Portuguese Submitted Surnames

Portuguese names are used in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking areas. See also about Portuguese names.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Farinha Portuguese
Means "wheat flour" in Portuguese.
Fausto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the give name Fausto.
Feijo Portuguese
Feijo is a Portuguese surname derived from "feijão", meaning "bean," possibly referring to someone who grew or sold beans.
Feijóo Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from Galician feixó, meaning "bean", possibly denoting a bald person.
Ferraz Portuguese
From a nickname derived from Latin ferrum meaning "iron".
Figueira Portuguese, Galician
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).
Figueiredo Portuguese
Name for someone from any of various places named Figueiredo, from Portuguese figueiredo meaning "fig tree orchard".
Figueredo Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant of Figueiredo as well as the Spanish form.
Filipe Portuguese
From the given name Filipe.
Firmino Portuguese
Surname descendant of Firmino, meaning “firm”. A famous bearer is Brazilian footballer Roberto Firmino.
Florêncio Portuguese
From the given name Florêncio
Florido Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Floridus.
Florino Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Florino.
Floro Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Floro.
Fontan Galician, Occitan, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Derived from Old French fontane meaning "well, fountain".
Fortuna Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Derived from the given name Fortunato.
Fraga Portuguese
Fraga, also derived from the Spanish variation of the word frescas meaning "strawberries", in the Portugal it translates to "from the cliffs or cliffside"
Fragoso Portuguese, Spanish
Means "rocky, rough, uneven" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin fragosus. It was originally a habitational name from any of various places called Fragoso.
França Portuguese
Means "France" in Portuguese.
Francês Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Frances.
Franquez Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese for "son of Franco."
Frederico Portuguese
From the given name Frederico.
Freire Portuguese, Galician
Means "friar" in Portuguese and Galician, either an occupational name or a nickname for a pious person.
Furtado Portuguese
Means "stolen" in Portuguese, probably used to refer to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.
Galvão Portuguese
From the given name Galvão.
Gentoo Indian, Telugu, Portuguese
It is a Telugu name, most likely meaning "Gentile". It was first used by the Portuguese.
Geraldes Portuguese
Means "son of Geraldo".
Geraldo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Geraldo.
Gonçalo Portuguese
From the given name Gonçalo.
Gonsalves English (British), Portuguese, Indian (Christian)
Variant of Gonçalves more commonly used in Britain and western India.
Gonzaga Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Archaic)
Habitational name for someone from a location called Gonzaga in Mantua, Italy. This was the name of an Italian family that ruled Mantua from 1328 to 1708.
Gordinho Portuguese
Diminutive of Gordo.
Gordo Spanish, Portuguese
Means "fat" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Graciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Graciano.
Gralha Portuguese
From Portuguese meaning "jackdaw".
Grande Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Means "tall, large" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, used as a nickname for a person of large stature.
Greco Portuguese
Portuguese for Greco.
Guimarães Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Guimarães in northern Portugal.
Gusmão Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Guzmán.
Gustavo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gustavo.
Henrique Portuguese
From the given name Henrique.
Holanda Portuguese, Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese form of Holland 2.
Honorato Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Honorato
Horta Catalan, Portuguese
Means "garden" (Latin hortus), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosed garden or an occupational name for one who was a gardener.
Humberto Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Humberto.
Inácio Portuguese
From the given name Inácio.
Inocêncio Portuguese
From the given name Inocêncio.
Jacinto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Jacinto.
Jacó Portuguese
From the given name Jacó.
Jardim Portuguese
Means "garden" in Portuguese, either a topographic name or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Jardim.
Jardineiro Portuguese
Portuguese form of Gardener.
João Portuguese
From the given name João.
Joaquim Portuguese
From the given name Joaquim.
Jordão Portuguese
From the given name Jordão.
José Spanish, Portuguese, French
Derived from the given name José.
Julião Portuguese
From the given name Julião.
Júnior Portuguese
Nickname for a young person.
Justino Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Justino
Labrador Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
From the root word "labora" meaning labor or work. This means laborer or worker but often associated to farmers as in San Isidro Labrador
Lacerda Portuguese, Spanish
Nickname for someone with remarkably thick or long hair, or with an unusually hairy back or chest. From Spanish and Portuguese la cerda ‘the lock (of hair)’.
Lago Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone living by a lake from lago "lake" (from Latin lacus) or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word.
Lamounier Portuguese (Brazilian)
Most common in Brazil.
Laranjeira Portuguese
It means "orange tree" in Portuguese
Laurel Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Topographic name for someone who lived by a laurel tree, Spanish laurel (Latin laurus), or a habitational name from Laurel in the Canary Islands.
Leal Portuguese, Spanish
Means "loyal" in Portuguese and Spanish. A famous bearer of this surname is Roberto Leal, a very popular singer in Portugal.
Leandres Portuguese
Means "son of Leandro" in Portuguese.
Ledo Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Nickname from ledo meaning ‘happy’, ‘joyful’
Leitão Portuguese
Occupational name for a keeper of pigs, derived from Portuguese leitão meaning "piglet, young pig".
Leitao Portuguese
Portuguese metonymic occupational name for a keeper of pigs, or nickname meaning ‘piglet’, from Portuguese leitão ‘(suckling) pig’.
Leite Portuguese, Galician
Meaning "milk".... [more]
Lencastre Portuguese
From the English surname Lancaster. Brought to Portugal by Phillipa Lancaster, who later married King John I.
Leonor Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Leonor.
Liberto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Liberto.
Lima Portuguese
Topographic name for someone living on the banks of the river of this name (of pre-Roman origin, probably akin to a Celtic element lemos, limos 'elm').
Lima Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived on the banks of the Lima River in Portugal, most likely derived from Indo-European *léymō meaning "lake".
Linhares Portuguese
Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places called Linhares, for example in Braganca, Guarda, and Vila Real, from the plural of linhar ‘flax field’ (Latin linare, a derivative of linum ‘flax’).
Linzmeyer German, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "bailiff of Linz, Austria" in German, derived from Proto-Celtic *lentos (“bend”) and Middle High German meier meaning "bailiff, administrator", derived from Latin maior meaning "greater".... [more]
Lisboa Portuguese
Habitiational name from Lisbon.
Lisboa Portuguese
Habitational name for someone from the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon (called Lisboa in Portuguese).
Lobato Spanish, Portuguese
nickname from lobato "wolf cub" (from Latin lupus "wolf") or from a medieval personal name based on this word.
Longino Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Longino.
Lopo Portuguese
From the given name Lopo.
Losada Spanish, Portuguese
topographic name for someone who lived by an area paved with flagstones Spanish losada (from losar "to pave" a derivative of losa a word of pre-Roman origin meaning a "flat stone slab").
Lourenço Portuguese
From the given name Lourenço.
Lourinho Portuguese
Possibly from Lourinhã, a portuguese city to the northwest of Lisbon who possibly originated in the Roman period, when a villa named "Laurinana" existed in the area. Lourinho is a diminutive form of "louro", deriving from Latin laurus, "laurel".
Lousada Portuguese
Name given from the village of Lousada, in Northern Portugal.
Luís Portuguese
From the given name Luís.
Luiz Portuguese
From the given name Luis.
Luz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Luz.
Macedo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)
Referred to a person who worked or lived at an apple orchard. It is derived from Vulgar Latin mattianēta meaning "place with apple trees."
Maciel Portuguese, Spanish
Possibly derived from Portuguese maça "apple".
Madeiras Portuguese
Came from the Portuguese Madeira word "wood" or "timber". perhaps the portuguese version of the surname Woods or someone who's from the Portuguese island Madeira
Maestre Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from old Spanish and Portuguese maestre meaning 'master', 'master craftsman', 'teacher'.
Maia Portuguese
Habitational name from any of several places named Maia, especially one in Porto.
Malta Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
habitational or ethnic name for someone from the Mediterranean island of Malta (from Latin Melita Greek Melitē).
Maltez Portuguese
Likely has origins in the Portuguese word "maltez," now written as "maltês," which translates to "Maltese" in English. This surname might have been adopted by families with connections to the Mediterranean island of Malta or by individuals who had some association with Maltese culture or trade.
Manuel Spanish, Portuguese, French, German
Derived from the given name Manuel.
Marcelo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Marcelo.
Marciano Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Marciano
Mariano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the personal name Mariano
Marinho Portuguese
From the given name Marinho
Martelle English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese
English and German: from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Martin or Marta.... [more]
Martines Portuguese
Means "Son of Martin." Portuguese form of Martínez.
Martinho Portuguese
From the given name Martinho
Mascarenhas Portuguese
Possibly from the place Mascarenhas in the city Mirandela. Originated by Estêvão Rodrigues, Lord of Mascarenhas.
Mathias French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
French, Dutch: from the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).... [more]
Matias Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech (Americanized)
Spanish (Matías), Portuguese, and Dutch: from the personal name (see Matthew).... [more]
Maurício Portuguese
From the given name Maurício.
Maximiano Portuguese
Derived from the given name Maximiano.
Maya Basque (Hispanicized), Portuguese (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Portuguese Maia or of Basque Maia.
Meireles Portuguese
Habitational name for someone from a place called Meireles in Portugal, meaning unclear.
Mendonça Portuguese
Portuguese form of Mendoza.
Menendes Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate of Menéndez
Meneses Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning uncertain. It was likely a habitational name from either the municipality of Meneses de Campos in Palencia or the municipality of Valle de Mena in Burgos.
Menezes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Meneses.
Mesquita Portuguese
Means "mosque" in Portuguese, used as a topographic name for someone who lived near a mosque.
Messias Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name Messias
Militão Portuguese (Brazilian)
Locational surname denoting someone who lives near a military base.
Moinho Portuguese
From Portuguese meaning "mill".
Moniz Portuguese
From the medieval Portuguese first name Muhno.... [more]
Moniz Portuguese
Means "son of Munho".
Montalto Italian, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of various places called Montalto or Montaldo especially Montalto Uffugo in Cosenza province in Italy or from a place in Portugal called Montalto from monte "hill" and alto "high" (from Latin altus).
Montalvo Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Montalvo is a habitational Portuguese and Spanish surname that originated in the medieval period. It comes from the Spanish words monte, meaning "mount", and albo, meaning "white". The name was often given to families who lived near or on a white mountain or hill, and can be interpreted as "white mountain".
Montenegro Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".
Monterei Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate of Monterrey.
Moraes Portuguese
From the Portuguese form of Spanish Morales.
Mordomo Portuguese
Means "butler" in Portuguese.
Morgado Portuguese
Means "eldest brother" in Portuguese
Mota Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold.
Moura Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word "Mouro", which refers to an individual from the Moor people. This is the feminine form of the word, often used in legends of enchanted moor women, which very common in Portugal... [more]
Munhoz Portuguese
Portuguese form of Muñoz.
Nápoles Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Napoli; habitational name from the Italian city of Naples, which is called Nápoles in Spanish and Portuguese.
Narciso Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Narciso.
Nascimento Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "birth, nativity" in Portuguese, from Late Latin nascimentum, a derivative of Latin nasci "to be born". This was originally a religious byname. It was also an epithet of the Virgin Mary (Maria do Nascimento), and was used as a given name for children born on Christmas.
Natal Portuguese, Spanish
From the personal name Natal (from Latin Natalis), bestowed on someone born at Christmas or with reference to the Marian epithet María del Natal.
Natividade Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Natividad.
Negro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish
Nickname or ethnic name from negro "black" (Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
Negro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish
From a medieval continuation of the Latin personal name Niger.
Negro Italian, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Jewish
Nickname or ethnic name from negro "black" (continuation of Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair, dark eyes, a dark complexion, someone who wore dark clothes, someone who worked a job in the night, or was otherwise associated with the night.
Nery Portuguese
Derivation of the Scottish surname Macnair.
Nicolau Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
From the given name Nicolau.
Noronha Portuguese
Derived from Noreña, the name of a village in Asturias, northern Spain.
Novo Galician, Portuguese
Nickname from Portuguese and Galician novo ‘new’, ‘young’ (Latin novus). The word was also occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, particularly for a child born after the death of a sibling, and this may also be a source of the surname.
Onofre Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Onofre.
Ortis Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Ortiz.
Osvaldo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Osvaldo.
Paiva Portuguese
From the Portuguese word "paiva," which refers to a type of river or stream
Paixão Portuguese
Means "passion" in Portuguese, a reference to the Passion, the final period before the death of Jesus commemorated during Holy Week. It was originally used as a nickname for someone born on that day or for someone who had completed a pilgrimage on that day.
Palma Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and southern Italian: habitational name from any of various places named or named with Palma, from Latin palma ‘palm’. ... [more]
Paniágua Spanish, Portuguese
Status name for a servant who worked for his board (pan "bread" and agua "water") and lodging.
Pão Portuguese
Metonymic occupational name for a baker, from pão meaning "bread"
Papa Tagalog, Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "pope, priest" in various languages.
Par Portuguese
Derived from Portuguese meaning "pair, couple, equal".
Pardauil Portuguese
An uncommon surname possibly derived from the word pardal, meaning "sparrow".
Pariz Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate or variant of Paris.
Parreira Portuguese
Means "grapevine" in Portuguese. It was used as a toponymic name for someone from any of various places called Parreira, a topographic name for someone who lived near many grapevines, or an occupational name for someone who worked on a grapevine plantation.
Pedreira Portuguese, Galician
Means "quarry, rocky place" in Portuguese and Galician, originally a habitational name from any of various places called Pedreira or A Pedreira.
Pedrosa Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Pedrosa, from pedroso, pedrosa meaning "stoney", an adjectival derivative of pedra meaning "stone".
Pedroso Portuguese
Its origin is the word "pedra", which means "stone".
Peixoto Portuguese
Occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish, derived from Portuguese peixe meaning "fish".
Peredo Galician, Portuguese
For Galicians, it indicates familial origin near the eponymous hill in the municipality of Castroverde and for Portuguese people, it indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Macedo de Cavaleiros.
Peres Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Gascon, Breton, Central African
Means "son of Pedro" in Spanish and Portuguese. Means "son of Pere" in Catalan... [more]
Pessegueiro Portuguese
Means "peach tree" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin persicum. It indicated a person who lived near or worked with peach trees.
Pessoa Portuguese
From Portuguese pessoa meaning "person."
Pestana Portuguese
Nickname for a person with prominent eyelashes, from Portuguese pestana "eyelash".
Pilar Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for pillar.
Pimenta Portuguese
Means "pepper" in Portuguese, used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.
Pimentel Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from Portuguese pimenta meaning "pepper", used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.
Pintor Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, Sardinian
occupational name for a painter from pintor "painter".
Pistario Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pistario is a surname, mainly used in the Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese languages.
Pombal Portuguese
from the portuguese word: pombo meaning "dove", "pigeon". ... [more]
Ponciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Ponciano.
Portal Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Occitan
Topographical surname for someone living near the gates of a fortified town.