Escudero Surname Meaning & Origin (Spanish)

Meaning and formation

Escudero comes from Spanish escudero, “squire” or “shield bearer”. It began as an occupational surname for an attendant who served a knight. The word continues medieval Latin scutarius, formed from scutum, “shield”. The surname thus preserves the name of a historical role rather than a personal given name. In the Philippines, bearers include Salvador Escudero III, a veterinarian and agriculture secretary, and his son Francis “Chiz” Escudero, a lawyer and senator. The family has longstanding public associations with Sorsogon in the Bicol Region.

Dictionary pronunciation

• Spanish: /eskuˈdeɾo/ · Wiktionary ↗

Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

Escudero has 4 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.

Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts