Given name & surname

Valência

Valência is a given name from Spanish. It is used in Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Valência comes from Spanish.

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How it developed

From Spanish Valencia.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Valência’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Valência as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Valença.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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

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