In Colombia it is the name of a municipality that belongs to the Department of Santander. Its full name is San Juan de Girón and it is part of the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga. Surname of Spanish origin. Surname of a Governor of the New Kingdom of Granada, born in Talavera de la Reina, in Spain, his name was Sancho Girón de Narváez. Surname of bullfighter of Venezuelan origin named Francisco Girón Díaz, popularly known as Curro Girón. There are also towns called Girón in Ecuador (Azuay Province), El Salvador (La Libertad Department), Vernezuela (Monagas State). Girón is also the name of a neighborhood of the city of Malaga, in Spain.
