Given name & surname · also Galician

Medeiros

Medeiros is a surname from Galician, ultimately from Portuguese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Medeiros comes from Galician, and ultimately from Portuguese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Portuguese Medeiros.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

MedeirosMadeirosMadaris

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Nicknames & forms 1

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