Zapata Name Meaning. Spanish: metonymic occupational name for a cobbler or shoemaker

Word origin of 'podesta'

from Italian: power, from Latin potestās ability, power, from posse to be able

I am starting to think the elite have family names and they are functions in the system. And they make the family members fit their historical function. And it might even go so far as first names.

Women named dolores are abused and usually sacrificed at some point.

Just starting on this rabbit hole if anyone has better insight and links it would be appreciated.