![]() Coat of arms associated with the Amaral surname | |
Origin | |
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Meaning | "a plantation of amara grapes" |
Region of origin | Beira, central-northern Portugal |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | do Amaral (of —or from— the plantation of amaras) |
Amaral ( [amaˈɾaw] or [amaˈɾal]) is a Portuguese-language surname of toponymic origin (from the central-northern Portuguese region of Beira), relatively common in Portugal and Brazil, amongst other countries. Its meaning probably comes from a plantation of a variety of grapes ( azal tinto) known as amara (from the Latin language amarus/amara – "bitter", because of the taste of the fruit), used to produce wine, and the suffix -al denotes plantation. Amaral means a plantation of amaras. [1]
Another less reliable theory says that the surname Amaral would have Jewish origins and could derive from the Aramaic term Amar-Al. Amar would be the word, message, expression or concept and Al would be God, what is above, The Supreme. Amaral would mean, according to this theory, said by God. [1]
This family name is considered to be of high lineage because it descends from the King Ramiro II of León. [2] The current people with this surname are probably of pre-Roman Lusitanian, Christian Visigothic and some Sephardic Jewish and Berber descent. [1]
The coat of arms of this family name is composed of six upside-down crescent moons, possibly for an anti-Islamic reason. The Iberian Peninsula was occupied by Arab-Berber Muslims from Maghreb during the Middle Ages. [1]
A variation is do Amaral.
![]() Coat of arms associated with the Amaral surname | |
Origin | |
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Meaning | "a plantation of amara grapes" |
Region of origin | Beira, central-northern Portugal |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | do Amaral (of —or from— the plantation of amaras) |
Amaral ( [amaˈɾaw] or [amaˈɾal]) is a Portuguese-language surname of toponymic origin (from the central-northern Portuguese region of Beira), relatively common in Portugal and Brazil, amongst other countries. Its meaning probably comes from a plantation of a variety of grapes ( azal tinto) known as amara (from the Latin language amarus/amara – "bitter", because of the taste of the fruit), used to produce wine, and the suffix -al denotes plantation. Amaral means a plantation of amaras. [1]
Another less reliable theory says that the surname Amaral would have Jewish origins and could derive from the Aramaic term Amar-Al. Amar would be the word, message, expression or concept and Al would be God, what is above, The Supreme. Amaral would mean, according to this theory, said by God. [1]
This family name is considered to be of high lineage because it descends from the King Ramiro II of León. [2] The current people with this surname are probably of pre-Roman Lusitanian, Christian Visigothic and some Sephardic Jewish and Berber descent. [1]
The coat of arms of this family name is composed of six upside-down crescent moons, possibly for an anti-Islamic reason. The Iberian Peninsula was occupied by Arab-Berber Muslims from Maghreb during the Middle Ages. [1]
A variation is do Amaral.