Concha (name)
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Concha is a Spanish surname of Latin origin.[1] It was derived from the Latin word concha which means shell and is used as a topographic surname referring to those living in or near a cavity.[1] In American Spanish it also refers to an ornamental disk of American Indian origin having a shell or flower design.[2] It is used as a diminutive of the Spanish feminine given name Concepción.[3]
Notable people with the name include:
- Concha Alós, Concepción Alós Domingo (1926–2011), Spanish writer
- Concha Andreu (born 1967), Spanish oenologist and politician
- Concha Buika, María Concepción Balboa Buika (born 11 May 1972), Spanish singer
- Concha Calleja (born 1964), Spanish writer and journalist
- Concha Catalá (1881–1968), Spanish actress
- Concha Espina (1870s–1955), Spanish writer
- Concha García Campoy (1958–2013), Spanish journalist
- Concha Ibáñez (1926–2022), Spanish painter and writer
- Concha Jerez (born 1941), Spanish artist
- Concha Liaño, Concepción Liaño Gil (1916–2014), Spanish anarchist
- Concha Meléndez (1895–1983), Puerto Rican writer
- Concha Méndez (1898–1986), Spanish poet
- Concha Michel (1899–1990), Mexican singer and songwriter
- Concha Peña Pastor, Concepción Peña Pastor (1906–1960), Spanish lawyer
- Concha Piquer, Concepción Piquer López (1906–1990), Spanish singer
- Concha Urquiza, María Concepción Urquiza del Valle (1910–1946), Mexican poet
- Concha Valdés Miranda (1928–2017), Cuban singer
- Concha Velasco (1939–2023), Spanish actress
- Concha Zardoya, María Concepción Zardoya González (1914–2004), Chilean poet
