86-1580: This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Núñez (disambiguation) . Núñez ( pronounced [ˈnuɲeθ] , anglicized as Nunez) is a Spanish surname . The Portuguese (and Old Galician ) variant is Nunes . Notable people with the name include: Academia [ edit ] Antonio Núñez Jiménez , Cuban revolutionary and academic Jorge Núñez Prida , Mexican engineer and Scouting president Juan Núñez de la Peña (1641–1721), Spanish historian Lautaro Núñez Atencio (born 1936), Chilean historian Arts [ edit ] Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez , (1888—1972), Native American artist Françoise Nuñez (1957–2021), French photographer Drama [ edit ] Conchita Núñez (1943–2009), Spanish actress Joe Nunez , American actor Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. (born 1964), American actor Oscar Nunez (born 1958), United States actor and comedian Oscar Núñez (Argentine actor) (1929–2012) Exploration [ edit ] Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa , Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador Literature [ edit ] Authors [ edit ] Elizabeth Nunez (1944–2024), United States writer Hernán Núñez (1475–1553), Spain writer and collector of proverbs José Rafael Núñez Tenorio [ es ] , Venezuelan philosopher Sigrid Nunez (born 1951), United States writer Silvia Núñez del Arco , Peruvian author Fictional [ edit ] Alex Nuñez,
172-431: A Briton with the name "Sarah Jane Smith" could become either "Sarah Jane Smith Smith" or "Sarah Jane Smith Jones" upon acquiring Spanish citizenship. Formally, Spanish naming customs would also mean that the forename "Sarah" and middle name "Jane" would be treated as a compound forename: "Sarah Jane". Historically, flamenco artists seldom used their proper names. According to the flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano , this
258-585: A Spanish composer, music producer and sound designer Politics and military [ edit ] Aaron Nunez Cardozo , 1762–1834, Gibraltarian consul for Tunis and Algie Alberto Núñez Feijóo (born 1961), Spanish politician Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), Spanish military naval officer Blasco Núñez Vela (c. 1490–1546), Spanish viceroy of Peru Carmen Rosa Núñez Campos (born 1954), Peruvian entrepreneur and politician Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon , Philippine politician Devin Nunes (born 1973), member of
344-454: A band, before being narrowed down to 54. The final 54 then went to the "judges' mansion" in Los Angeles for the final results, and the top 36 were announced. Some contestants had a sing-off to determine who would enter the top 36. The 36 contestants performed in three groups of twelve and sang songs that were Billboard Hot 100 hits. In each group, three people advanced to the next round via
430-682: A character in Degrassi: The Next Generation Music [ edit ] Alcide Nunez (1884–1934), United States jazz clarinetist Alejandro Núñez Allauca (born 1943), Peruvian composer and accordionist José Nunez , United States electronica and house music producer Carlos Núñez Muñoz (born 1971), Spanish musician from Galicia Carlos Núñez Cortés (born 1942), a member of Argentine comedy-musical group Les Luthiers Juan Carlos Núñez [ es ] , Venezuelan composer Jorge Núñez (singer) , American Idol contestant Antonio Escobar Núñez (born 1976),
516-402: A child's identity as composed of a forename (simple or composite) and the two surnames ; however, a child can be religiously baptized with several forenames, e.g. Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos . Until the 1960s, it was customary to baptize children with three forenames: the first was the main and the only one used by the child; if parents agreed, one of the other two was the name of
602-494: A guest mentor this week. Contestants each performed one song from the Grand Ole Opry , and are listed in the order they performed. Smokey Robinson served as a guest mentor this week. Contestants are listed in the order they performed. The performance show aired on Wednesday, March 25, and the results show on Thursday, March 26, due to a White House press conference that aired on Tuesday, March 24. Contestants are listed in
688-608: A low caste or social class . Due to this, in 1921 Spanish law started to allow holders of the surname Expósito to legally change their surname. In the Catalan language , the surname Deulofeu ("made by God") was often given out to these children, which is similar to De Dios ("from God") in Castilian. Furthermore, in Aragón abandoned children would receive the surname Gracia ("grace") or de Gracia, because they were thought to survive by
774-500: A masculine name is often abbreviated in writing as M. (José M. Aznar), Ma. (José Ma. Aznar), or M.ª ( José M.ª Morelos ). It is unusual for any names other than the religiously significant María and José to be used in this way except for the name Jesús that is also very common and can be used as Jesús or Jesús María for a boy and María Jesús for a girl, and can be abbreviated as Sus , Chus and other nicknames. The Registro Civil (Civil Registry) officially records
860-466: A mistake to index Rodríguez Zapatero under Z or García Lorca under L. (Picasso, who spent most of his adult life in France, is normally indexed under "P".) In an English-speaking environment, Spanish-named people sometimes hyphenate their surnames to avoid Anglophone confusion or to fill in forms with only one space provided for the last name: for example, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , who
946-410: A permanent fourth judge. This was also Paula Abdul's last season as a judge. Kris Allen was announced the winner of the competition on May 20, 2009, defeating runner-up Adam Lambert after nearly 100 million votes were cast. The eighth season saw numerous changes to the format of the show. There were 36 semifinalists instead of 24, and thirteen finalists instead of twelve: nine contestants chosen by
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#17328518654201032-504: A public vote. After nine contestants had been chosen, the judges selected eight of the remaining 27 semifinalists to compete in the Wild Card round. Following another performance by each contender, each judge selected one contestant to advance to the final group of 13. Color key: Contestants are listed in the order they performed. Due to President Obama's 2009 speech to a joint session of Congress that took place on Tuesday, February 24,
1118-493: A result, no one was eliminated this week. Contestants are listed in the order they performed. Two contestants were eliminated. Jamie Foxx served as a guest mentor this week. Contestants performed one song each from the Rat Pack era, and are listed in the order they performed. Slash served as a guest mentor this week. Each contestant performed two songs: one solo and one duet with a fellow contestant. Contestants are listed in
1204-453: A screaming audience, the Idols do sing along to their own prerecorded vocal track during the group performances only." The spokesperson maintained that the performers sing their solo songs live, but their performances available to download through iTunes are recorded prior to airing. Kris Allen's win over Adam Lambert resulted in controversy about the voting process, prompted by a claim that of
1290-465: A set of 12 contestants, the judges announced at the last minute that they would be advancing a fourth Wild Card contestant, resulting in 13 singers advancing to the finals. Another change to the Idol format was the judges' save, an element previously used in France's Nouvelle Star . The judges were given the power to veto one elimination in the finals for that particular week. This could only be used until
1376-527: A single or composite given name ( nombre in Spanish) and two surnames ( apellidos in Spanish). A composite given name is composed of two (or more) single names; for example, Juan Pablo is considered not to be a first and a second forename, but a single composite forename. The two surnames refer to each of the parental families. Traditionally, a person's first surname is the father's first surname ( apellido paterno ), while their second surname
1462-446: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Spanish surname Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain . They are composed of a given name (simple or composite ) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is
1548-447: Is his first surname. Furthermore, Mr. Gómez might be informally addressed as Very formally, he could be addressed with an honorific such as don José Antonio or don José . It is not unusual, when the first surname is very common, like García in the example above, for a person to be referred to formally using both family names, or casually by their second surname only. For example, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (elected President of
1634-401: Is in patronymic and toponymic surname formulæ, e.g. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba , Pedro López de Ayala , and Vasco Núñez de Balboa , as in many conquistador names. In names of persons, the prepositional particle de is written in lower-case when the forename has been included, e.g. José Manuel de la Rúa ("of the street") and Cunegunda de la Torre ("of the tower"); when
1720-507: Is not used in everyday settings and has no legal value. Similarly, a widow may be identified using the abbreviation "vda." for "viuda" ("widow" in Spanish), as in Leocadia Blanco vda. de Pérez . In the generational transmission of surnames, the paternal surname's precedence eventually eliminates the maternal surnames from the family lineage . Contemporary law (1999) allows the maternal surname to be given precedence, but most people observe
1806-409: Is of Puerto Rican heritage, is named "Ocasio-Cortez" because her parents' surnames are Ocasio-Roman and Ocasio-Cortez (née Cortez). She has publicly corrected people who referred to her as "Cortez" rather than "Ocasio-Cortez". In Spanish-speaking countries, hyphenated surnames arise when someone wants both the paternal and maternal surnames passed to future generations, and the next generation receives
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#17328518654201892-422: Is otherwise dropped in favour of a more American-influenced naming order. The conjunction y avoids denominational confusion when the paternal surname might appear to be a (first) name: without it, the physiologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal might appear to be named Santiago Ramón (composite) and surnamed Cajal , likewise the jurist Francisco Tomás y Valiente , and the cleric Vicente Enrique y Tarancón . Without
1978-552: Is patronymic. Due to the letters z and s being pronounced alike in Latin American dialects of Spanish, many non-patronymic surnames with an -es have come to be written with an -ez . In Hispano-American Spanish , the -ez spellings of Chávez ( Hugo Chávez ), Cortez ( Alberto Cortez ) and Valdez ( Nelson Valdez ) are not patronymic surnames, but simply variant spellings of the Iberian Spanish spelling with -es , as in
2064-454: Is the mother's first surname ( apellido materno ). For example, if a man named Eduardo Fernández Garrido marries a woman named María Dolores Martínez Ruiz (note that women do not change their name with marriage) and they have a child named José , there are several legal options, but their child would most usually be known as José Fernández Martínez . Spanish gender equality law has allowed surname transposition since 1999, subject to
2150-408: Is to insert y between the paternal and maternal surnames. In case of illegitimacy – when the child's father either is unknown or refuses to recognize his child legally – the child bears both of the mother's surnames, which may be interchanged. Occasionally, a person with a common paternal surname and an uncommon maternal surname becomes widely known by the maternal surname. Some examples include
2236-539: The Orpheum Theatre to the Kodak Theatre , which had previously been used for the finales in the first and third through sixth seasons. In the first round, the 147 contestants each sang a short solo a cappella performance of any song. The next round had the remaining 107 contestants performing in groups of three or four. The 72 contestants who survived that round performed one more solo song, this time accompanied by
2322-587: The Virgin Mary , by appending either a shrine, place, or religious-concept suffix-name to María . In daily life, such women omit the "Mary of the ..." nominal prefix, and use the suffix portion of their composite names as their public, rather than legal, identity . Hence, women with Marian names such as María de los Ángeles (María of the Angels), María del Pilar ( María of the Pillar ), and María de la Luz (María of
2408-402: The grace of God. In Spain, foreign immigrants retain use of their cultural naming customs, but upon becoming Spanish citizens , they are legally obliged to assume Spanish-style names (one forename and two surnames). If the naturalized citizen is from a one-surname culture, either their current surname is doubled or their mother's maiden name is adopted as the second surname. For example,
2494-463: The orthographic option of conjoining the surnames with the conjunction particle y , or e before a name starting with 'I', 'Hi' or 'Y', (both meaning "and") (e.g., José Ortega y Gasset , Tomás Portillo y Blanco , or Eduardo Dato e Iradier ), following an antiquated aristocratic usage. Patrilineal surname transmission was not always the norm in Spanish-speaking societies. Prior to
2580-498: The previous season . Songwriter and record producer Kara DioGuardi was added as a permanent fourth judge. She had previously collaborated with Celine Dion , Hilary Duff , Britney Spears , Enrique Iglesias , Leona Lewis and Christina Aguilera , and produced several Top 40 hits. As a songwriter, she had already worked with several American Idol alumni and winners, including Kelly Clarkson , Carrie Underwood , David Archuleta , and David Cook . Meanwhile, Ken Warwick became
2666-545: The surname Nunez , Núñez or Nuñez) . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Núñez&oldid=1257320810 " Categories : Surnames Spanish-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Pages with Spanish IPA Articles with short description Short description
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2752-743: The 1880s and 1890s Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. , Louisiana politician Yerko Núñez (born 1973), Bolivian politician Sport [ edit ] Baseball [ edit ] Abraham Núñez (baseball infielder) (born 1976), Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees Abraham Núñez (baseball outfielder) (born 1977), Major League Baseball outfielder for the Caffè Danesi Nettuno of Italy's Serie A1 Dom Núñez (born 1995), American baseball player Clemente Núñez (born 1975), United States baseball player Eduardo Núñez (born 1987), Major League Baseball infielder for
2838-672: The Aragonese painter Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828), the Andalusian artist Pablo Diego Ruiz y Picasso (1881–1973), and the Madrilenian liberal philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955). In Hispanic America, this spelling convention was common among clergymen (e.g. Salvadoran Bishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez ), and sanctioned by the Ley de Registro Civil (Civil Registry Law) of 1870, which required birth certificates to indicate
2924-1876: The Boston Red Sox Juan Carlos Oviedo (born 1982), Major League Baseball pitcher, called himself Leo Núñez before 2011 Association football [ edit ] Álvaro Adrián Núñez (born 1973), Uruguayan goalkeeper Antonio Núñez (born 1979), Spanish footballer Claudio Núñez (born 1975), Chilean footballer Darwin Núñez (born 1999), Uruguayan footballer Gervasio Núñez (born 1988), Argentine footballer Jorge Martín Núñez (born 1978), Paraguayan footballer Josep Lluís Núñez (1931–2018), former president of FC Barcelona Leonel Núñez (born 1984), Johor Darul Takzim FC player Marcelino Núñez (born 2000), Chilean footballer Milton Núñez (born 1972), Honduran footballer Nicolás Núñez (born 1984), Chilean footballer Ramón Núñez (born 1985), Honduran-American footballer Rodrigo Núñez (born 1977), Chilean footballer Sergio Núñez (born 2000), Uruguayan footballer Other sport [ edit ] José María Núñez Piossek (born 1976), A rugby union player Sidarka Núñez (born 1984), Dominican Republic volleyball player Matt Nunez (born 1989), American floorball player Science and medicine [ edit ] Álvaro Núñez [ es ] , Chilean physicist Manuel Núñez Tovar (1872–1928), Venezuelan naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist Samuel Nunez (1668–1744), United States physician and early Jewish settler in Georgia Rafael E. Núñez , cognitive scientist Other [ edit ] Marianela Núñez (born 1982), Argentine ballet dancer Jacqueline Marie Nuñez , The Person [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
3010-571: The English analogue is "Jr." ( junior ). Following the Visigothic invasion of the Iberian peninsula, the local population adopted to a large extent a patronymic naming system: the suffix -icī (a Latin genitive meaning son of ) would be attached to the father's forename to create a patronymic for the son. This suffix gradually evolved into different local forms, depending on the language. For example,
3096-553: The Gifts"), etc. are often used. Also, parents can simply name a girl María , or Mari without a suffix portion. It is common for a boy's formal name to include María , preceded by a masculine name, e.g. José María Aznar , Juan María Vicencio de Ripperdá or Antonio María Rouco Varela . Equivalently, a girl can be formally named María José , e.g. skier María José Rienda , and informally named Marijose , Mariajo , Majo , Ajo , Marisé or even José in honour of St. Joseph. María as
3182-514: The Light), are normally addressed as Ángeles (Angels), Pilar (Pillar), and Luz (Light); however, each might be addressed as María . Nicknames such as Maricarmen for María del Carmen , Marisol for "María (de la) Soledad" ("Our Lady of Solitude", the Virgin Mary), Dolores or Lola for María de los Dolores ("Our Lady of Sorrows"), Mercedes or Merche for María de las Mercedes ("Our Lady of
3268-722: The Spanish López and the Basque Arriortúa are discrete surnames in Spanish and Basque respectively. This pattern was also in use in other Basque districts, but was phased out in most of the Basque-speaking areas and only remained in place across lands of heavy Romance influence, i.e. some central areas of Navarre and most of Álava . To a lesser extent, this pattern has been also present in Castile, where Basque - Castilian bilingualism
3354-606: The Spanish Government in the 2004 and 2008 general elections) is often called simply Zapatero, the name he inherited from his mother's family since Rodríguez is a common surname and may be ambiguous. The same occurs with another former Spanish Socialist leader, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba , with the poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca , and with the painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso . As these people's paternal surnames are very common, they are often referred to by their maternal surnames (Rubalcaba, Lorca, Picasso). It would nonetheless be
3440-680: The United States Congress and chair of the House Intelligence Committee Emilio Núñez (1855–1922), Cuban soldier, dentist, and politician Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898–1978), Cuban politician Fabian Núñez (born 1966), US-American politician José Núñez de Cáceres (1772–1846), Dominican politician and writer Marco Antonio Núñez (born 1966), Chilean politician Nelly Núñez (1948–2021), Bolivian politician Osvaldo Nunez , Canadian politician Rafael Núñez (politician) , President of Colombia in
3526-535: The ages of 16 and 28 on July 15, 2008, and eligible to work in the United States. Those ineligible included former contestants who had previously reached the semifinals of the first through third seasons, or the last phase of the Hollywood round of the fourth through seventh seasons, those holding recording or management contracts, or those who were not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The Hollywood round moved from
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3612-476: The artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso , the poet Federico García Lorca , and the politician José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero . With a similar effect, the foreign paternal surname of the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Hughes Galeano (his father was British) is usually omitted. (As a boy, however, he occasionally signed his name as Eduardo Gius , using a Hispanicized approximation of the English pronunciation of "Hughes".) Such use of
3698-462: The condition that every sibling must bear the same surname order recorded in the Registro Civil ( civil registry ), but there have been legal exceptions. Since 2013, if the parents of a child were unable to agree on the order of surnames, an official would decide which is to come first, with the paternal name being the default option. The only requirement is that every son and daughter must have
3784-472: The conjunction, the footballer Rafael Martín Vázquez , when referred to by his surnames Martín Vázquez mistakenly appears to be forenamed Martín rather than Rafael , whilst, to his annoyance, the linguist Fernando Lázaro Carreter occasionally was addressed as Don Lázaro , rather than as Don Fernando (Lázaro can be either forename or surname). When the conjunction y is used and the maternal surname begins with an i vowel sound — whether written with
3870-511: The day's saint. Nowadays, baptizing with three or more forenames is usually a royal and noble family practice. In Spain, upon marrying, one does not change one's surname. In some instances, such as high society meetings, the partner's surname can be added after the person's surnames using the preposition de (of). An example would be a Leocadia Blanco Álvarez , married to a Pedro Pérez Montilla , may be addressed as Leocadia Blanco de Pérez or as Leocadia Blanco Álvarez de Pérez . This format
3956-577: The eighteenth century, the Spanish nobility fully embraced the French custom of using de as a nobility identifier; however, since many commoners also bore the same particle, the use of de became unclear. Thus, nobility was emphasised with the surname's lineage. In the sixteenth century, the Spanish adopted the copulative conjunction y ("and") to distinguish a person's surnames; thus the Andalusian Baroque writer Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561–1627),
4042-535: The eighth season. Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly stated that Idol would feature fewer " William Hung -like" contestants and "funny auditions," and would quickly move its focus to the potential singers during the earlier stages of the competition, thus moving the season at a faster pace. Mike Darnell , president of Fox's alternative programming, said the contestants would be more emotional and that viewers would learn more about them and their pasts than they had in
4128-650: The first surname is very common (e.g., Federico García Lorca , Pablo Ruiz Picasso or José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ) to get a more distinguishable name. In these cases, it is even common to use only the second surname, as in "Lorca", "Picasso" or "Zapatero". This does not affect alphabetization: "Lorca", the Spanish poet, must be alphabetized in an index under "García Lorca", not "Lorca" or "García". Spanish naming customs were extended to countries under Spanish rule, influencing naming customs of Hispanic America and Philippines to different extent. Currently in Spain, people bear
4214-460: The first time since the third season . After voters picked three finalists from each of three groups of 12 semifinalists, the judges selected eight of the previously eliminated 27 semifinalists to return and perform on the March 5 show. They were judged by the panel, instead of a vote by the viewers, with four advancing to the finals. Although the finals had been billed from the beginning of the season as
4300-425: The following generations – especially when the paternal surname is socially undistinguished. José María Álvarez del Manzano y López del Hierro is an example, his name comprising the composite single name José María and two composite surnames, Álvarez del Manzano and López del Hierro . Other examples derive from church place-names such as San José. When a person bears doubled surnames, the means of disambiguation
4386-451: The forename has been omitted, the de is capitalized, e.g. doctor De la Rúa and señora De la Torre . Bearing the de particle does not necessarily denote a noble family; especially in names from eastern Castile , Alava , and western Navarre, the de usually meant simply "from", and was applied to the place-name (town or village) from which the person and his or her ancestors originated. This differs from another practice established in
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#17328518654204472-532: The judges could veto one elimination through the use of the "judges' save." Color key: Contestants performed one song each from the Michael Jackson discography , and are listed in the order they performed. Two contestants were eliminated. This episode re-aired on June 29, 2009, in a tribute to Michael Jackson after his death. Simon Cowell had hoped that Jackson would perform on the show as part of his comeback tour. Country singer Randy Travis served as
4558-465: The mid-eighteenth century, when the current paternal-maternal surname combination norm was adopted, Hispanophone societies often practised matrilineal surname transmission, giving children the maternal surname and occasionally giving children a grandparent's surname (borne by neither parent) for prestige – being perceived as gentry – and profit, flattering the matriarch or the patriarch in hope of inheriting land. A more recent example can be found in
4644-460: The mother's first surname. Since 1999, the order of the surnames in a family in Spain is decided when registering the first child, but the traditional order is nearly universally chosen (99.53% of the time). The practice is to use one given name and the first surname generally (e.g. " Penélope Cruz " for Penélope Cruz Sánchez); the complete name is reserved for legal, formal and documentary matters. Both surnames are sometimes systematically used when
4730-543: The name of Francisco de Asís Franco y Martínez-Bordiú (born 1954), who took first the name of his mother, Carmen Franco , rather than that his father, Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde , in order to perpetuate the family name of his maternal grandfather, the Caudillo Francisco Franco . Not every surname is a single word; such conjoining usage is common with doubled surnames (maternal-paternal), ancestral composite surnames bequeathed to
4816-418: The name to its qualifier, such as "Lucía" or "de Lucía"; Paco, or perhaps "el de Lucía", are the only options. Jorge N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez (singer) The eighth season of American Idol premiered on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, and concluded on May 20, 2009. Simon Cowell , Paula Abdul , and Randy Jackson returned as judges, while Ryan Seacrest returned as host. This season introduced Kara DioGuardi as
4902-456: The names of Manuel Chaves , Hernán Cortés and Víctor Valdés . For more on the -z surnames in Spanish see Influences on the Spanish language . A number of the most common surnames with the patronymic suffix -ez: Anonymous abandoned children were a problem for civil registrars to name. Some such children were named after the town where they were found ( toponymic surname ). Because most were reared in church orphanages, some were also given
4988-402: The nearly 100 million votes cast, as many as "38 million" votes may have come from Arkansas , which was Allen's home state, despite the fact that the state only had a population of 2.86 million people at the time. Although the claim was later retracted, it resulted in allegations that AT&T may have influenced the results. Fox had previously denied these claims as baseless, stating that
5074-412: The network has no preference on who the winner might be. AT&T meanwhile said in a statement that the vote tally above was based on incorrect information and apologized by saying that "AT&T does not divulge or confirm how many votes were cast in any state." On May 27, 2009, the producers of the show stated that they "stand by the outcome" and are "absolutely certain" that "without a doubt Kris Allen
5160-473: The new executive producer, as Nigel Lythgoe had left the show to focus on So You Think You Can Dance and his new show with Simon Fuller, Superstars of Dance . Idol Gives Back was canceled for the eighth season, as the Great Recession left Idol officials uncomfortable about asking financially struggling viewers to donate. The semifinals saw the biggest change as the Wild Card round returned for
5246-451: The order they performed. Contestants each performed one song from the year they were born, and are listed in the order they performed. Quentin Tarantino served as a guest mentor this week. Contestants chose songs featured in movies, and are listed in the order they performed. The judges chose to use their "judges' save" when Matt Giraud was announced as the performer to be eliminated. As
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#17328518654205332-405: The order they performed. Each contestant performed two songs: one chosen by the judges and one chosen by the contestant. Contestants are listed in the order they performed. Each contestant performed three songs, one of which was chosen by producer Simon Fuller , and are listed in the order they performed. Kris Allen won the coin toss the week prior and chose to perform second. Color key: In
5418-470: The parents' taste, honouring a relative, the General Roman Calendar nomina (nominal register), and traditional Spanish names. Legislation in Spain under Franco 's dictatorship legally limited cultural naming customs to only Christian (Jesus, Mary, saints) and typical Spanish names (Álvaro, Jimena, etc.). Although the first part of a composite forename generally reflects the gender of the child,
5504-478: The paternal and maternal surnames conjoined with y – thus, Felipe González y Márquez and José María Aznar y López are the respective legal names of the Spanish politicians Felipe González Márquez and José María Aznar López ; however, unlike in Catalan , this usage is infrequent in Spanish. In the Philippines , y and its associated usages are retained only in formal state documents such as police records, but
5590-425: The performance show was moved to Wednesday, February 25, and the results show to Thursday, February 26. Contestants are listed in the order they performed. Contestants are listed in the order they performed. Contestants are listed in the order they performed. There were eleven weeks of finals with thirteen contestants competing. At least one contestant was eliminated every week based on the public's votes, although
5676-510: The person's place in society . p. (father of): A man named like his son may add the lower-case suffix p. (denoting padre , father) to his surname. An example of this is José Luis Lorena, p. , to distinguish him from his son José Luis Lorena ; the English analogue is "Sr." ( senior ). h. (son of): A man named like his father may append the lower-case suffix h. (denoting hijo , son) to his surname, thus distinguishing himself, Juan Gómez Marcos, h. , from his father, Juan Gómez Marcos ;
5762-443: The public and four by the judges in a Wild Card round. Another addition was the "judges' save," which allowed the judges to veto one elimination during the competition, and was used to veto Matt Giraud 's elimination. Multiple contestants from this season were signed to record deals, including Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey , Allison Iraheta , Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai , and Michael Sarver . Several changes were planned for
5848-458: The same order of the surnames, so they cannot change it separately. Since June 2017, adopting the paternal name first is no longer the standard method, and parents are required to sign an agreement wherein the name order is expressed explicitly. The law also grants a person the option, upon reaching adulthood, of reversing the order of their surnames. However, this legislation only applies to Spanish citizens; people of other nationalities are issued
5934-527: The second last name by itself is colloquial, however, and may not be applied in legal contexts. Also rarely, a person may become widely known by both surnames, with an example being a tennis player Arantxa Sánchez Vicario – whereas her older brothers Emilio and Javier , also professional tennis players, are mainly known only by the paternal surname of Sánchez in everyday life, although they would formally be addressed as Sánchez Vicario . Where Basque and Romance cultures have linguistically long coexisted,
6020-440: The second personal name need not (e.g. José María Aznar ). At present, the only naming limitation is the dignity of the child, who cannot be given an insulting name. Similar limitations applied against diminutive, familiar, and colloquial variants not recognized as names proper, and "those that lead to confusion regarding sex"; however, current law allows registration of diminutive names. Girls are often named María , honouring
6106-537: The show. However, Grace was not voted off that week. After the top 11 program, Justin Guarini , while hosting Idol Wrap on TV Guide channel, asserted that the show's group performances were being lip-synced . Soon after Guarini's assertion was aired, a spokesperson for the producers of American Idol said, "The Idols don't lip-sync, period." The following day, the same spokesperson said that "due to extensive choreography and to balance their voices with open mics against
6192-480: The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which de could be applied to one's own name as a way of denoting the bearer's noble heritage, to avoid the misperception that he or she was either a Jew or a Moor. In that time, many people, regardless of their true origins, used the particle, e.g. Miguel de Cervantes , Lope de Vega , etc.; moreover, following that fashion, a high noble such as Francisco Sandoval Rojas called himself Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas . During
6278-450: The son of Fernando would be called: This system was most common in, but not limited to, the central region of Castile . Bare surnames, i.e. the father's name without the suffix -itz/-ez/-is/-es, can also be found, and are especially common in Catalonia . This said, mass migration in the 20th century has led to a certain levelling of such regional differences. In Catalan speaking areas ,
6364-693: The suffixed surname Ferrandis is most common in the South (the Valencian Country ) while in the North ( Catalonia ) the bare surname Ferran is more common. Furthermore, language contact led to the creation of multiple hybrid forms, as evidenced by the multiple Catalano-Castillan surnames, found especially in the Valencian Country: Fernàndez , Fernandis , Fernàndiz , Ferrandez , Ferràniz , Ferranis , etc. Not every surname that resembles this pattern
6450-546: The surname indicated by the laws of their original country. Each of these two surnames can also be composite in itself, with the parts usually linked by: For example, a person's name might be Juan Pablo Fernández de Calderón García-Iglesias , consisting of a forename ( Juan Pablo ), a paternal surname ( Fernández de Calderón ), and a maternal surname ( García-Iglesias ). A man named José Antonio Gómez Iglesias would normally be addressed as either señor Gómez or señor Gómez Iglesias instead of señor Iglesias , because Gómez
6536-434: The surnames Iglesia or Iglesias (church[es]) and Cruz (cross). Blanco (with the meaning "blank", rather than "white") was another option. A toponymic first surname might have been followed by Iglesia(s) or Cruz as a second surname. Nameless children were sometimes given the surname Expósito / Expósita (from Latin exposĭtus , "exposed", meaning "abandoned child"), which marked them, and their descendants, as of
6622-465: The surnames denote the father's name and the (family) house or town/village. Thus the Romance patronymic and the place-name are conjoined with the prepositional particle de ("from"+"provenance"). For example, in the name José Ignacio López de Arriortúa , the composite surname López de Arriortúa is a single surname, despite Arriortúa being the original family name. This can lead to confusion because
6708-405: The top 13, the expected telephone number for contestant Alexis Grace, 1-866-IDOLS-13, was not owned by American Idol, but by a company called Intimate Encounters, who used it as a phone sex line. Although host Ryan Seacrest mentioned the replacement phone number, 1-866-IDOLS-36, several times, some commentators feared that the phone number confusion could lead to Grace being inadvertently voted off
6794-403: The top 5. The following week, two contestants would be eliminated if the judges' save were used. The save could only be used once per season and must be a unanimous decision. The new format change was revealed on March 11, 2009. The first recipient of the judges' save was Matt Giraud . Auditions began July 17, 2008, and were held in the following cities: Contestants were required to be between
6880-411: The traditional paternal–maternal surname order. Therefore, the daughter and son of Ángela López Sáenz and Tomás Portillo Blanco are usually called Laura Portillo López and Pedro Portillo López but could also be called Laura López Portillo and Pedro López Portillo . The two surnames of all siblings must be in the same order when recorded in the Registro Civil . Spanish naming customs include
6966-499: The two, hyphenated, as a single (paternal) surname. Occasionally the two are fused into a simple (unhyphenated) name, such as Jovellanos (from Jove and Llanos). Rarely, the two names are left unhyphenated, such as López Portillo , which may lead to confusion. Parents choose their child's given name , which must be recorded in the Registro Civil (Civil Registry) to establish their legal identity. With few restrictions, parents can now choose any name; common sources of names are
7052-463: The vowel I ( Ibarra ), the vowel Y ( Ybarra archaic spelling), or the combination Hi + consonant ( Higueras ) — Spanish euphony substitutes e in place of the word y ; thus the example of the Spanish statesman Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856–1921). To communicate a person's social identity , Spanish naming customs provide orthographic means, such as suffix-letter abbreviations, surname spellings, and place names, which denote and connote
7138-489: Was a midwife); Perico del Lunar (because he had a mole); Tomatito (son of a father known as Tomate (tomato) because of his red face); Sabicas (because of his childhood passion for green beans, from niño de las habicas ); Paco de Lucía , born Francisco (" Paco ") Gustavo Sánchez Gomes, was known from infancy after his Portuguese mother, Lucía Gomes (de Lucía = [son] of Lucía). And many more. When referring to these artists by their assumed names, it makes no sense to shorten
7224-516: Was because flamenco was considered disreputable and they did not want to embarrass their families: We have to start with the history of the gypsies in Spain. They gained a bad reputation because of the minor crimes they had to commit to survive. They did not have any kind of jobs, they had to do something to live, and of course this created hostility. And Flamenco was the music of the Gypsies, so many high society people did not accept it – they said Flamenco
7310-498: Was common in northern and eastern areas up to the 13th century. A notable example of this system was Joaquina Sánchez de Samaniego y Fernández de Tejada , with both paternal and maternal surnames coming from this system, joined with an y ("and"). In Spanish, the preposition particle de ("of") is used as a conjunction in two different surname styles, and also used in a kind of placeholder role to disambiguate surnames that might be mistaken as additional forenames. The first style
7396-500: Was in the hands of criminals, bandits, et cetera. And the girls, that maybe liked dancing or singing, their parents said, "Oh no, you want to be a prostitute!". This tradition of not using one's proper name has persisted to the present day, even though flamenco is now legitimate. Sometimes the artistic name consists of the home town appended to the first name ( Manolo Sanlúcar , Ramón de Algeciras ); but many, perhaps most, such names are more eccentric: Pepe de la Matrona (because his mother
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