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.

• 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”), from valle+Esva (“a river in Asturias”).

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

Valdez

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

• English: Valdez

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.

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

Valdez

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