Given name & surname
Mendes
Mendes is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Mendes’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Mendes as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Méndez. In Spanish usage, Mendes as a surname has a related form in Méndez.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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