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12/19/2015, 6:59 PM cutenose
12/19/2015, 6:59 PM cutenose

Name Saldívar
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Spanish
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Castilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu ‘wood’, ‘copse’ or from zaldi ‘horse’ + ibar ‘water meadow’, ‘fertile plain’.
Added 12/19/2015 by cutenose