Spanish: habitational name from any of the several places, as for
example Medina-Sidonia in Cádiz province and Medina del Campo in
Valladolid, so called from Arabic medina ‘city’. The surname is
also borne by Sephardic Jews.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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