When Catarino Najar was born on 30 April 1906, in Llano, Llano, Texas, United States, his father, Sisto Delgado Najar, was 20 and his mother, Tiburcia Gonzales, was 26. He married Abigail T. Talancon on 5 October 1936, in Llano, Llano, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 17 July 1992, in Llano, Llano, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Llano, Llano, Texas, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Rodolfo, Alfonso, Alicia, Armando, Camilo, Candido, Guillermo, Ramon, Refugio.
Spanish: most probably a habitational name from Najar, Alicante. Alternatively, it may be an occupational name for a carpenter, of Arabic origin (see below).
Arabic and Jewish (Sephardic): variant of Najjar 1 ‘carpenter’. Arabic bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. This form of the surname is also found in Iran (see Najjar 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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