About the Carrilla Surname

Carrilla is a spelling of the Spanish surname Carrillo. The family name meaning is “cheek" or "little cart”, the same as for Carrillo.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Records show Carrilla as one of the forms Carrillo took over time.
• The same family of names includes Carrilho.

Carrilla coat of arms

Arms linked to Carrillo and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Carrilla surname pack.