Linares Family History

Spanish: habitational name from any of various places called Linares as for example in the provinces of Jaén, Seville, Salamanca, Cantabria, Burgos, and Soria from the plural of linar ‘flax field’ (from Latin linare, a derivative of linum ‘flax’).

Aragonese: habitational name from a Castilianized form of placenames in Aragon based on the word linars ‘flax fields’.

Spanish (Liñares): occupational name for a linen merchant from Latin linarius.