Mendes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Mendes.

Proper noun

Mendes

A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Mendes is the 3514^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10,162 individuals. Mendes is most common among White (56.33%), Hispanic/Latino (23.86%) and Black/African American (13.12%) individuals.

Anagrams

Emdens, emends, mensed

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μένδης (Méndēs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.deːs/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪eːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmen.des/, [ˈmɛn̪d̪es]

Proper noun

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Mendēs f pl (genitive Mendum); third declension

A town of Lower Egypt on the delta of the Nile

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Mendēs
Genitive	Mendum
Dative	Mendibus
Accusative	Mendēs
Ablative	Mendibus
Vocative	Mendēs
Locative	Mendibus

Derived terms

Adjective

Mendēs (genitive Mendētis); third-declension one-termination adjective

of or belonging to Mendes

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	Mendēs		Mendētēs	Mendētia
Genitive	Mendētis		Mendētium
Dative	Mendētī		Mendētibus
Accusative	Mendētem	Mendēs	Mendētēs	Mendētia
Ablative	Mendētī		Mendētibus
Vocative	Mendēs		Mendētēs	Mendētia

References

“Mendes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Mendes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Mendes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Etymology

From Mendo +‎ -es (“son of”). Compare Spanish Méndez.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.d͡ʒis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.d͡ʒiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.des/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.dɨʃ/

Proper noun

Mendes m or f by sense

a surname

Proper noun

Mendes

A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmendes/ [ˈmẽn̪.d̪es]
Rhymes: -endes
Syllabification: Men‧des

Proper noun

Mendes m or f by sense

a surname, variant of Méndez