Surname

Vázquez

Vázquez is a surname from Old Galician-Portuguese. It is used in Spanish and Galician.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Vázquez comes from Old Galician-Portuguese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Galician Belasco + ez.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Vázquez’s family of names

In Galician usage, Vázquez as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Portuguese form VASQUES. In Spanish usage, Vázquez as a surname has a related form in Vásquez. In Galician usage, Vázquez as a surname has a related form in VASQUES.

Walk Vázquez’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Vázquez has relatives in 4 languages.

Galician

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

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

Similar names

If you love Vázquez, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Adão

“earth, man, soil, light brown”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Late Latin

Verónica

Verónica is a feminine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Late Latin. It is used in Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Late Latin

Verônica

Verônica is a feminine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Late Latin. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Germanic

Aldara

“fight” · “to watch, to protect”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Ancient Greek

Ágata

Ágata is a feminine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Arabic

Almada

“the mine”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Pazó

“little palace”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Azevedo

“holly”

No U.S. birth series

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