Nieves
See also: nieves
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Nieves (plural Nieveses)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nieves is the 1004th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 34896 individuals. Nieves is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.28%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nieves”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 669.
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
From nieves (“snows”), shortened from María (de las) Nieves, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Snows".
Proper noun
Nieves f
- a female given name
- a surname derived from the given name, or from a nickname for someone with white hair