Guadalupe as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Guadalupe

What is the meaning of the name Guadalupe ?

The baby name Guadalupe is a girl name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced gwah-dah-LOO-peh.

Guadalupe is Arabic, Spanish in Origin.

Guadalupe is a Spanish name taken from the Extremaduran river and town of Guadalupe, home to a medieval Marian shrine. The earliest recoverable form is usually identified as Andalusi Arabic wādī al-lubb: wādī denotes a riverbed, valley, or seasonal stream, while al-lubb is the core, inner part, or hidden essence. In Iberian place-names, Arabic wādī often became Spanish guada-, as in Guadalquivir. The literal sense is therefore often interpreted as hidden river or river of the core.

The name entered personal use through Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, first venerated at Guadalupe in Extremadura after a fourteenth-century tradition of apparition and pilgrimage. Its Mexican prominence followed the 1531 apparition tradition associated with Juan Diego, making Guadalupe a major Catholic title in Mexico and the Americas. Although used for both sexes, it is especially common for girls in Mexican and Hispanic communities. Familiar forms include Lupe and Lupita.