Nieves
[ˈnje βes]Meaning
Spanish plural of nieve, "snow"; from the title Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
Background Story
Nieves is the Spanish plural form of nieve, meaning snow, and comes from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, "Our Lady of the Snows". It is used as both a female given name and a matronymic surname, and the surname descends from the Asturleonese language of northwestern Spain. The name is also used in Catalan, Croatian, Italian and Portuguese; the Portuguese cognate is Neves.
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