Alcantara Family History
Alcantara Name Meaning
Spanish (Alcántara) and Portuguese (Alcântara): habitational name from any of various places so named for example Alcántara in the provinces of Cáceres and Cádiz in Spain from Arabic al ‘the’ + qanṭara ‘bridge’. Catalan: Castilianized form of a habitational name from Alcàntera a town in Valencia province (Spain).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022