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 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 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 and A Konkani Grammar

Surnames

The Portuguese surnames like Rodrigues and Carvalho are common found among Goan Catholics due to the former Portuguese province of Goa, India and generally follow the second declension. These Portuguese surnames are also observed among the Mangalorean Catholics and East Indian Catholics and some other Christians 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

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	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			Grao						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	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				"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
		Pinho		Rosario	Simoes
		Pinto		Raicar	Soares
		Pires			Suares
		Povo			Sousa
		Prazeres			Souza
See also: List of Portuguese surnames