Salce History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Salce

The original bearer of the name Salce, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Salce family originally lived near willow trees. The distinguished name Salce is derived from the Latin word "salix," which means "willow tree."

Early Origins of the Salce family

Early History of the Salce family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Salce research. Another 355 words (25 lines of text) covering the year 1255 is included under the topic Early Salce History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Salce Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Salcedo, de Salcedo, Salceda, Salcido, Salcida, Salsedo, Salseda, Saucedo, de Saucedo, Sauceda, Sausedo, Sauseda, Salce, Salces, de Salces and many more.

Early Notables of the Salce family

• were Blas Salcedo, seventeenth century Spanish naval officer, and José Justo Salcedo, eighteenth century Spanish military officer

Migration of the Salce family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Cristóbal Salcedo, who sailed to America in 1512; Hernando de Saucedo also sailed to America in 1512; Teresa de Salcedo sailed to New Spain in 1533.