Gómez
Gómez is a common Spanish surname. The Portuguese and Old Galician is Gomes, while the Catalan form is Gomis. The name is usually spelled without the accent in the United States.
It is derived from the given name Gomes which is a loanword of the Visigothic word guma "man". It is itself related to the Common Germanic word guma (Old English guma "man", Middle English gome[1]) / gomo (High Old German gomo "man", Middle High German gome) related to Latin homo "man".[2]
People
Notable people with the surname include:
- Mario Gómez (born 1985), German footballer
- Arthur Gómez (born 1984), Gambian footballer
- Bolívar Gómez (born 1977), Ecuadorian footballer
- Camilo Gómez (born 1984), Colombian road cyclist
- Camilo Gomez (born 1960), American physician
- Carlos Gómez (born 1985), Dominican baseball player
- Emmanuel Gómez (born 1990), Gambian footballer
- Francis Gómez (born 1968), Venezuelan judoka
- Francisco Javier Gómez Noya, Spanish triathlete
- George Gomez (born 1955), Cuban-American industrial designer
- Ignacio Gómez (born c. 1962), Colombian journalist
- Jaime Luis Gomez (born 1975), American rapper and actor
- Jorge Gómez (born 1968), Chilean footballer
- Joseph Gómez (born 1987), Gambian footballer
- Joshua Gomez (born 1975), American actor
- Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), ruler of Venezuela in 1908–35
- Lefty Gomez (1908–1989), American baseball player
- Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo (1962−2013), Colombian industrial engineer
- María Cristina Gómez (1938–1989), Salvadoran murder victim
- Mariano Gómez (1799–1872), Filipino priest and martyr
- Máximo Gómez (1836–1905), Dominican soldier in the Cuban War of Independence
- Michelle Gomez (born 1971), Scottish actress
- Oscar Gómez (born 1975), Argentine light-middleweight boxer
- Rick Gomez (born 1972), American actor
- Richard Gomez (born 1966), Filipino actor
- Ron Gomez (born 1934), Louisiana journalist and former state representative
- Scott Gomez (born 1979), American hockey player
- Selena Gomez (born 1992), American actress and singer
- Tamara Gómez Garrido (born 1991), Spanish triathlete
- Ulysses Gomez (born 1983), Mexican-American mixed martial arts fighter
- Rocio Gomez (born 1988), Mexican Artist
See also
- Gomez (band)
- Gomes (Portuguese)
- Gomis (Spanish, French)
- Gumis (Occitan)