Munio or Muño is a masculine given name of uncertain origin, possibly GermanicJaime de Salazar Acha (1985), "Una familia de la Alta Edad Media: Los Vela y su realedad histórica", ''Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos'' (Madrid: Asociación Española de Estudios Genealogicos y Heraldicos), vol. 1, p. 24n. or

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

.Lidia Becker (2009), ''Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch: Untersuchung der Personennamen vorrömischer, griechischer und lateinisch-romanischer Etymologie auf der Iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (6.–12. Jahrhundert)'' (De Gruyter), pp. 741ff. The accent may originally have been on the final syllable, yielding the spellings Munió, Muñó and Muñón in modern Spanish. Its

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

form is

Muñoz Muñoz ( or ) is a Spanish-language surname—with a Portuguese-language variant ( Munhoz), from Basque "muinoa" (Hill), the surname got expanded during the Reconquista with massive settlements done by citizens from Navarre and Álava in New Cas ...

or Muñiz (from the medieval Latin

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form ''Munionis''). It is etymologically distinct from the name

Nuño (Spanish) or ( Catalan) is a masculine given name of Latin origin (, , , and so on). Its Portuguese form is . Its patronymic is (). Already in the Middle Ages the name was being confused with the similar but distinct name Munio. The meaning of ...

and Nuno, with which it has often been confused since the

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. It may refer to: *

Munio Núñez Munio Núñez, Count of Castile (899– and c. 904–c. 909), was a nobleman who was almost certainly the son of Nuño Muñoz, who would have been the son of Munio Núñez de Brañosera who in 824, with his wife Argilo, granted the '' Carta Pue ...

, Count of Castile (899–c. 901 and c. 904–c. 909) *

Munio Vélaz Munio Vélaz or Vigílaz (died before 931) was the Count of Álava and probably also of Biscay. The exact dates of his countship are unknown. Only one document, dated 18 May 919 in the cartularies of Valpuesta, names Munio as count in Álava. He ru ...

(died before 931), Count of Álava and probably also of Biscay * Munio or

Muño Alfonso Munio or Muño Alfonso (died 2 August 1143) was a Galician nobleman and military leader in the '' Reconquista'', the governor of Toledo under Alfonso VII. He is the hero of the second book of the anonymous '' Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris'', a con ...

(died 1143), Galician nobleman, military leader in the ''Reconquista'', and governor of Toledo *

Munio Peláez Munio or Muño Peláez (''floruit'' 1105–1142; died perhaps 1149) was a Galician magnate, a member of the Banu Gómez clan, during the reigns of Alfonso VI, Urraca and Alfonso VII. By December 1108 he held the title of ''comes'' (count), the hi ...

(died 1149?), Galician magnate *

Munio of Zamora Munio of Zamora, O.P., (1237 – 19 February 1300) was a Spanish Dominican friar who became the seventh Master General of the Dominican Order in 1285, and later a bishop. Life Spain No details of Munio's early life are recorded, but he i ...

(1237–1300), Spanish Dominican friar, seventh Master General of the Dominican Order, and bishop *

Munio Kasiringua Muniovita Kasiringua (born 1 September 1987) is a Namibian rugby union player, currently playing with the Namibia national team and the in the South African Currie Cup competition. His regular position is lock. Rugby career Kasiringua was bo ...

(born 1987), Namibian rugby union player *

Munio Pillinger Munio Pillinger was a male Austrian international table tennis player. Career He won two bronze medals at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Paul Flussmann and men's singles and a silver medal in the men's te ...

, Austrian table tennis player in the 1920s *

Munio Weinraub Munio Gitai Weinraub (March 6, 1909 - September 24, 1970) was an Israeli architect, a pioneer of modern architecture and urban and environmental planning in Israel, and one of the most prominent representatives of the Bauhaus heritage in the count ...

(1909–1970), Israeli architect

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