Given name & surname

Freitas

Freitas is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Freitas comes from Portuguese.

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How it developed

From Portuguese Freitas.

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Freitas’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Freitas has a later derivative in FRATUS. In Greek usage, Freitas as a surname is a transliteration of Φρέιτας.

Walk Freitas’s family in the name graph

FreitasΦρέιταςFratus

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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