Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : topographic name for someone who lived in a place that was infested with flies or mosquitos, from a derivative of mosca ‘fly’ (see Mosca).
  • Catalan : habitational name from any of the numerous places named Mosquera in Catalonia, Valencia and Andorra.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe