Pineda (surname)

Pineda is a Spanish and Catalan toponymic surname. Literally meaning "pine grove" or "pine forest", it is derived from the name of several places in Asturias, Barcelona, Burgos, and Cuenca. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alex Pineda Chacón (born 1969), Honduran football (soccer) player
 * Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (died 1519), Spanish explorer
 * Álvaro Pineda (1945–1975), Mexican jockey
 * Amado Pineda (1938–2015), Filipino meteorologist
 * Antonio Pineda (1751–1792), Guatemalan botanist
 * Jose Antonio Pineda, Salvadoran beat poet, film actor and author
 * Arnel Pineda (born 1967), Filipino-American singer-songwriter
 * Allan Pineda Lindo (born 1974), Filipino-American rapper and member of The Black Eyed Peas
 * Charee Pineda (born 1990), Filipina actress
 * Daniella Pineda (born 1987), Mexican-American actress
 * Eliza Pineda (born 1995), Filipina child actress
 * Empar Pineda (born 1944), Spanish feminist activist
 * Gonzalo Pineda (born 1982), Mexican football player
 * Israel Pineda (born 2000), Venezuelan baseball player
 * Iván de Pineda (born 1977), Argentine fashion model and film actor
 * John de Pineda (1558–1637), Spanish Jesuit theologian
 * Luis Pineda (born 1974), Dominican-born Major League baseball player
 * Laureano Pineda (1802–1853), President of Nicaragua in 1851
 * Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), Spanish national heroine
 * Mariana Pineda (field hockey) (born 2001), Argentine field hockey player
 * Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor
 * Mauricio Pineda (footballer, born 1975), Argentine football player
 * Michael Pineda (born 1989), Dominican baseball player
 * Michel Pineda (born 1964), French footballer
 * Orbelín Pineda (born 1996), Mexican football player
 * Orlando Pineda (born 1986), Mexican football player
 * Pablo Pineda Gaucín (c. 1961–2000), assassinated Mexican crime reporter
 * Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda (born 1980), Colombian beauty pageant winner
 * Rafael Pineda (television journalist) (born 1937), Spanish language television news anchor
 * Rafael Pineda (boxer) (born 1966), Colombian boxer
 * Roberto Pineda (1952–1978) Mexican jockey
 * Salvador Pineda (born 1952), Mexican actor

Fictional characters

 * Dorina Pineda, a fictional character in Bituing Walang Ningning