Vázquez
See also: Vazquez
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Portuguese Vaasquez, from Old Galician-Portuguese Veasquez, from an earlier Velasquiz, from Belasco + -ez, meaning "son/daughter of Belasco".[1] Velasco or Belasco are Romance forms of a name in Paleo-Hispanic.
Cognate with Portuguese Vasques, Spanish Velázquez and Blázquez.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aθkeθ
- Rhymes: -askes
- Hyphenation: Vázquez
Proper noun
Vázquez ?
- a patronymical surname
References
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Vaasque”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “Vázquez” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaθkeθ/ [ˈbaθ.keθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈbaskes/ [ˈbas.kes] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθkeθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -askes (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: Váz‧quez
Proper noun
Vázquez ?
- alternative form of Vásquez