↑ "TORRES Surname Meaning and Origin". genealogy.about.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ↑ Schaerf, Samuele (2004-01-01). I cognomi degli ebrei d'Italia con un appendice su le famiglie nobili ebree d'Italia. Chi sono quanti sono come si chiamano gli ebrei in Italia (in Italian). Libreria Naturalistica. ISBN 9788890054167.
- ↑ "Combined Surname Index Results". www.sephardicgen.com. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
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