Tavares Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Tavares last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
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Meaning and origin of the Tavares last name
Meaning of the Tavares last name: "from Tavares". Tavares is a Portuguese surname from the village of Tavares near Mangualde, from an old word for a stony field or burrow. The last name is common in Portugal and Cape Verde, and Cape Verdean families carried it to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Arms associated with the Tavares name
In Portugal a coat of arms was often carved over the family house, and Tavares heraldry shares that habit.
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Tavares name FAQ
What does the Tavares name mean?
"from Tavares". Common variants include Tavarez, Taveira.
Where does the Tavares surname come from?
It originates in Portugal, and is also found in Brazil, Cape Verde and the United States.
Is there a Tavares coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Tavares coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa (Lisboa, 1984); Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford).