Mendes

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Mendes.

Proper noun

Mendes

  1. A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  2. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Mendes is the 3514th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10,162 individuals. Mendes is most common among White (56.33%), Hispanic/Latino (23.86%) and Black/African American (13.12%) individuals.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μένδης (Méndēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mendēs f pl (genitive Mendum); third declension

  1. A town of Lower Egypt on the delta of the Nile

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Mendēs
Genitive Mendum
Dative Mendibus
Accusative Mendēs
Ablative Mendibus
Vocative Mendēs
Locative Mendibus

Derived terms

Adjective

Mendēs (genitive Mendētis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. of or belonging to Mendes

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative Mendēs Mendētēs Mendētia
Genitive Mendētis Mendētium
Dative Mendētī Mendētibus
Accusative Mendētem Mendēs Mendētēs Mendētia
Ablative Mendētī Mendētibus
Vocative Mendēs Mendētēs Mendētia

References

  • “Mendes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Mendes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Mendes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Etymology

From Mendo +‎ -es (“son of”). Compare Spanish Méndez.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Mendes m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Proper noun

Mendes

  1. A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmendes/
  • Rhymes: -endes
  • Syllabification: Men‧des

Proper noun

Mendes m or f by sense

  1. a surname, variant of Méndez
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