Nieves
See also: nieves
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editNieves (plural Nieveses)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nieves is the 1004th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 34896 individuals. Nieves is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.28%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nieves”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 669.
Anagrams
editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom nieves (“snows”), shortened from María (de las) Nieves, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Snows".
Proper noun
editNieves f
- a female given name
- a surname derived from the given name, or from a nickname for someone with white hair