Meaning of the surname Elizondo
Elizondo is a Basque surname of the from a place type meaning "beside the church". It is a regional surname. Common in Nuevo León.
Taken from a town, region, or landscape feature in Spain, or later in Mexico: Castillo (castle), Rivera (riverbank), Navarro (from Navarre), Ibarra (Basque valley).
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Elizondo appears as either half of a pair: Elizondo García, López Elizondo. Read how the two-surname system works.