Hi people, Got this as a forward from a friend. Found it interesting so am posting it here.
Goan Surnames of Portuguese origin: Abreu - elf's counsel Afonso - noble is ready Aguiar - haunt of eagles Alberto - noble is famous Albuquerque - white oak tree Alcantara - arch Aldeia - village Alemao - German Almeida - plateau Alvaro - all true Alves - all true Amaral - black grapes Ambrose - nectar Amor - Love Andrade - man Aranaha - spider Aurora - dawn Baptista - wash Azevedo - Someone who lives near holly bushes Barboz - one who lives in bushes Barcelos - a city in Portugal Barco - Boat Barnes - One who works at a barn Barreto - mud Barros - someone who lives on a patch of clay soil Benedicto - Blessed Benjamin - southerner Bennis - blessed Bento - holy Bacardo - A logical way of arguing Botelho - A gatherer of seaweeds Branco - white Bruno - brown Caeiro - lime maker Caiado - whitended Calado - quiet Caldeira - cauldron Calisto - unlucky Camara - room Campos - open land Cardinho - small thistle Cardoso - one who lives on a land of thistles Caridade - charity Carlos - man Carmo - orchard Carneiro - sheep Carrasco - hangman Carvalho - oak tree Castanha - chestnut Castelino - castle Catao - austere man Cavaco - peeler Cereja - cherry Chico - small Clement - merciful Coelho - rabbit Colaco - foster brother Coma - head with hair Conceicao - conception Concesso - permitted Corda - rope Cordeiro - lamb Cordo - wise Correia - leather strap Corte - cut Cortez - polite Costa - remark Coutinho small shelter Couto - shelter Crasta - courtyard Crasto - palace Criado - foster child Cruz - Cross Cunha - wedge Dantas - someone who lives near pillers Delgado - a thin person Dias - days Diniz - follower Dourado - golden Dourte - forture guard Egipsy - Egyptian Esperance - hope Eseves - crown Facho - torch Falcao - hawk Felizardo - lucky Ferndinando - brave expedition Fernandes -brave expedition Ferrao - sting Ferraz - fruitful Ferreira - sea-bream Fialho - fine thread Figueira - fig tree Figueiredo - orchard of fig trees Fonseca - stream Fores - strong Fragoso - craggy Francisco - Frenchman Franco - free Freitas - rocky ground Frias - cold Furtado - stolen Gama - doe Gomes - man Gonsalves - safe bottle Gouveia - city of Portugal Gracias - charming Granjo long-legged Guarda - guard Guia - guide Guiao - banner Henriques - home power Heredia - ancestral estates Jacques - He will trip by the heel Joanes - Yahweh is gracious Joao - Yahweh is gracious Jorge - farmer Lacerda - thick haired person Lazarus - may God help him Leitao - a sucking pig Leite - milk Lemos - elm Lewis - fame war Lima - a file Lobato - small wolf Lobo - wolf Lopes - wolf Lourenco - a town in Italy Louzado - made o flat stones Loyola - a city of Spain Luis - French gold coin Machado - axe Madeira - timber Marcal - war god Marques - someone who lives near a boundary Martha/Madtha - weasel Martins - Roman god of war Mascarenhas - Umbrella Matias - gift of God Melo - black bird Mendes - entire tribute Mendonca - a cold mountain Menezes - battlement Mergulhao - a wine branch turned bow shape Mesquita - mosque Messias - annointed Milagres - miracle Miranda - lovely Monserrate - a city of Spain Monte - hill Moneiro - hunter Morais/Moras - One who lives near mulberry rush Moreira - mulberry tree Murzello - black colour Nazareth/Nazare - to guard Neto - grandson Nogueira - someone who lives near walnut tree Norris - northerner Norton - enclosure Novais - land recently cleared Olivera - Olive tree Ozorio - mountain Pacheco - fat man Pais sea Paiva - someone living by the river Paiva in Portugal Paixao - Passion Palha - straw Palmeira - palm tree Parado - stopped Parras - someone who lives by an enclosure Patrao - Patron Paula - small Pegado - glued Peixoto - a kind of fish Penha - rock Pereira - grower or seller of pears Peres/Pires - rock Picardo - someone from Picardy in north France Piedade - piety Pimenta - pepper Pinheiro - pine tree Pinho - pine wood Pinto - small chicken Po - dust Pontes - someone who lived near a bridge Prazeres - joy Proenca - province Queiroz - a place in west Spain Raposo - male fox Rato - rat Ratos - rats Rebelo - a projecting strip of land Rego - furro Reis - small coin in Portugal Remedios - remedy Ribeiro - someone who lives near a river Ricardo - strong power Rivera - river Rocha - rock Rodrigues - renown power Rosa - rose Rosario - rosary Sa - someone employed at a manor house Sacrafamilia - holy family Salem - salutation Sales - salty Sanches - saint Santis - holy Santa Maria - Holy Mary Santomaior - great saint Santos - saint Sardinha - sardine Seixas - someone who lives by a patch of dry land Serra - someone who lives on hills Silva - someone who lives in wood Silvano - wood Silveira - someone who lives in a wood Simoes - yahweh has heard Soares - a person with a reddish hair Sobrinho - nephew Sousa/souza - salt marsh Tauro - bull Teixeira - someone who lives near yew tree Teles - saddle cloth Torrado - toasted Torres - tower Trindade - trinity Tuscano - someone from Tuscany in Italy Vales - valley Varela - stick Veiga - meadow Velho - advanced in years Veloso - hairy Vieira - scallop Xavier - a new house -- Truth Liberates, Nigel Britto http://orissaburning.blogspot.com
