The origin of the name Gomez derives from the name Gome own frequently used by the Goths (Germanic people), the source data Visigoth empire, where you can find many gentleman with the name Pelayo accompanying the king to take refuge in the mountains of Asturias, to Arab invasion that haunted the Peninsula.

Legend has it that a gentleman Gome fighting alone against three Arab achievement murto to give three destacandoce since then as a man of great courage, one of his sons Rodrigo Gomez ruled the mountains of Burgos.