Navidad
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See also: navidad
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Navidad. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Proper noun
Navidad (countable and uncountable, plural Navidads)
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Navidad is the 37229th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Navidad is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.47%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.02%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Navidad”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 653.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish nauidat, naduidad, from Latin nātīvitātem (“birth”), from nātīvus, from perfect passive participle nātus (“born”), from deponent verb nāsci (“be born”). Doublet of natividad.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Navidad f (plural Navidades, generally capitalized)
- Nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ
- Christmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
- (sometimes used in the plural) Christmastide, Christmas time, Christmas season, the time between the first day of Christmas and Epiphany
- el Fantasma de las Navidades Pasadas ― the Ghost of Christmas Past
- Navidad (a city in Chile)
- (rare) a surname
Alternative forms
- navidad (Christmas day)
Synonyms
- (Christmas): Crismes (New Mexico)