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The Name Guadalupe - Origin and Meaning of Guadalupe
  



The Name Guadalupe - Origin and Meaning of Guadalupe


Gender

Feminine and Masculine

Origin of the Name Guadalupe

Arabic and Latin

Usage of the Name Guadalupe

Spanish

Meaning of the Name Guadalupe

The name Guadalupe comes from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary meaning "Our Lady of Guadalupe" (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Spanish). Guadalupe means "river of the wolf" (it is derived from the Arabic word "wadi" meaning "river" and the Latin word "lupus" meaning "wolf").

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Guadalupe Victoria (1786 - 1843), a Mexican male revolutionary soldier and the first President of Mexico; Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807 - 1890), a Mexican-American male military commander and politician; Guadalupe Marín (1895 - 1983), a Mexican female model and writer; Guadalupe Canseco (born 1962), a Mexican male diver.
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