Medina (surname)
Medina is a common habitational Spanish-Muslim toponymic surname.
The surname was derived from several cities and towns of Spain such as Medina del Campo, Medina de Pomar, Medina de Rioseco, Medinaceli, Medina-Sidonia, Medina de las Torres and many others. The use of the term dates back to the Muslim rule of Al Andalus (8th–15th century) and it originates from the Arabic word madīnah (مَدِيْنَة) which means "city". Various Christian families from these localities took it as a surname during the Reconquista and later on. The surname was imported to the Spanish colonies by the conquistadores. Medina is a common surname among Moriscos and Conversos.
Notable people with the surname include
- Adonis Medina (born 1996), Dominican baseball player
- Alberto Medina Briseño (born 1983), Mexican footballer
- Alexander Medina Reobasco (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer
- Anabel Medina Garrigues (born 1982), Spanish tennis player
- Ann Medina, American-born Canadian award-winning journalist
- Antonio Medina (disambiguation), multiple people
- Astrid Medina (born 1977), Colombian coffee producer
- Avihu Medina (born 1948), Israeli singer-songwriter
- Benny Medina (born 1958), African-American music producer, talent manager and record executive
- Biel Medina Piris (born 1980), Spanish footballer
- Carlos Medina, Venezuelan plastic artist
- César Medina Lozado (born 1991), Peruvian footballer
- Chris Medina (born 1983), American singer and American Idol contestant
- Claribel Medina (born 1961), Puerto Rican actress
- Danilo Medina Sánchez (born 1951), Dominican politician and President of the Dominican Republic since 2012
- David M. Medina (born 1958), a former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
- Diego Medina (born 1991), Argentine footballer
- Ernest Medina (1936-2018), US Army captain who was the commanding officer of the unit responsible for the My Lai Massacre
- Fernando Medina (born 1973), Portuguese politician and mayor of Lisbon
- Fernando Medina (born 1973), Spanish fencer
- Gabriel Medina (born 1993), Brazilian professional surfer
- Henrique Medina (1901–1988), 20th century Portuguese painter
- Humberto Medina (dancer), Cuban dancer
- Humberto Medina (footballer) (1942–2011), Mexican footballer
- Isaías Medina Angarita (1897-1953), Venezuelan soldier and politician, President of Venezuela (1941-1945)
- Iizzwa Medina (born 1982), Honduran retired table tennis player
- Jaume Medina i Casanovas, (born 1949), Catalan philologist, latinist, writer, translator and poet.
- John Baptist Medina (1659–1710), artist of Flemish-Spanish origin who worked in England and Scotland
- Jorge Medina (born 1926), Chilean cardinal of the Catholic Church
- José Medina (disambiguation)
- Juan Medina (disambiguation)
- Julio Medina III (born 1976), Panamanian footballer
- Leonardo Medina Gutiérrez (born 1977), Uruguayan footballer
- Lina Medina (born 1933), youngest mother in recorded history
- Luis Medina (disambiguation)
- Luiz Carlos Medina (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
- Maria Medina (1769—1821 or 1833), ballet dancer, the wife of choreographer Salvatore Viganò
- Maxine Medina, Filipina actress and beauty pageant titleholder
- Nery Medina Norales (born 1981), Honduran footballer
- Nicolás Medina (born 1982), Argentine footballer
- Nicolás Esteban Medina Ríos (born 1987), Chilean footballer
- Ninrrol Medina Torres (born 1976), Honduran retired footballer and current manager
- Ofelia Medina (born 1950), Mexican actress
- Pablo Medina (born 1960), Cuban poet
- Patricia Medina (1919–2012), English actress
- Paula Medina (born 1989), Colombian table tennis player
- Pol Medina, Jr. (born 1960), Filipino comics artist
- Rafael Medina Rodríguez (born 1979), Mexican professional footballer
- Rafael Medina (baseball) (born 1975), Panamanian former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ricardo Medina, Jr. (born 1979), American actor
- Roberto Medina (born 1947), Brazilian businessman
- Rubem Medina (born 1942), Brazilian politician, economist, and businessman
- Salvador Medina Cárcamo (born 1988), Mexican footballer
- Samuel Doria Medina (born 1958), Bolivian politician
- Stefan Medina Ramírez (born 1992), Colombian footballer
- Tulia Angela Medina (born 1983), Colombian weightlifter
- Wilder Medina Tamayo (born 1981), Colombian footballer
- Yoervis Medina (born 1988), Venezuelan Major League Baseball pitcher
- Yojer Medina (born 1973), Venezuelan shot putter and discus thrower
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