Valdez

From Spanish Valdez, from Asturian Valdés.

Valdez (countable and uncountable, plural Valdezes)

1. (countable) A surname from Spanish.
2. (uncountable) A city in Alaska, United States.

• (surname): Valdes

From Spanish Valdez, spelling variant of Valdés, Asturian place name. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Valdés, most of which has been respelled to Valdez by analogy with surnames usually ending with -ez.

• IPA^(key): /balˈdes/ [bɐlˈdes]
• Hyphenation: Val‧dez

Valdez

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Asturian], equivalent to Spanish Valdez, widespread in Ilocos Region and Cagayan Valley; most prevalent in Pangasinan, La Union and Ilocos Sur

From Valdés +‎ -ez (“patronymic”). From Asturian Valdés, from Valle de Esva (“Val de Ese”), composed of valle (“valley”) + de (“of”) + Esva (a river in Asturias).

• IPA^(key): /balˈdeθ/ [bal̪ˈd̪eθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /balˈdes/ [bal̪ˈd̪es] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Val‧dez

Valdez m or f by sense

1. a surname, Valdez, from Asturian [in turn originating as a patronymic]

• English: Valdez
• → Chinese: 巴爾德斯 / 巴尔德斯 (Bā'ěrdésī) (transliteration)

Borrowed from Spanish Valdez, spelling variant of Valdés, Asturian place name. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, then as Valdés, most of which has been respelled to Valdez.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /valˈdes/ [vɐlˈd̪ɛs]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /balˈdes/ [bɐlˈd̪ɛs]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: Val‧dez

Valdéz (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Asturian], equivalent to Spanish Valdez, mostly concentrated in Metro Manila, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, Occidental Mindoro, Aurora and Bataan

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Valdez is the 33^rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 132,416 individuals.