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Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name Roderick, given specifically in reference to either King Roderic, the last Visigothic ruler or to Saint Roderick, one of the Martyrs of Córdoba . The modern given name has the short forms Ruy, Rui, and in Galician Roy, Roi.
João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.
Fabio is a given name descended from Latin Fabius and very popular in Italy and Latin America.
Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably in the 13th and 14th centuries, through several marriages with the Castilian and Portuguese royal families.
Faria is a Portuguese and an Italian surname. Notable people with the name include:
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:
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (Albertus) of Germanic Albert. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are Albertito in Spain or Albertico in some parts of Latin America, Albertino in Italian as well as Tuco as a hypocorism. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from Athala and Berth.
Cordeiro is a Portuguese language surname. The equivalent in Spanish is Cordero. Notable people with the surname include:
Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese.
Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name used in several European countries as well as among individuals with ancestry from these countries outside Europe.
Costa, sometimes Costas, da Costa, Da Costa, or Dalla Costa, is an Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, French, and Greek mostly toponymic surname. The surname spread throughout the world through colonization. It was also a surname chosen by former Jews due to Roman Catholic and other Christian conversions.
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.
Sousa, Souza, de Sousa, de Souza, Dsouza or D'Souza is a common Portuguese-language surname, especially in Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, India, and Galicia. In Africa, the name is common in former Portuguese colonies, especially among people who have some Portuguese and Brazilian roots in Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.
Ferreira is a Portuguese and Galician toponymic and occupational surname, meaning "iron mine" and also the feminine variant of "blacksmith" ("ferreiro"), related to ironworks.
Alberto Costa may refer to:
Barbosa is a Portuguese and later also Southern Galician surname. It may refer to:
Moreira is primarily a Portuguese-language surname. Origin: Latin morum (blackberry). Notable people with the name include:
Duarte is an Iberian given name and surname, being an alternative Portuguese form of the name Edward.
Rego or Rêgo is a Portuguese surname that may refer to the following notable people:
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