Surname

Nuñez

Nuñez is a surname from Spanish. It is used in Tagalog, Cebuano, and Central Bikol.

Original SpanishNúñez

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nuñez comes from Spanish.

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How it developed

From Spanish Núñez.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Nuñez’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Nuñez as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Núñez.

Walk Nuñez’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Spanish

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Breton

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Spanish

Yañez

Yañez is a surname from Spanish. It is used in Cebuano.

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Spanish

Yanez

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No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Spanish

Anez

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Basque

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Sibling ideas

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