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Goan Catholic names and surnames

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Goan Catholic names and surnames encompass the different types of names and surnames used by the Goan Catholics of Goa.

Names

Konkani language variants of most Goan Catholic names are derived from Hebrew, Greek, and Latin names from the Old and New Testament Biblical canons. Nowadays Hindu names like Sandeep, Rahul and Anita, etc. are also given. Portuguese names like António, João, Maria, Ana are also common among Goan Catholics who follow Portuguese culture. British names (e.g. Kevin, Shelley) and other European names (e.g. Benito, Heidi), which have no Konkani variants, are also popular.

Konkani name	Portuguese variant	English variant	Meaning	Sex
Anton	António	Anthony	Flower	Male
Arkanj	Arcanjo	Archangel	Archangel	Female
Bautis	Batista	Baptist	One who baptizes	Male
Lorso	Lourenço	Lawrence	Someone from Laurentum	Male
Jaku	Jacob	James	Heel Grabber	Male
Joki	Joaquim	Joachim	He whom God has set up	Male
Lazar	Lázaro	Lazarus	God has helped	Male
Magdu	Magdalena	Magdalene	Tower	Female
Mori	Maria	Mary	Beloved	Female
Mortin	Martim	Martin	Of or like Mars	Mal
Monik	Mónica	Monica	To advise	Female
Motes	Mateus	Matthew	Gift of God	Male
Mingel	Miguel	Michael	Who is like God?	Male
Monti	Monte	Monte	Mount	Male
Natalin	Natália	Natalia	Birthday	Female
Nikel	Nicolau	Nicholas	Victory of the people	Male
Paulu	Paulo	Paul	Small	Male
Pedru	Pedro	Peter	Stone	Male
Filip	Filipe	Philip	Lover of Horses	Male
Rakel	Raquel	Rachel	Ewe or one with purity	Female
Silest	Silas	Sylvester	Wooded	Male
Salvadu	Salvador	Salvador	Saviour	Male
Saver	Xavier	Xavier	New house	Male
Simanv	Simão	Simon	He (God) has heard	Male
Juanv	João	John	God is gracious	Male
Jebel	Isabel	Elizabeth	My God is my oath	Female
Zuze	José	Joseph	The Lord will add	Male
Source: English-Konkani Dictionary and A Konkani Grammar

Surnames

The Portuguese surnames such as Rodrigues, Fernandes and Carvalho are commonly found among Goan Catholics after centuries of colonial rule in Portuguese Goa and Damaon, and generally follow the second declension. These Portuguese surnames are also observed among the Mangalorean Catholics, the Bombay East Indian Catholics, the Latin Catholics of Malabar, and in other Indo-Portuguese areas such as Damaon and Chaul. Portuguese surnames commonly appear across the world especially in the Lusophone countries of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Macao, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and Mozambique.

Bold indicates common surnames Italics indicates uncommon surnames

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	L	M
Adailton	Bandeira	Cabral	da Costa	Esteves	Faria	Gama	Henriques			Lobo	Maciel
Abreu	Baptista	Caeiro	da Rosa	Estibeiro	Fernandes	Gomes				Lowe	Martin
Ademir	Bacardo	Caiado	da Costa	Estrocio	Ferreira	Gonsalves				Leitao	Martins
Afonso	Barbosa	Calado	de Cunha		Figueira	Gonçalves				Luis	Medeiros
Agostinho	Barboz	Calisto	de Mello		Furtado	Gracias					Mendonça
Aguiar	Barcelos	Camara	de Penha		Fonseca	Gurjão					Mendonca
Alberto	Barco	Câmara	de Souza		Ferrao	Godinho					Menezes
Albuquerque	Barnes	Campos	D'Costa		Faleiro	Goes					Moraes
Alcantara	Barreto	Cardinho	D'Cunha			Goveas					Machado
Aldeia	Barros	Cardoso	D'Oliveira								Mendes
Alemao	Batista	Caridade	D'Penha								Miranda
Alfonso	Benedicto	Carlos	D'Souza								Mascarenhas
Almeida	Benjamin	Carmo	do Rosário								Mazarelo
Alva	Bennis	Carneiro	Dorado								Monserrate
Alvares	Bento	Carrasco	D'Silva								Marques
Alves	Borges	Carreira	de Silva								Monteiro
Alves da Silva	Botelho	Carvalho	Dourado
Alvim	Braga	Castanha	D'Cruz
Amaral	Branco	Castelino	D'Lima
Amarildo	Brandao	Castellino	D'Mello
Ambrose	Brandão	Catao	Duarte
Amor	Brito	Cavaco	Desa
Amorim	Britto	Cereja	Dias
Andrade	Bruno	Chico	De Sa
Antunes	Buthello	Clement
Aranha	Betancourt	Coelho
Araújo	Biscoito	Colaço
Assunção	Brazão	Coma
Aurora	Barrows	Conceicao
Azavedo		Conceição
Azevedo		Concessao
Ataide		Corda
		Cordeiro
		Cordo
		Correia
		Corte
		Corte-Real
		Costa
		Coutinho
		Couto
		Crasta
		Crasto
		Criado
		Cruz
		Cunha
Nascimento	Olivera	Pacheco	Quadros	Rangel	Santos	Tavares		Valadares	Xavier		Zuzarte
Nazareth	Osorio	Pais		Raposo	Saldanha	Tavora		Valles
Neves		Paes		Rasquinha	Sales	Teles		Vaz
Noronha		Paiva		Rebello	Santamaria	Telles		Veiga
Nunes		Palha		Rego	Santimano	Texeira		Velho
Neritta		Palmeira		Remedios	Sapeco	Torrado		Verdes
		Peixote		Reveredo	Sardinha	Torres		Viegas
		Pereira		Ribeiro	Simoes	Torquato		Vieira
		Peres		Rocha	Sanches	Travasso
		Picardo		Raicar	Sequeira	Trinidade
		Pimenta		Rodricks	Silva	Travaco
		Pinheiro		Rodrigues	Silveira	Tauro
		Pinho		Rosario	Suares
		Pinto			Soares
		Pires			Souza
		Povo			Sousa
		Prazeres

Notes

References

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References

{{harvnb. Maffei. 2001
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