Vásquez is a
surname of
Galician origin, which later spread all over the
Spanish-speaking world. Alternative spellings of the name include Vázquez or Vasques (particularly in regions with
seseo), and Vasquez or Vazquez (in countries where
Iberian languages are not commonly spoken).
Overview
To a lesser extent it also occurs in Portuguese-speaking countries (spelled Vasques), where
Vasco is also used as a surname. Vasquez means "[son] of Vasco", and Vasco comes from the pre-Roman
latinized name "Velascus", a name of uncertain origin and meaning, but probably
Basque or
Iberian. In Galician-Portuguese the pre-Roman name becomes Velascu > Veascu > Vaasco > Vasco.
In some Spanish-speaking countries, families of non-Iberian ancestry have also adopted this surname. In Colombia and Argentina, there have been instances of "Watzke" and "Watzka" families, of German-Czech descent, Hispanicizing their surnames to "Vasquez". The surname was chosen as being the one most closely resembling their former name; in Italy a similar phenomenon was noted with some "Watzke" changing to "Vasco".[citation needed]
This page lists people with the
surnameVasquez. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
Vásquez is a
surname of
Galician origin, which later spread all over the
Spanish-speaking world. Alternative spellings of the name include Vázquez or Vasques (particularly in regions with
seseo), and Vasquez or Vazquez (in countries where
Iberian languages are not commonly spoken).
Overview
To a lesser extent it also occurs in Portuguese-speaking countries (spelled Vasques), where
Vasco is also used as a surname. Vasquez means "[son] of Vasco", and Vasco comes from the pre-Roman
latinized name "Velascus", a name of uncertain origin and meaning, but probably
Basque or
Iberian. In Galician-Portuguese the pre-Roman name becomes Velascu > Veascu > Vaasco > Vasco.
In some Spanish-speaking countries, families of non-Iberian ancestry have also adopted this surname. In Colombia and Argentina, there have been instances of "Watzke" and "Watzka" families, of German-Czech descent, Hispanicizing their surnames to "Vasquez". The surname was chosen as being the one most closely resembling their former name; in Italy a similar phenomenon was noted with some "Watzke" changing to "Vasco".[citation needed]
This page lists people with the
surnameVasquez. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.