The De la Cueva Family Name

De la Cueva is best understood together with Cuevas: both are Spanish spellings of a single family name. At root, the name means “Caves”. De la Cueva is listed among the recognised spellings of Cuevas. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The same family of names includes Cueva.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named De la Cueva, so the heraldry linked to Cuevas is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the De la Cueva surname pack.