Given name & surname

Almeida

Almeida is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Almeida comes from Portuguese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Portuguese Almeida.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Almeida’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Almeida as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Almeda. In English usage, Almeida as a surname has an alternative spelling in ALMEYDA. In Spanish usage, Almeida has a later derivative in Almeda.

Walk Almeida’s family in the name graph

AlmeidaΑλμέιδαAlmeydaAlmeda

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Almeida has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Portuguese roots to each of them.

EnglishTagalogPortuguese

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Almeida

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