When Blas José Urribarri Prieto was born on 11 March 1753, in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela, his father, Pedro Antonio Urribarri González, was 24 and his mother, María Josefa Prieto de Ugas, was 23. He married Ana Josefa Prieto García in 1774, in La Rita, Zulia, Venezuela. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died before 1803, in his hometown, and was buried in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Luis, Carlos, Juan, Manuel, Jesus, Jorge, Francisco, Ramon, Guadalupe, Mario, Alberto.
Spanish: nickname for a dark-haired or dark-skinned man, from Old Spanish prieto ‘dark, black’. The adjective derives derived from the verb apretar ‘to squeeze or compress’, a metathesized form of apetrar, Late Latin appectorare ‘to hold close to the chest’ (from pectus, genitive pectoris ‘chest’). The use as a color term seems to have derived originally from its application to rain clouds and fog.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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