Given name & surname
Oliveira
Oliveira is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Original PortugueseUlveira
Meaning & origin
Oliveira’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Oliveira as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form OLIVERA. In Portuguese usage, Oliveira as a surname has a related form in Ulvaria. In Portuguese usage, Oliveira has a later derivative in OLIVERA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Oliveira has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Portuguese roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Oliveira
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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