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A few of these toponymic surnames can be considered nobiliary, as they first appear as the name of some Galician noble houses, [28] later expanding when these nobles began to serve as officials of the Spanish Empire, in Spain or elsewhere, as a way of maintaining them both far from Galicia and useful to the Empire: Andrade (from the house of ...
Ferreira (Latin ferraria and ferrus) is a Portuguese and Galician toponymic and occupational surname, meaning "iron mine" (name of several locations in Portugal) and also the feminine variant of "blacksmith" ("ferreiro"), related to ironworks. The variants Ferreiro, Ferreiró, Ferreiros, Ferro, or Ferraria are less common.
The names, primarily of East Germanic origin, were used by the Suebi, Goths, Vandals and Burgundians. With the names, the Galicians inherited the Germanic onomastic system; a person used one name (sometimes a nickname or alias), with no surname, occasionally adding a patronymic. More than 1,000 such names have been preserved in local records.
Saavedra is a Galician surname derived from places named Saavedra in the Ourense and Lugo provinces of Galicia, Spain. Saavedra consists of the Galician words saa, meaning "hall" (which comes from Gothic sals) and vedro, meaning "old". Related surnames include Saabedra, Sabedra, and Savedra. [1]
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Galician-language surnames. ... If this category name is unlikely to be entered on new pages, ...
Cela is a Spanish-Galician surname. [1] [2] Notable people with the surname include: Alfonso Cela (1885–1932), Spanish bullfighter; Camilo José Cela (1916–2002), Spanish Nobel Prize winning writer; Camilo José Cela Conde (born 1946), Spanish writer and professor of philosophy, son of the former; Gabriel Hernán Cela (born 1974), Argentine ...
Comesaña is a Spanish surname of Galician origin. [1] It is likely derived from the parish of the same name in Vigo, Pontevedra. [2] Notable people with the surname include: Francisco Comesaña (born 2000), Argentine tennis player; Gloria Comesaña (1946–2024), Spanish philosopher; Julio Comesaña (born 1948), Uruguayan football manager