Medina (name)
Medina is a family name that is particularly common in Spanish-speaking countries . He refers to the Andalusian city of Medina-Sidonia , which takes its name from the Arabicمدين / Madīna for "city" received. The Arab origin is based on the influence of the Moors on Spain. As a female first name , Medina occurs mainly in Albanian and Arabic.
Name bearer
First name
- Medina Dixon (* 1962), American basketball player
family name
A.
- Alberto Medina (* 1983), Mexican soccer player
- Alexander Medina (* 1978), Uruguayan football player
- Anabel Medina Garrigues (* 1982), Spanish tennis player
- Augusto Medina (* 1993), Uruguayan football player
B.
- Bartolomé de Medina (1527–1581), Spanish theologian and philosopher
- Bartolomé de Medina (metallurgist) (1497–1585), Spanish-Mexican merchant and mineralogist
C.
- Canelita Medina (* 1939), Venezuelan singer
- Carla Medina (* 1984), Mexican actress, presenter and singer
- Carlos Medina (director) (born 1944), Chilean director
- Carlos Medina (* 1965), Andorran football player
- Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina (* 1940), Paraguayan clergyman, emeritus bishop of Caacupé
- Cecilia Medina Quiroga (* 1935), Chilean lawyer and human rights activist
- Cecilio Medina , Uruguayan politician
- Chris Medina (* 1983), American pop singer
D.
- Danilo Medina (* 1951), Dominican politician, president since 2012
- Darko Sagara Medina , voice actor
- Domingo Medina , Uruguayan politician
E.
- Eduardo Medina Mora (* 1957), Mexican lawyer and politician
- Erika Medina (* 1985), American actress
- Ernest Medina (1936-2018), American officer
F.
- Fabiano Medina da Silva (* 1982), Brazilian soccer player
- Felipe Neri Medina Valderas y Fernández de Córdova , Honduran politician, Supremo Director 1839
- Fernando Medina (graphic artist) (* 1945), Spanish graphic artist
- Fernando Medina (politician) (* 1973), Portuguese economist and politician, Mayor of Lisbon
- Fernando Medina (fencer) (* 1973), Spanish fencer
- Fernando Medina Pineda (* 1979), Mexican pelota player
- Francis Medina (* 1996), Filipino hurdler
- Francisco Medina (actor) (* 1977), German-Chilean actor
- Francisco Medina Ramírez (1922–1988), Mexican religious, prelate of El Salto
- Francisco Ramírez Medina (1828 – after 1868), Puerto Rican freedom fighter
H
- Hazel Medina (1937–2012), American actress
- Herculano Medina Garfias (* 1967), Mexican clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Morelia
- Hugo Medina (1929–1998), Uruguayan politician
- Humberto Medina (1942-2011), Mexican soccer player
I.
- Ignacio Damián Medina (* 1967), Argentine clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Lomas de Zamora
- Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina (* 1956), Chilean clergyman, Archbishop of Antofagasta
- Isaías Medina Angarita (1897–1953), Venezuelan officer and politician, president from 1941 to 1945
J
- Jaume Medina (* 1949), Catalan philologist, Latinist, writer, translator and poet
- Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez (* 1926), Chilean clergyman, Bishop of Valparaíso
- José Medina (cyclist) (* 1973), Chilean cyclist
- Jose Medina (politician) (* 1953), American politician
- José María Medina (politician) (1826–1878), Honduran politician, president between 1863 and 1876
- José María Medina (soccer player) (1921-2005), Uruguayan soccer player
- José Ramón Medina Echavarría (1903–1977), Spanish sociologist
- José Toribio Medina Zavala (1852–1930), Chilean bibliographer and historian
- Juan Medina (officer) (1883– ??), Mexican officer and revolutionary
- Juan Carlos Medina (born 1983), Mexican soccer player
- Juan Francisco Medina , Uruguayan politician
- Juan José Medina , Paraguayan politician, President 1841
- Juan Manuel Medina (1948–1973), Mexican soccer player
- Julián Medina (1895–1922), Mexican revolutionary and politician
L.
- Lina Medina (* 1933), Peruvian young woman giving birth
- Luis Medina (athlete) (born 1952), Cuban athlete
- Luis Medina (swimmer) (* 1973), Bolivian swimmer
- Luis Medina (cyclist) (* 1979), Spanish cyclist
- Luis Medina Cantalejo (* 1964), Spanish football referee
- Luis Caicedo Medina (* 1992), Ecuadorian football player
M.
- Manuel Medina (* 1976), Venezuelan racing cyclist
- Manuel Medina (boxer) (* 1971), Mexican boxer
- Manuel Medina Ortega (* 1935), Spanish politician
- Manuel Medina Veitia (also Medinabeitia or Medinaveytia ; 1888– ??), Mexican revolutionary and general
- Maria Medina (1769–1821), Austrian ballet dancer, see Maria Viganò
- Mario Medina (* 1952), Mexican soccer player
- Mario Melanio Medina Salinas (* 1939), Paraguayan priest, Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
- Marisa Medina (1942–2012), Spanish actress and presenter
- Miguel Caviedes Medina (* 1930), Chilean clergyman, Bishop of Los Ángeles
N
- Nathan de Medina (* 1997), Belgian football player
- Nelson Medina (* 1978), Peruvian artist
- Nicolás Medina (soccer player, 1982) (* 1982), Argentinian soccer player
- Nicolás Medina (soccer player, 1987) (* 1987), Chilean soccer player
O
- Overath Breitner da Silva Medina ( Breitner ; * 1989), Venezuelan-Brazilian soccer player
P
- Pascual Aláez Medina (1917–1936), Spanish missionary and martyr
- Patricia Medina (1919–2012), English actress
- Pedro de Medina (1493–1567), Spanish cosmographer, author of Arte de navegar
- Pedro P. Medina , Uruguayan politician
R.
- Rafael Medina (* 1979), Mexican soccer player
- Rafael Rodríguez Medina (* 1956), Salvadoran football referee
- Ramón Medina Bello (* 1966), Argentinian football player
- Ricardo Medina , Uruguayan soccer player
- Ricardo Medina, Jr. (* 1979), American actor
- Roberto Medina (* 1968), Mexican soccer player
- Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz (1972), Mexican politician
- Rogelio Esquivel Medina (* 1940), Mexican clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Mexico City
- Rubén Antonio González Medina (* 1949), Puerto Rican clergyman, Bishop of Caguas
S.
- Sebastián Medina (* 1993), Uruguayan football player
T
- Tomás Medina Menéndez (1803–1884), Salvadoran politician, Supremo Director 1848
W.
- Wilder Medina (* 1981), Colombian football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Medina. In: Behind the Name . June 13, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Medina at sinnungvornamen.de