Santiago (name)
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Santiago, (also San Tiago, Santyago, Sant-Yago, San Thiago) is a Spanish name that derives from the Hebrew name Jacob (Ya'akov) via "Sant Iago", first used to denote Saint James the Great, the brother of John the Apostle. Its variants include the surname Sandiego, and (after removing the "san" particle which means "Saint" in Spanish) Thiago or Tiago (a common Portuguese language name), Diego, and the less common Diago and Diogo. The common name James has many forms in Iberia, including Jaúme, Xaúme, and Diego (in Catalá), and Jaime and Diego (in Spanish). However, despite being a cognate, San Diego does not refer to the same Saint but to Saint Didacus.
Santiago is also the patron saint of Spain, after whom, many cities have been named in Spain itself and throughout its former empire, such as:
- The city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain is dedicated to St. James the Great.
- Santiago de Cuba.
- Santiago de Chile.
- Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
[edit] Famous people named Santiago
- Santiago Bernabéu, Spanish footballer
- Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
- Santiago de Murcia, Spanish baroque guitarist and composer
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and physician
- Santiago de Liniers, French-born defender of Buenos Aires in 1806-1807 and later viceroy.
- Santiago Munez, fictional mexican character in the Goal movie series
- Santiago Cabrera, a Chilean actor
