# Gonzalo (name)

Gonzalo (also Consalvo, latinized Gundisalvus) is a Spanish masculine given name of Germanic origin.
The name is given for Galician Saint Gonzalo (d. c. 1108/12), bishop of Mondoñedo from 1071. It derives from a Gothic name with the first element gunþi- ("battle"). The second element is uncertain, the latinization Gundisalvus may be based on a folk etymological interpretation based on Latin salvus. Suggestions include gunþi-saiwala- (as it were "battle-soul") and gunþis-albs ("battle-elf").
The patronymic surnames of this name are "González", or "Gonçalves" in Portuguese.

## Given name

Notable people with the name include:

### Medieval

* Saint Gonzalo (Gonzalo Froilaz, d. c. 1112), bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
* Gonzalo Ruiz or Rodríguez, feudal lord of La Bureba (or Burueba) throughout much of the mid-twelfth century
* Gonzalo Rodríguez Girón (d. 1231), Castillian noble
* Gonzalo de Berceo (d. 1264), Castillian poet
* Gonzalo Pérez (d. c. 1451), Valencian painter

### Early Modern

* Gonzalo de Alvarado (born 15th/16th century), brother of Don Pedro
* Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453–1515), known as el Gran Capitán, Castilian general and statesman
* Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1635), Spanish military leader
* Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478–1557), Castilian writer and historian
* Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497–1528), Spanish conquistador in New Spain (Mexico)
* Gonzalo Pizarro (1502–1548), Spanish conquistador
* Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509–1579), Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America
* Gonzalo García Zorro (c. 1500 – 1566), Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people
* Gonzalo Guerrero (fl. 1500), Spanish sailor who was enslaved by the Maya and later became a respected warrior under a Maya Lord
* Gonzalo Macías (born ~1509), Spanish conquistador who participated in the expedition from Santa Marta into the Muisca Confederation
* Gonzalo Méndez de Canço (1554–1622), Spanish Admiral and the seventh Governor of Florida (1596–1603)
* Gonzalo Suárez Rendón (fl. 1540), Spanish conquistador, known as the founder of Boyacá and Tunja

### Modern

* Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine (1937–2000)
* Gonzalo Abán (born 1987), Argentine footballer
* Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán (1908–1996), Mexican anthropologist
* Gonzalo Arango (1931–1975), Colombian poet/novelist and founder of Nadaism
* Gonzalo Arconada (born 1961), Spanish football manager
* Gonzalo Barroilhet (born 1986), Chilean decathlete
* Gonzalo Castro Randón (born 1987), German footballer of Spanish origin
* Gonzalo "Chory" Castro Irizábal (born 1984), Uruguayan footballer
* Gonzalo Colsa (born 1977), Spanish footballer
* Gonzalo Córdova (1863–1928), Ecuadorian president
* Gonzalo Curiel (composer) (1904–1958), Mexican film composer
* Gonzalo P. Curiel (born 1953), United States District Judge
* Gonzalo de la Fuente (born 1984), Spanish footballer
* Gonzalo de la Torre (born 1977), Mexican-American singer-songwriter, director and producer
* Gonzalo Escobar (born 1989), Ecuadorian tennis player
* Gonzalo Fernández (Uruguayan politician) (born 1952), Foreign Minister of Uruguay from 2008 to 2009
* Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (born 1980), Spanish golfer
* Gonzalo Garcia (basketball) (born 1967), Argentine basketball coach
* Gonzalo Garcia (dancer) (born 1979/1980), New York City Ballet principal dancer
* Gonzalo García García (born 1983), Spanish footballer
* Gonzalo García Núñez (1947–2024), Peruvian economist and politician
* Gonzalo González (footballer, born 1993), Uruguayan footballer
* Gonzalo González (footballer, born 1995), Argentine footballer
* Gonzalo Higuaín (born 1987), Argentine-French football player
* Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez (born 1984), Argentine football player
* Gonzalo Jara (born 1985), Chilean football player
* Gonzalo Lira ([1968–2024), Chilean-American novelist
* Gonzalo Longo (born 1974), Argentine rugby union player
* Gonzalo Márquez (1946–1984), Venezuelan-American baseball player
* Gonzalo Miranda (born 1979), Chilean track and road cyclist
* Gonzalo Montiel (born 1997), Argentine World Cup winning football player
* Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora, Spanish essayist and politician
* Gonzalo Piermarteri (born 1995), Argentine football player
* Gonzalo Pineda Reyes (born 1982), Mexican football player
* Gonzalo Ramos (actor) (born 1989), Spanish actor
* Gonzalo Ramos (footballer) (born 1991), Uruguayan football player
* Gonzalo Rodríguez (disambiguation), several people
* Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (1947–1989), co-founder of the Medellín drug cartel and founder of paramilitarism in Colombia
* Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (born 1969), British philosopher
* Gonzalo Rodríguez Risco (born 1972), Peruvian playwright and screenwriter
* Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Argentine baroque oboist
* Gonzalo Salas (born 1974), Argentine road cyclist
* Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (born 1930), Bolivian politician and businessman
* Gonzalo Schnorr Fornari (born 1999), Brazilian footballer
* Gonzalo Slipak, Argentine actor
* Gonzalo Sorondo (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer
* Gonzalo Suárez (born 1934), Spanish writer/director
* Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement
* Gonzalo Vargas (born 1981), Uruguayan football player

### Pseudonym

* Gonzalo, nom de guerre of Shining Path leader Abimael Guzmán

### Fictional characters

* Gonzalo (Shakespeare), a courtier in Shakespeare's The Tempest

## Surname

* Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress and producer