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Nieves
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nieves
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en es Nieves.
Proper noun
es
en 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
Anagrams
en eeinsv envies venies
Spanish
Etymology
From es nieves snows, shortened from María (de las) Nieves, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Snows".
Proper noun
f
es female
es derived from the given name, or from a nickname for someone with white hair
Derived terms
es Blanca Nieves