Given name & surname

Cuenca

“valley; watershed”

Cuenca is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English and Tagalog.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cuenca goes back to Spanish Cuenca, meaning “valley; watershed.”

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Where it comes from

Cuenca comes from Spanish.

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How it developed

From Spanish Cuenca.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Sibling ideas

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