Nieves

See also: nieves

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nieves.

Proper noun

Nieves (plural Nieveses)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nieves is the 1004^th 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

• envies, venies

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

1. a female given name
2. a surname derived from the given name, or from a nickname for someone with white hair

Derived terms

• Blanca Nieves