Vázquez

See also: Vazquez

Galician

Alternative forms

• Vasques, Vásquez

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Vaasquez, from Old Galician-Portuguese Veasquez, from an earlier Velasquiz, from Belasco +‎ -ez, meaning "son/daughter of Belasco". Velasco or Belasco are Romance forms of a name in a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Cognate with Portuguese Vasques, Spanish Velázquez and Blázquez.

Proper noun

Vázquez

1. a patronymical surname

References

• “Vaasque” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “Vázquez” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Proper noun

Vázquez ?

1. Alternative form of Vásquez