as a Last Name
- 9,050
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Vieira
Meaning & Origins
Galician and Portuguese: 1. religious byname from Portuguese vieria ‘scallop’ (Late Latin veneria, a derivative of the name of Venus; the goddess was often depicted riding on a scallop). The scallop was a symbol of the pilgrim who had been to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela. 2. habitational name from any of numerous minor places called Vieiria.
| 3,415th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,050
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Vieira per capita
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