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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Catalan (Vallès) : regional name for someone from a region of Catalonia named with vallès ‘of or relating to the valley’ (from Latin vallensis, an adjective derivative of vallis ‘valley’). This name is very common in Catalonia.
  • Spanish : habitational name from any of the places named Valles or Los Valles, from valles, plural of valle ‘valley’.

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