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Estevan -> RE: Gitano names (Apr. 15 2014 16:58:28)
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Gitanos have the same kind of names as other Spanish people, i.e. given name followed by father's family name followed by mother's family name: Francisco Sánchez Gomes, Manuel Moreno Junquera, Antonio Carmona Carmona.
The examples you give are all nicknames, just like Paco de Lucía. This came from when he was a kid and there were loads of kids called Paco running around the neighbourhood, so if someone asked which Paco do you mean, you'd say Paco de Lucía (Lucy's Frank) or Paco de la Juana (Jane's Frank) or whatever, as the case may be. His brother Ramón didn't have that problem (not as many Ramóns) so for his stage name he used the hometown, which is pretty common too, and so became known as Ramón de Algeciras (Raymond of Al Jazeera).
So in the list you give above, Luís is Juliana's Luís, from round the corner, not the other one, María's Luís,who lives down the road, and so on.
Those are the basic ones. When you get into the 'apodos' (made up nicknames) then it's not about the mother but perhaps some physical characteristic or something. But that gets a bit esoteric when the nickname is passed down to a great-nephew or someone who doesn't share that same physical characteristic.
If you sing, it's good to name yourself after an item of seafood; as a guitar player, go for a vegetable.
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