Ugalde

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Ugalde is a Basque[1] surname, the word meaning water-side or river. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Antonio Ugalde (born 1976), Spanish handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Juan de Ugalde (1729–1816), commanding general of Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Nuevo Santander; also known as "Juan de Uvalde"[2]
  • Luis Carlos Ugalde (born 1966), Mexican scholar who served as president of the Federal Electoral Institute from 2003 to 2007
  • Unax Ugalde (born 1978), Spanish actor born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain, in the Basque country
  • Ana Bárbara (born Altagracia Ugalde Mota in 1971), Mexican singer-songwriter

Ugalde was also the surname of French singers

  1. ^ "Ugalde" (in Spanish). Bisabuelos. 2001.
  2. ^ Louis J. Wortham (1924). A History of Texas: From Wilderness to Commonwealth. Vol. 5. Wortham-Molyneaux Company. p. 310.