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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (Vélez) : patronymic from the personal name Vela.
  • Spanish (Vélez) : habitational name from any of various places in Andalusia called Vélez.
  • Portuguese (Velez, Velêz) : unexplained. It may be a habitational name from Vellés in Salamanca.

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