Spanish (Céspedes): from the plural of cesped
‘peat’, ‘turf’ (Latin caespes, genitive caespitis),
applied as a habitational name from a place named Céspedes (for
example in Burgos province) or named with this word, or a topographic
name for someone who lived by an area of peat, or possibly as a
metonymic occupational name for someone who cut and sold turf.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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