Given name & surname · also Spanish

Saldivar

Saldivar is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque.

Original SpanishSaldívar

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Saldivar comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Basque.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Spanish Saldívar, from Basque Zaldivar.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Saldivar’s family of names

In English usage, Saldivar as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Saldívar.

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The ring: across languages.

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