Teixeira

European Portuguese: [tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ]
Galician: [tejˈʃejɾɐ]Language(s)Portuguese, GalicianOriginMeaningPlace of the yew trees[1]Region of originIberian Peninsula

Teixeira (European Portuguese: [tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ], Galician: [tejˈʃejɾɐ]) is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the toponym Teixeira, derived from teixo "yew tree" (Latin taxus).[2] The progenitors of the name were a "Noble Portuguese Marrano family, originally bearing the surname of Sampayo," and the Teixeira coat of arms was conferred "in accordance with a decree of King Philip IV of Spain" in 1643.[3] A less frequent variant spelling is Texeira. The variant Técher is common in the highlands of Reunion Island, notably in the Cilaos area.

List of people called Teixeira

Notable people with the surname include:

Historical

  • Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395–1480), Portuguese navigator and explorer
  • Luís Teixeira (16th century), Portuguese Jesuit cartographer, mathematician and humanist
  • Bento Teixeira (1560–1618), Portuguese writer
  • Pedro Teixeira Albernaz (1595–1662), Portuguese cartographer
  • Pedro Teixeira (died 1640), Portuguese explorer
  • António Teixeira (composer) (1707–1769), Portuguese composer
  • Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza (1812–1861), Brazilian author
  • Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865–1921), Dutch-English journalist, literary critic and publisher, and translator

Politicians

Sports

Other people

See also

  • Tejera, the Spanish-language version
  • Tissera, Sinhala-language version

References

  1. ^ Familiateixeira.com (ed.). "Família Teixeira" (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ Elsdon Coles Smith, American Surnames (1986), p. 250.
  3. ^ The Jewish Encyclopedia (1912), p. 75.
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