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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Galician, Catalan, and Portuguese : habitational name from any of the places named Caldas (in Galician and Portuguese) and Caldes (in Catalan) for their hot springs, especially in Galicia and Catalonia. The Catalan form is a respelling of Caldes.

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