The Garcia Surname
Garcia Name Meaning and History
Spanish (García) and Portuguese: from a medieval personal
name of uncertain origin. It is normally found in medieval records in
the Latin form Garsea, and may well be of pre-Roman origin,
perhaps akin to Basque (h)artz ‘bear’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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