Type Surname
Usage Portuguese
Meaning & History
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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Portuguese, Galician
Pronounced Pron. fee-GIE-ru(European Portuguese) fee-GEH-ru(Brazilian Portuguese) fee-GAY-ru(Brazilian Portuguese) fee-GHAY-ra(Galician) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
Means "fig tree" in Portuguese and Galician, ultimately from Latin ficaria. It was used a topographic name for someone who lived or worked near fig trees or for someone from any of various places called Figueira (derived from the same word).