Cabrera

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Cabrera is read●(measured from records)

Cabrera is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish72%

  minor places so called from LL capraria ‘place of goats’ (a deriv. of coper goat; cf. Cheever).

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

  an occupational surname

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English12%

  person from Cabrera, a Spanish place-name meaning ‘place of goats’.

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Cabrera is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Peru

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Cäbrërä, Cäbrerä, Cäbrêrä, Cabřeřa, Cabréra

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Cabréra

• Lao surname21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Càbrèrà, Cäbrërä, Cábrérá, Çabrera, Cẵbrérẵ

• Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Peru, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Cābrërä

• Russian surname9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Кабрера, Kabrera, Cabreira

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Cabrera is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• goat breeder; from Málaga

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Italian, variante regional de Caprera

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Filipino, a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Cabrera, widespread across Tagalog-speaking areas but most concentrated around Metro Manila, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Bulacan

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Sebastián de Belalcázarb. 1480ESnot in their usual nameSpanish conquistador
• Manuel José Estrada Cabrerab. 1859GTGuatemalan President (1857-1924)
• Delfo Cabrerab. 1919ARArgentine athlete (1919–1981)
• Guillermo Cabrera Infanteb. 1929CUCuban writer
• Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrerab. 1951GTPresident of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004
• Jimmy Moralesb. 1969GTnot in their usual nameComedian and former President of Guatemala
• Ángel Cabrerab. 1969ARprofessional golfer
• Santiago Cabrerab. 1978VEVenezuelan-Chilean actor
• Ryan Cabrerab. 1982USAmerican musician
• Alexa Blissb. 1991USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cabrera mean?

In Spanish, minor places so called from LL capraria ‘place of goats’ (a deriv. of coper goat; cf. Cheever).

Where does the name Cabrera come from?

person from Cabrera, a Spanish place-name meaning ‘place of goats’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

How do you pronounce Cabrera?

A machine transcription gives /kaβɾeɾa/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Cabrera have the most bearers?

In Argentina, the national register counted about 145 thousand people named Cabrera, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cabrera.

Where is Cabrera most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cabrera is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 62 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Cabrera?

In Argentina, the national register counted 144,559 people named Cabrera, about 1 in 315 residents.

How common is Cabrera compared with other names?

In Argentina, Cabrera is the 35th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.