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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Portuguese : variant of Resende, a habitational name from any of several places so called in Portugal, for example in the province of Beira. The place name is from the genitive case of a Visigothic personal name composed of the elements rēþs ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + sinþs ‘way’, ‘path’.

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