Goan Catholic names and surnames
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 | |
| 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[1] and A Konkani Grammar[2] | ||||
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& in other Indo-Portuguese areas such as Damaon and Chaul. Portuguese surnames are very popular 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
 Goan Surnames with Portuguese Influence | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | 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 | [Desa] | Estrocio | Ferreira | Gonsalves | Luis | Leitao | Martins | |||
| Afonso | Barbosa | Calado | de Cunha | Figueira | Gonçalves | 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 | Dias | 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 | |||||||||||
| Amorim | Britto | Cereja | |||||||||||
| Andrade | Bruno | Chico | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
| Nascimento | Olivera | Pacheco | Quadros | Rangel | Santos | 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 | "Lobo" | |||||||
| Neritta | Palmeira | Remedios | Sapeco | Torrado | Verdes | ||||||||
| Peixote | Reveredo | Sardinha | Torres | Viegas | |||||||||
| Pereira | Ribeiro | Torquato | Vieira | ||||||||||
| Peres | Rocha | Travasso | |||||||||||
| Picardo | Sequeira | Trinidade | |||||||||||
| Pimenta | Rodricks | Silva | Travaco | ||||||||||
| Pinheiro | Rodrigues | Silveira | TAURO | ||||||||||
| Pinho | Rosario | Simoes | |||||||||||
| Pinto | Raicar | Soares | |||||||||||
| Pires | Suares | Santos | |||||||||||
| Povo | Sousa | ||||||||||||
| Prazeres | Souza | ||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Maffei 2001, p. 541
- ^ Maffei 2003, p. 38
References
- Maffei, Angelus Francis Xavier (2001). English-Konkani Dictionary. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 81-206-0626-4. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- Maffei Xavier (2003). A Konkani Grammar. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 81-206-0087-8. Retrieved 2009-01-22.