Balmes

Borrowed from Catalan Balmes.

Balmes (plural Balmeses)

1. A surname from Catalan.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Balmes is the 40,554^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 539 individuals. Balmes is most common among White (59.93%), Asian/Pacific Islander (20.41%) and Hispanic/Latino (17.07%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Balmes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 91.

• belams, Mables, ambles, blames, melbas

From balmes (plural of balma (“cavern”)).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbal.məs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbal.mes]

Balmes m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

Borrowed from Catalan Balmes, from balmes (“caverns”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalmes/ [ˈbal.mes]
• Rhymes: -almes
• Syllabification: Bal‧mes

Balmes m or f by sense

1. a surname in Catalan, Balmes
2. a surname from Catalan

Borrowed from Catalan Balmes. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalmes/ [ˈbal.mɛs]
• Rhymes: -almes
• Syllabification: Bal‧mes

Balmes (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Catalan, common in Batangas