Surname

Feijóo

“bean”

Feijóo is a surname from Old Galician-Portuguese. It is used in Galician.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Feijóo goes back to Old Galician-Portuguese Feijoo, meaning “bean.”

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Where it comes from

Feijóo comes from Old Galician-Portuguese.

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How it developed

From Old Galician-Portuguese Feijoo.

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Feijóo’s family of names

In Galician usage, Feijóo as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Portuguese form Feijó. In Portuguese usage, Feijóo as a surname has a related form in Feijó. In Galician usage, Feijóo as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with feixón.

Walk Feijóo’s family in the name graph

FeijóoFeijóFeijoofeixón

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Around the world

Feijóo has relatives in 3 languages.

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

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Across languages 2

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

Similar names

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Ancient Greek

Estêvão

“crown”

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Ancient Greek · Nature

Paio

“of the sea”

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Ancient Greek

Estevo

“crown”

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>99% boys

Late Latin

Grixó

“little church”

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Hebrew

Simão

“Yahweh has heard”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Adão

“earth, man, soil, light brown”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Pazó

“little palace”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Louzao

“haughty; elegant; spirited; vigorous”

No U.S. birth series

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