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Meaning | snows |
Region of origin | Portugal |
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Variant form(s) | Nieves |
Neves, is the Portuguese word for the plural form of "snow" (Portuguese: neve). It is a common surname in Portugal, Italy, Brazil, and the Spanish region of Galicia. A Spanish variant is Nieves.
The surname is supposedly[citation needed] connected to the veneration of Nossa Senhora das Neves (meaning "Our Lady of the Snows"), the name being given to a village in the northwest of Portugal.