Beto is a surname, and a nickname for the given names Alberto, Albertino, Adalberto, Berthony, Heriberto, Norberto, Roberto, Humberto, or Benito. It occurs mostly in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries and communities. Notable people with the name include:
Rocha is a Portuguese language surname. It literally means “rock” or “boulder” in Portuguese; for instance, “rochas sedimentares, metamórficas e magmáticas” means “sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks”. It is also a topographic surname that is found in Portugal as “da Rocha” or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is from/of the rock". It could also be a Jewish-Portuguese Sephardic surname.
Fernandes is a patronymic surname in the Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. The name is a patronymic form of the Portuguese and Spanish personal name Fernando. Fernandes is the 243rd most common surname in the world, the 3rd one in Angola and in São Tomé and Príncipe, the 10th one in Portugal, and the 18th one in Brazil. The Spanish version of this surname is Fernández.
Gomes is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname. Origin:Visigothic guma, meaning "man", later a first name, Gome and the patronym son of Gome.
Soares is a common surname in the Portuguese language and Galician, namely in the Portuguese speaking world, as well as other places. It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Soeiro. It is equivalent to the Spanish surname Suárez. Notable people named Soares include:
Juninho, Portuguese for "little Junior", is a common nickname in Brazil for those whose full name includes Júnior. It is often combined with an epithet, sometimes a demonym. The following football players are known by some derivation of the name:
Coelho is a Portuguese surname meaning "rabbit". The Coelho’s are a historically known Sephardic Jewish family with connection to the once thriving Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal. The families history bears deep ties to the persecution experienced by Jews during the inquisition in Portugal. Decendants in Portugal and Latin America with the surname Coelho have a likely Jewish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Teixeira is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the toponym Teixeira, derived from teixo "yew tree". The progenitors of the name were a "Noble Portuguese Marrano family, originally bearing the surname of Sampayo," and the Teixeira coat of arms was conferred "in accordance with a decree of King Philip IV of Spain" in 1643. A less frequent variant spelling is Texeira. The variant Técher is common in the highlands of Reunion Island, notably in the Cilaos area.
Marcinho is the nickname of several Brazilian footballers.
Alves is a surname that appears to originate both from Portugal and Scotland. It is debatable whether the surname appeared first in one country or the other, since it is more prevalent in Portugal, but registered as far back as the 13th century in the church records at Alves, Moray, Northern Scotland. If from Portugal, it will have originated from the Germanic patronym son of Álvaro.
Marquinhos, full name Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Brazilian footballer playing for Paris Saint-Germain.
Cristiano is an Italian and Portuguese form of the male given name Christian.
Neves, is the Portuguese word for the plural form of "snow". It is a common surname in Portugal, Italy, Brazil, and the Spanish region of Galicia. A Spanish variant is Nieves.
Vianna is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Motta is an Italian surname. The Portuguese and Spanish version is Mota, while the French version is Motte. Notable people with the surname include:
Guerreiro is a Galician and Portuguese word for "warrior". It can be found as a surname in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Mendes is a common Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronym,.
Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha is a Brazilian former security guard and serial killer who has claimed to have killed 39 people. He approached his victims on a motorbike and shouted "robbery" before shooting them. However, he never took anything. He targeted homeless people, women and homosexuals in Goiás. Sixteen of his victims were female, with the youngest being a 14-year-old girl whom he killed in January 2014.
Francisco Gomes is a Portuguese name which may refer to:
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