Hi, There's no correlation in between the words maiato and mulato. A further search in google turned up a referential work by the the Minho University. The name is described as an alcunha/nick toponymic of or from the place of MAIA.
"Maiato MF Proveniente da Maia" Link: http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/6934/1/Alcunh.pdf Reference: Citação deste texto publicado: Teixeira, José, 2007, “Metonímias e metáforas no processo de referência por alcunhas do Norte de Portugal”, Diacrítica Série Ciências da Linguagem, nº 21/1, Universidade do Minho, Braga, pp. 207-239. Metonímias e metáforas no processo de referência por alcunhas do Norte de Portugal José Teixeira ILCH - Universidade do Minho [email protected] Abstract The Portuguese word “alcunha” means a non-voluntary nickname, sometimes with pejorative meaning and usually used in small localities. The main purpose of this kind of nicknames is to capture a detail that makes possible a quick identification, in other words, to stress a salient characteristic conducting to an easy referring process. In this way, the nickname’s social-linguistic strategy can show us the relevance of metaphor and, above all, of metonymy as cognitive processes with a great variation of linguistic strategies and forms. Margaret On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 2:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I forgot to look at Guill's list. My copy is buried somewhere in a box I > have not brought back into daylight since moving. But that's very > interesting. But the other name, Malato, is then what must be questioned. > Yea, it sure sounds similar to "mulato" and that would surely be an alcunha > imposed by others, not so willingly adopted for use, I wouldn't think. > Malato has a Latin ring to it - maybe some Italian origin. > > I have ancestors from Pico named MAIA. And some ancestors from Terceira > named MAIO. And I see a noble family MAIA who is described as "Vedor do Rei > João I, 1º senhor da Trofa" that seems to have descendants in Terceira. > Maybe there is some linguistic explanation for how Maia could become > Maiato. But that neglects the Malato derivation information from Guill. > > Thanks to the others who mention ancestors and friends with this name. > It is far more common than I suspected - just not on Pico or Terceira! > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] MAIATO surname > From: "Richard Francis Pimentel" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, June 07, 2013 9:59 pm > To: <[email protected]> > > *Maiato is listed as a surname by James Guill and it gives a Derivation > as Malato. Could that refer or mean mixed race? If so then the name could > have started as an alcunha.* > * * > *Rick* > * * > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > *Spring, TX* > *Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire * > * * > *Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and > Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores* > * * > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Margaret Vicente > *Sent:* Friday, June 07, 2013 6:54 PM > *To:* azores > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MAIATO surname**** > ** ** > Hey there Doug,**** > ** ** > Maiato is not an alcunha. It is a surname and I have close friends who > bear that name from Sao Miguel Island. **** > ** ** > Regards**** > ** ** > Margaret**** > ** ** > ** ** > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:**** > I don't know about you, but I get used to the names in each village and > sort of want them to be the same now as they were 100+ years ago. So when I > visited places on my trips to the Azores, I felt a little more alien than I > thought I would. If I had seen all the same names I got used to seeing in > the old records, I think I would have felt right at home more.**** > ** ** > I think of this because I have a picture of a tombstone from Pico of a > lady named MAIATO.**** > I never heard of this name and perhaps feel a little out of touch since > it's a name on Pico that I know so well.**** > But I know it only from 100 years ago and not the present time.**** > ** ** > I also found one Maiato on Terceira, but the rest seem to be from Sao > Miguel. Maybe someone on this list will recognize this surname. I thought I > detected a little Oriental look and figured maybe it's a Chinese family > that settled on Pico and then made their name sound more Portuguese.**** > ** ** > Of course, modern mobility accounts for this transformation in the > populations for each village and island.**** > It would not be so surprising to find German and Swedish people settling > in the Azores these days, having children who are baptized as Catholics, > etc. After all, many notable foreign families did this in the past few > centuries, like DART, DABNEY, STREET, STONE, ZERBONE, etc. And then there > are many others who came but left little mark.**** > ** ** > And now there is MAIATO. I wonder about their origins. It's a relatively > rare name in Portuguese these days. Everyone I see in Ancestry.com seems > to have Portuguese origins. Is it an alcunha?**** > ** ** > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618**** > www.dholmes.com**** > -- > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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