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Guadalupe is a unisex given name in the
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. The name initially designated the Guadalupe river in the province of
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History

The name first became famous as a result of a 14th-century
Marian apparition A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance of Mary, the mother of Jesus. While sometimes described as a type of vision, apparitions are generally regarded as external manifestations, whereas visions are more often understood as ...
in
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and associated pilgrimage site, located in a town called Guadalupe near the source of the Guadalupe river. The apparition, and the statue associated with it, was originally known as "Our Lady of Guadalupe" and is now known as "
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Extremadura Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura is a Marian shrine in Cáceres, Spain that traces its history to the medieval kingdom of Castile. The image is enshrined in the Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe, in the Extremadura autonomous communit ...
" or "Our Lady of Extremadura". Two centuries later, the name gained additional fame through association with another Marian apparition in Mexico, also associated with the name Guadalupe. The apparition and the image it made famous became known as
Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe (), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with four Marian apparitions to Juan Diego and one to his uncle, Juan Bernardino reported in December 1531, when t ...
. The name is believed to be derived from the Arabic phrase وادي اللب, wādī al-lubb, 'hidden river', or "river of the core", because the river narrows down as it flows near to the town of Guadalupe. An alternative etymological explanation, which is commonly found on the internet, states that the name may have derived from the Arabic word for 'valley' or 'river' (wadi) and the Latin word lupus, meaning 'wolf'. Another possibility is that it comes from وادي الحب, wādī al-hubb, meaning "River of Love". The Mexican Guadalupe supplanted her Spanish original both in name and in fame. There are some who contend that the Mexican "Guadalupe" is in fact a corruption of a word in the native
Nahuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...
language. Nonetheless it is fairly certain that the Mexican name "Guadalupe", as a title for the Virgin Mary, does in fact derive from the Spanish place-name, probably by some association of the Virgin with the cultus of
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Extremadura Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura is a Marian shrine in Cáceres, Spain that traces its history to the medieval kingdom of Castile. The image is enshrined in the Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe, in the Extremadura autonomous communit ...
, which would have been strong at the time of the Spanish ''
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'' of Mexico, and which claimed its own apparition, shrine and pilgrimage. The name's use in relation to the Marian apparition in Mexico has led to some controversy regarding its origin and meaning. The name's similarity to a variety of
Nahuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...
words and phrases have given rise to various hypotheses that "Guadalupe" was a corruption of these Nahuatl phrases – the idea being that the white Spaniards in 16th century Mexico found it difficult to pronounce the Nahuatl words. Such Nahuatl phrases include '' Coatlaxopeuh'' ("The one (female) who defeats the snake", interpreted as a reference to the serpent-Devil in the book of Genesis); ''Tequatlanopeuh'' ("she whose origins were in the rocky summit"), and ''Tequantlaxopeuh'' ("She who banishes those who devoured us"). The first to suggest the corruption theory behind the name was Bercera Tanco, in 1675. However, every manuscript from the first 150 years following the apparition uses the name "Guadalupe", including the original text in Nahuatl, leading scholars to conclude that time provides "no historical evidence indicating that the Virgin was called by any of the names proposed". In fact, accounts of Spaniards' response to the story of the apparitions show that it was the native Mexicans who insisted on using the name "Guadalupe" for Mary. A number of Spaniards had urged that "Guadalupe" be abandoned for a Nahuatl name, like ''Tepeaquilla'' or ''Tepeaca''. Today, the name "Guadalupe" is relatively common in
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countries, especially in Mexico, where it can be a personal name as well as a place name. As a personal name, it can be given to both boys and girls. Notable examples of men named Guadalupe are
Guadalupe Victoria Guadalupe Victoria (; 29 September 178621 March 1843), born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican general and politician who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence and afte ...
, the first President of Mexico, and
Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo (born 3 June 1964) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. He represents Nayarit and the first electoral region as a deputy to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Li ...
, a Mexican politician.


Notable people

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Guadalupe Victoria Guadalupe Victoria (; 29 September 178621 March 1843), born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican general and politician who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence and afte ...
, ''nom de guerre'' of the first President of Mexico *
Guadalupe Canseco Guadalupe Canseco (born January 25, 1962) is a retired female diver from Mexico. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. She claimed a bronze medal in the Women's 10m Platform at the 1983 Pan Ame ...
(born 1962), Mexican Olympic diver * María Guadalupe Jones Garay, best known as
Lupita Jones María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay (; born 6 September 1967) is a Mexican producer, actress and model. She was crowned Miss Universe 1991, and was the first Mexican contestant to win a major international beauty pageant. Education Before be ...
(born 1967), Mexican businesswoman, former model and beauty queen *
Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia (12 December 1916 – 16 July 1975) was a Spanish Catholic professor and a member of Opus Dei. She was one of the first women to join Opus Dei, after meeting the founder Josemaría Escrivá in ...
, (1916-1975), Spanish chemist *
Guadalupe Sabio Guadalupe Sabio Buzo (born 4 June 1977) is a Spanish scientist and Professor at the Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Centre, which is part of the Carlos III Health Institute. Her research focuses on stress-activated kinases and the devel ...
(born 1977), Spanish scientist *
María Guadalupe Sánchez (racewalker, born 1977) María Guadalupe Sánchez is the name of: * María Guadalupe Sánchez Santiago (born 1951), Mexican politician * María Guadalupe Sánchez (racewalker, born 1977), Mexican racewalker * María Guadalupe Sánchez (racewalker, born 1995), Mexican ...
, Mexican race walker * María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez, known as
Lupe Vélez María Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944) was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s ...
(1908-1944), a Mexican film actress who starred in many classic Hollywood films during the
Classical Hollywood cinema In film criticism, Classical Hollywood cinema is both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking that first developed in the 1910s to 1920s during the later years of the Silent film#Silent film era, silent film era. It then became characteristi ...
and Mexican films during the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (Spanish: la Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano), spanning the 1930s to 1950s, was a prolific era during which Mexico emerged as the leading film producer in Latin America. Filmmakers during this period tackled themes ...
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Guadalupe Hayes-Mota Guadalupe Hayes-Mota (born April 30, 1986) is an American biotechnologist, entrepreneur, policy advisor, writer and author. He is the CEO of Healr Solutions, a Senior Lecturer at MIT, Director of Bioethics Program at Santa Clara University, a ...
, Mexican-American biotechnologist and business director.


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References

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