Coelho

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

Coelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ku'eʎu]) is a Portuguese surname of Jewish origin meaning "rabbit". The Coelho’s are a historically known Sephardic Jewish family with connection to the once thriving Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal.[1] The families history bears deep ties to the persecution experienced by Jews during the inquisition in Portugal. Descendants in Portugal and Latin America with the surname Coelho have a likely Jewish origin.[2] Notable people with the surname include:

* Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Brazilian football referee
* Bento Coelho da Silveira (ca. 1630-1708), Portuguese painter
* Carlos Coelho, Portuguese politician
* Carlos Pinto Coelho, Portuguese journalist, writer, photographer and media professor.
* Claire Coelho, Australian football (soccer) player
* Dorothea Coelho, American game show host
* Duarte Coelho, Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator
* Dyego Rocha Coelho, Brazilian football player
* Eduardo Teixeira Coelho, maker of comic books
* Eduardo Prado Coelho, Portuguese writer, journalist, columnist and university professor.
* Eliane Coelho, Brazilian soprano
* Elzo Coelho, Brazilian football player
* Evelina Coelho, Portuguese artist
* Fabián Coelho, Uruguayan football player
* Gaspar Coelho, Portuguese Jesuit
* Gonçalo Coelho, Portuguese explorer
* Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto, Brazilian writer, politician, and professor
* Humberto Coelho, Portuguese football player
* Jaime Luiz Coelho (1916–2013), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
* Jackson Avelino Coelho, commonly known as Jajá, Brazilian footballer born 1986
* Jackson Coelho Silva, Brazilian footballer
* José Dias Coelho, Portuguese painter and sculptor
* José da Silva Coelho, Goan Catholic writer
* Joseph Coelho, British poet and children's book author
* Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, Portuguese organist and composer
* Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina, Portuguese politician
* Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician
* Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer
* Nuno André Coelho, Portuguese footballer
* Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho, Portuguese footballer
* Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist
* Paulo de Almeida Coelho, Portuguese Paralympic athlete
* Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese politician and prime minister
* Sara Pinto Coelho, Portuguese writer and playwright
* Tony Coelho, American congressman

## See also

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* Engenheiro Coelho, a municipality in São Paulo state in Brazil.
* Pedro Manuel Oliveira Martins (born 1988), known as Coelho, Portuguese futsal player
* Conejo, a Spanish-language surname, variant of Coelho

Surname list

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Family names derived from the word "hare"

Germanic|

* West Germanic: De Haas, Haas, Hase, Haase, Hare
* Germanized: Saitschick

Romance|

* French: Lapin
* Iberian: Conejo, Coello, Conill, Coelho
* Italian: Coniglio
* Romanian: Epure, Epureanu, Epurescu

Slavic|

* East Slavic: Zaichik/Zaychik, Zaichikov/Zaychikov, Zaykov, Zayats, Zaychuk/Zaichuk, Zayets, Zaychenko, Zaytsev
* South Slavic: Zec, Zajec, Zajkov, Zaychev
* West Slavic: Zajac, Zając, Zajíc Zajić, Zajonc, Králík Królik

Other|

* Estonian: Jänes
* Hungarian: Nyúl
* Latvian: Zaķis
* Turkish: Tavşan

## References

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1. ^ Breen, Benjamin, (2014) [1] Amanda Herbert
2. ^ Name your roots: Name analysis report. (n.d). Name your roots.[2]

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