Coelho

This article is about the Portuguese surname. For the Galician-language surname, see Coello.

Coelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ku'eʎu], Hebrew: קוּאֵלְיוֹ) is a surname of Portuguese and Jewish (Sephardic) origin, meaning "rabbit". The surname indicates Jewish priestly origin, likely adopted due to its phonetic similarity to the surname Cohen.[1][2] This connection would have been significant in preserving the family's historical identity during periods of assimilation and exile. During the Portuguese Inquisition, many Sephardic families – including those bearing the surname Coelho – adopted or retained such surnames as a means of survival and identity preservation.[3] Evidence predating the Inquisition suggests the family originated in the Beira Litoral region, particularly around Coimbra and Aveiro.[4][5] Notable people with the surname include:

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References

  1. ^ Name your roots: Name analysis report. (n.d). Name your roots.[1]
  2. ^ Beider, A. (n.d.). The etymology of Sephardi surnames: Achievements and perspectives. Academia
  3. ^ Waas, M. (2019, December 3). On Sephardic Surnames. Hollander-Waas Jewish Heritage Services. https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/on-sephardic-surnames
  4. ^ Herbert, A. (2014). The Pharmaca of Jozeph Coelho: A Family of Converso Apothecaries in Seventeenth-Century Coimbra. The Recipes Project. https://doi.org/10.58079/tcs9
  5. ^ Bodian, Miriam. “Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: The Ambiguous Boundaries of Self-Definition.” Jewish Social Studies 15, no. 1 (2008): 66–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40207034
allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelho_(surname)