Nieves Family History
Nieves Name Meaning
Spanish: from a short form of the Marian title and name María de las Nieves ‘Mary of the Snows’ given particularly to children born on 5 August on which date the Virgin allegedly once caused it to snow in Rome. The surname may also be a reference to a local church dedicated to the Virgin Mary bearing this title. Spanish: possibly also a nickname from the plural of nieve ‘snow’ for someone with snow-white hair. Galician and Asturian-Leonese: Castilianized form of Neves .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022