Surname
Valdés
“vale”·“a river in Asturias”
Valdés is a surname. It is used in Spanish and Asturian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valdés is built from elements meaning “vale” and “a river in Asturias”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Built from Asturian valle (“vale”) + de + Ese (“a river in Asturias”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Valdés’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Valdés has a later derivative in VALDEZ. In Asturian usage, Valdés as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form VALDES. In Ilocano usage, Valdés as a surname has a related form in VALDEZ.
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Around the world
Valdés has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
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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