Velasquez surname meaning

Velasquez, more fully written Velázquez in Spanish, is a patronymic surname meaning “son of Velasco.” Velasco was a medieval Iberian personal name; explanations of its older Basque elements vary, so this page does not force a deeper translation into the surname’s main gloss. Velazquez is the common unaccented spelling in US records, while Velasco is the related personal-name form from which the patronymic developed. Different families can share the name without a single recent ancestor. The parent’s-name classification is high confidence because the Velasco relationship is consistently reported.