Ayala
Ayala is an originally place or place-of-residence-related family name of Basque origin meaning "hillside pasture".
Name bearer
- Aldo Ayala (* 1958), Argentine hockey player
- Ana Ayala (* 1969), Mexican water diver
- Andrés Ayala (* 1989), Uruguayan football player
- Antonio Ayala (born 1947), Mexican basketball player
- Arturo Vázquez Ayala (* 1949), Mexican football player
- Balthasar Ayala (1548–1584), Spanish lawyer and judge
- Celso Ayala (* 1970), Paraguayan football player
- Daniel Ayala (presenter) (* 1961), Uruguayan radio presenter
- Daniel Ayala (handball player) (* 1995), Chilean handball player
- Daniel Ayala Pérez (1906–1975), Mexican composer
- Daniel Sánchez Ayala (* 1990), Spanish football player
- Derlis Ayala (* 1990), Paraguayan athlete
- Edwin Ernesto Ayala (* 1966), Salvadoran author
- Elías Ayala (* 1935), Paraguayan politician, lawyer and diplomat
- Eligio Ayala (1879–1930), Paraguayan politician and lawyer
- Enrique Ayala (* 1950), Ecuadorian historian
- Eusebio Ayala (1875–1942), Paraguayan politician, president 1921–1923 and 1932–1936
- Fernando Zobel de Ayala (* 1960), Filipino entrepreneur
- Francisco Ayala (1906–2009), Spanish writer and sociologist
- Francisco J. Ayala (* 1934), Spanish biologist
- Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala (* 1971), Paraguayan religious, Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo
- Guillermo Martínez Ayala (* 1995), Mexican soccer player
- Héctor Ayala (1914–1990), Argentine guitarist and composer
- Hugo Ayala (* 1987), Mexican soccer player
- Inés Ayala Sender (* 1957), Spanish politician
- Jacinto Ayala (* 1987), Dominican swimmer
- Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (* 1959), Filipino entrepreneur
- Jorge Ayala (* 1995), Uruguayan football player
- Jorge Ayala (gangster) , Colombian car thief, drug dealer and hit man
- José Ayala Lasso (* 1932), Ecuadorian politician and diplomat
- José de Jesús García Ayala (1910–2014), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Campeche
- José Luis Azuaje Ayala (* 1957), Venezuelan clergyman, Archbishop of Maracaibo
- Josep Ayala (* 1980), Andorran football player
- Juan de Ayala (1745–1797), Spanish naval officer
- Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (* 1973), Venezuelan clergyman, auxiliary bishop in San Cristóbal de Venezuela
- Juan García Ayala († 2010), Argentinian entrepreneur
- Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916–2005), Colombian politician, president 1978 to 1982
- Luis Ayala (tennis player) (born 1932), Chilean tennis player
- Luis Ayala (politician) , Chilean politician
- Luis Ayala (baseball player) (born 1978), Mexican baseball player
- Marcos Ayala (* 1971), Mexican soccer player and coach
- Mario Ayala (* 1942), Mexican soccer player and coach
- Nuria Ayala (* 1970), Spanish synchronized swimmer
- Patricia Ayala (* 1966), Uruguayan politician
- Paulie Ayala (* 1970), American boxer
- Pedro de Ayala (1475–1513), Spanish diplomat
- Rafael Ayala y Ayala (1913–1985), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Tehuacán
- Ramón Ayala (General) , Venezuelan general and politician
- Ramón Ayala (musician, 1937) (* 1937), Argentine musician and composer
- Ramón Ayala (musician, 1945) (* 1945), Mexican musician and composer
- Ramón Ayala (Judoka) (* 1979), Puerto Rican judoka
- Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1880–1962), Spanish writer, journalist and diplomat
- Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known as Daddy Yankee (* 1977), Puerto Rican rapper
- Roberto Ayala (* 1973), Argentinian football player
- Rubén Ayala (* 1950), Argentinian football player and coach
- Ruben S. Ayala (1922–2012), American politician
- Tony Ayala Jr. († 2015), American boxer
- Victor Ayala (* 1988), Paraguayan football player
- Waman Puma de Ayala (1534–1615), indigenous translator from Peru
Others
- Ciudad Ayala , town in the Mexican state of Morelos
- Ayala (Álava) , municipality in Spain
- Islote Ayala , island
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ayala on ancestry.com (English)