The Spanish surname Mejia  is derived  from a religious name, from a vernacular form of the Latin and Greek term Messias meaning “Messiah,” from Hebrew mašiah meaning “anointed.’ The name is first recorded in Galicia in northwest Spain but today is prominent throughout Spain and Spanish speaking countries worldwide. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1509 when Aria Mejia is recorded in America. Today there are approximately 65,000 bearers of the name Mejia living in the United States.