<P> Gómez is a common Spanish surname . The Portuguese and Old Galician version is Gomes, while the Catalan form is Gomis . The name is usually spelled without the accent in the United States . </P> <P> It is derived from the given name Gomes which is a loanword of the Visigothic word guma "man". It is itself related to the Common Germanic word guma (Old English guma "man", Middle English gome) / gomo (High Old German gomo "man", Middle High German gome) related to Latin homo "man". </P>

Where does the last name gomez come from