Type Surname
Usage Portuguese (Brazilian)
Meaning & History
Originally from Portugal.
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Type Surname (from occupation & from location)
Usage Portuguese, Galician
Pronounced Pron. /kɐɾ.ˈnɐj.ɾu/(European Portuguese) /kaʁ.ˈne.ɾu/(Brazilian Portuguese) /kaʁ.ˈnej.ɾu/(Brazilian Portuguese) /kaɾ.ˈnej.ɾo̝/(Galician) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Means "ram" in Portuguese and Galician, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Carneiro.