casillas a indian name?

Question

i have a great-grandma who was a bigot against hispanics and her last name was casillas she claimed her grandfather was full cheyenne indian with last name casillas she said it was a indian name her mom was spainard and grandma who married indian polish she spoke tex-mex (spanglish) spanish

will she said its a indian name and she didnt have no hispanic blood and a lady told my aunt whose husband is indian said casillas was a indian name so you think the name was changed to casillas or someone gave the name

Answer 1

if it is casillas it is not an indian name. however it resembles 'kousalya "which is an indian name. ask her whether the spellings & pronunciation have been changed .may be she is not an indian but west indian or red indian ?

Answer 2

Casillas is a Spanish surname, of course. But in the past many indians took the surname of the family that they were working for. So, it could be that the Casillas grandpa was a full cheyenne but with Spanish surname.

Answer 3

it is the only Casillas in the USA of a in 1880. he's Mexican. Heipolits CASILLAS beginning year 1818 Birthplace MEX Age sixty two occupation Marital prestige S Single Race W White be conscious affected person Census place State Insane Asylum, Napa, Napa, California

Answer 4

No, it's a Spanish last name. My brother's kindergarten teacher was a Puerto Rican by the name of Casillas.

Answer 5

Casillas
This famous Italian and Spanish surname has Roman pre Christian origins. Recorded in no less than eighty forms ranging from Casa, Caso,
Dell Casa, Casillis, Dalla, and Dacca, to Casella, Casetti, Cason and Casaccio, this is a residential surname for one who lived in a manor
house or at least the most distinguished dwelling in the relevant town or village. The surname also has aristocratic nameholders, the Counts of
Casillis being members of the Spanish nobility. Residential surnames may as in this case, relate to holders of estates, although more usually
they are 'reference' names, being granted to them by their neighbours, when they moved from their original village or homestead to another area.
To call somebody by the name of their former home being one of the easiest means of identification. The following recordings have been taken from
ancient civil and religious registers. They include Hernando de la Casas of San Estaban, Vizacaya, Spain, on February 9th 1573, Magdalena
Casa of Olot, Gerona, Spain, on November 27th 1666, Guillermo Casillo at St Catarina, Districto Federal, Mexico, on February 11th 1759,
Maria Marcela Casillis at St Cruz Y Soledad, Mexico, on January 17th 1786, Valentino Caso of Caserta, Italy, on september 19th 1848,
and Antonio Robes Casillas, at Los Angeles, California, on January 28th 1908. The coat of arms has the blazon of a silver field, a red
chevron between three red cross-crosslets, inside a red border. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of
Quitteria Casas, which was dated
February 19th 1524, at Medina, Gerona, Spain, during the reign of
King Phillip 1st of Spain, Emperor of Mexico, 1516 - 1556.

Answer 6

according to ancestry.com

Name History and Origin for Casillas


Casillas
Spanish: from any of various places called Casillas or Las Casillas, from the plural of casilla, a diminutive of Casa.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&ln=Casillas

Answer 7

It looks Spanish because of the double L and the as on the end.

Answer 8

spanish.