Given name & surname · also Old Galician-Portuguese

Comba

“dove”

Comba is a feminine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese (ultimately Latin), meaning “dove.” It is used in Portuguese and Galician.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Comba means “dove.”

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Where it comes from

Comba comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Latin.

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How it developed

From Old Galician-Portuguese Coomba, from Latin Columba.

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Comba’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Comba continues an earlier form in Columba.

Walk Comba’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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

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Catalan

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Coté

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Côté

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Sibling ideas

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