Molina Family History
Molina Name Meaning
Spanish Catalan and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of numerous places called Molina in particular the one in Guadalajara province. This surname is also found in France (compare Moline ). For certain Jewish families this is an adoption of the Iberian surname at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later) some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022