From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Goan Catholic names and surnames
Goan Catholic names and surnames
Goan Catholic names and surnames encompass the dif-
ferent types of names and surnames used by the Goan
Notes
Catholics of Goa. [1] Maffei 2001, p. 541
[2] Maffei 2003, p. 38
Names
Konkani variants of most Goan Catholic names are de-
References
rived from Hebrew, Greek, and Latin names from the • Maffei, Angelus Francis Xavier (2001). English-Konkani
Old and New Testament Biblical canons. Nowadays In- Dictionary. Asian Educational Services.
dian names like Sandeep, Rahul and Anita, etc. are also ISBN 8120606264. http://books.google.com/
used. Some Indian names like Kristadasa (Christopher) books?id=YheuhLoHKsUC&printsec=frontcover.
have European Christian translations. Bilingual names, Retrieved 2008-08-24.
having variants in both Konkani and English, like Pedru • Maffei Xavier (2003). A Konkani Grammar. Asian
(Peter) and Mâri (Mary) are common among Goan Educational Services. ISBN 8120600878.
Catholics. Portuguese names like António, João, Maria, Ana http://books.google.com/
are common among the older generations of Goan books?id=lZv6UyynBPgC&printsec=frontcover.
Catholics who were born in Portuguese India. The Goan Retrieved 2009-01-22.
Catholic variant of many first names is the Goan Catholic
Konkani version of its Portuguese counterpart which was
borrowed from the Portuguese language (examples in-
clude Zâbel from the Portuguese Isabel, Zuãuñ from the
Portuguese João, Pedru from the Portuguese Pedro, and
Zoze from the Portuguese José). Most Goan Catholic names
for males follow the second declension. Among women,
the names follow the first declension, while among
young girls, the names follow the second declension.
Another popular naming convention uses English names,
like Kevin, Kenneth and Sanferd, that have no Konkani
variants. European names such as Savio, Mario and An-
drea are also popular.
Surnames
The Portuguese surnames like Rodrigues and Carvalho
are common found among Goan Catholics due to the for-
mer Portuguese colonization of Goa, India and generally
follow the second declension.. These Portuguese sur-
names are also observed among the Mangalorean
Catholics and East Indian Catholics and some other Chris-
tians in India. Portuguese surnames are very popular
across the world significantly in the Portuguese-speaking
countries of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Macau, Cape Verde,
East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé
and Príncipe and Mozambique.
Bold indicates common surnames
Italics indicates uncommon surnames
There is no evidence of any sort of interaction of the
Goan Catholics with the Spanish.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Goan Catholic names and surnames
Goan Catholic variant English variant Portuguese variant Meaning Sex
Anton Anthony António Flower Male
Arkanj Archangel Arcanjo Archangel Female
Bawthis Baptist Batista One who baptizes Male
Lorso Lawrence Lourenço Someone from Laurentum Male
Jakob James Jacob Heel Grabber Male
Joki Joachim Joaquim He whom God has set up Male
Lazar Lazarus Lázaro God has helped Male
Magdu Magdalene Magdalena Tower Female
Mâri Mary Maria Beloved Female
Mortin Martin Martim Of or like Mars Male
Monik Monica Mónica To advise Female
Motes Matthew Mateus Gift of God Male
Mingel Michael Miguel Who is like God? Male
Monthi Monte Monte Mount Male
Nâtaline Natalia Natália Birthday Female
Nikel Nicholas Nicolau Victory of the people Male
Paullu Paul Paulo Small Male
Pedru Peter Pedro Stone Male
Filip Philip Filipe Lover of Horses Male
Rakel Rachel Raquel Ewe or one with purity Female
Šilest Sylvester Silas Wooded Male
Salvador Salvador Salvador Saviour Male
Saver Xavier Xavier New house Male
Simãuñ Simon Simão He (God) has heard Male
Zuãuñ John João God is gracious Male
Zâbel Elizabeth Isabel My God is my oath Female
Zoze Joseph José The Lord will add Male
Source: English-Konkani Dictionary[1] and A Konkani Grammar[2]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Goan Catholic names and surnames
Portuguese Surnames
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
Adailton Bandeira Cabral da Costa Esteves Faria Gama Henriques Lopes Maciel
Abreu Baptista Caeiro da Rosa Estibeiro Fernandes Gomes Martin
Ademir Bacardo Caiado de Costa Estrocio Ferreira Gonsalves Martins
Afonso Barbosa Calado de Cun- Figueira Gonçalves Medeiros
ha
Agostinho Barboz Calisto de Mel- Furtado Gracias Mendonça
lo
Aguiar Barcelos Camara de Pen- Fonseca Gurjão Mendonca
ha
Alberto Barco Câmara de Ferrao Menezes
Souza
Albuquerque Barnes Campos D’Costa Moraes
Alcantara Barreto Cardinho D’Cunha Machado
Aldeia Barros Cardoso D’Mello Mendes
Alemao Batista Caridade D’Penha Miranda
Alfonso Benedicto Carlos D’Souza Mascarenh
Almeida Benjamin Carmo Dias
Alva Bennis Carneiro Dorado
Alvares Bento Carrasco D’Silva
Alves Borges Carreira de Silva
Alves da Silva Botelho Carvalho Dourado
Alvim Braga Castanha
Amaral Branco Castelino
Amarildo Brandao Castellino
Ambrose Brandão Catao
Amor Brito Cavaco
Amorim Britto Cereja
Andrade Bruno Chico
Antunes Buthello Clement
Aranaha Betancourt Coelho
Araújo Biscoito Colaço
Assunção Brazão Coma
Aurora Conceicao
Azavedo Conceição
Azevedo Concesso
Corda
Cordeiro
Cordo
Correia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Goan Catholic names and surnames
Corte
Corte-Real
Costa
Coutinho
Couto
Crasta
Crasto
Criado
Cruz
Cunha
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Nascimento Olivera Pacheco Quadros Rangel Sa Tavares Valadares Xavier Zuzarte
Nazareth Pais Raposo Saldanha Tavora Valles
Neves Paes Rasquinha Sales Teles Vaz
Noronha Paiva Rebello Santamaria Telles Veiga
Nunes Palha Rego Santimano Texeira Velho
Palmeira Remedios Sapeco Torrado Verdes
Peixote Reveredo Sardinha Torres Viegas
Pereira Ribeiro Schunker Torquato Vieira
Peres Rocha Sena Travasso
Picardo Sequeira Trinidade
Pimenta Rodricks Silva
Pinheiro Rodrigues Silveira
Pinho Rosario Simoes
Pinto Soares
Pires Suares
Po Sousa
Prazeres Souza
See also: List of Portuguese surnames
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