Given name & surname · also Latin
Magellan
Magellan is a surname from New Latin, ultimately from Portuguese.
Original PortugueseMagalhães
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Magellan comes from New Latin, and ultimately from Portuguese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Magellan as a surname developed from Magalhães.
Magellan’s family of names
In English usage, Magellan as a surname developed from the Portuguese form Magalhães. In English usage, Magellan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form MAGALLANES. In English usage, Magellan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Magalhães.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Magellan has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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