Vigil (surname)
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history:
"Descendant of Vigil (watchful); one born on the feast of the nativity.
Refers to someone who is watchful and vigilant. Asturian name."
— Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods
The Vigil surname comes from the word "vigil, " which is from the Latin "vigilia," meaning "wakefulness." As a surname, Vigil may have originally been a nickname for someone wakeful or watchful, or it may have come from the town of Vigil, in Asturias, Spain.
Vigil (Vee-HILL) is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alicia Vigil (born 1995), DragonForce bassist
- Constancio C. Vigil (1876–1954), Uruguayan-Argentine writer and prominent publisher
- Olga Vigil (born 1970), Cuban basketball player
- Robert Vigil (born 1953), American politician from New Mexico
- Sergio Vigil (born 1965), Argentine field hockey player and coach
- Tim Vigil, American comics artist
- Martina Vigil-Montoya (1856–1916), was a Native American ceramics painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico.
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