Mangalorean Catholic name

Mangalorean Catholic names and surnames encompass the different naming conventions of the Mangalorean Catholic community. Historically, many of them had names of Christian saints, while Portuguese-language surnames were most commonly found.^[1] A formal Mangalorean Catholic name consists of a given name, a middle name, and a surname.

Mangalorean Catholics use English forms of their names and surnames in English-language contexts and their native language Konkani forms in Konkani-language contexts.

Male given names

Most Mangalorean Catholic names for males follow the second declension. However, if the name ends in e, it follows the first declension, such as Zoze (Joseph). If the name ends in o, it follows the third declension, such as Lorso (Lawrence). The name follows the fourth declension if it ends in i, such as Jākki (Joachim). The fifth declension is observed if the name ends in u, such as Gabru (Gabriel), or if it ends in ãuñ, such as Zuãuñ (John).^[2]

Mangalorean Catholic variant	Portuguese variant	English/anglicized variant	Meaning
Males
Saver	Xavier	Xavier	new house
Valentin	Valentim	Valentine	strong, healthy
Simāuň	Simão	Simon	he has heard
Sebastiauň or Bastiauň	Sebastião	Sebastian
Salvador or Saldor	Salvador	Salvador	Saviour
Rozār or Ruzār	Rosário	Rosario	Rosary
Kalvin	Kalvino	Calvin	Court Jester
Filip	Filipe or Felipe	Philip	friend of horses
Paullu or Paullā	Paulo	Paul	Humble
Pāsku	Pascoal	Pascal	associated with Passover (or Easter)
Niklāuň or Niku	Nicolau or Nico (informal)	Nicholas	Victory of the people
Mortin	Martim	Martin	Warlike
Mortes	Mateus	Matthew	Gift of God
Luis	Luís	Lewis	Famous warrior
Lorso or Lores	Lourenço	Laurence	from Laurentum, an ancient Roman city
Lazar or Lādru	Lázaro	Lazarus	God has helped
Jākki or Jokki	Joaquim or Jaquim (informal)	Joachim
Jākob or Jāku	Jacob or Jacó	James	Holds the heel
Mingel	Miguel	Michael	Who is like God?
Pedru	Pedro	Peter	Stone
Šila	Silvestre	Sylvester	Wooded
Zuãuñ	João	John	God is gracious
Zoze	José	Joseph	The Lord will add
Source: English-Konkani Dictionary (2001)^[3]

Female given names

Mangalorean Catholic female naming conventions differ for married or grown up females and young girls. In case of married or grown up females, most names (more distinctly names ending in a or e) follow the first declension.^[2]

Mangalorean Catholic variant	Portuguese variant	English/anglicized variant	Meaning
Females
Zúān	Joana	Jane	Yahweh (God) is gracious
Lus or Lujeň	Luz or Lúcia	Lucy	Light
Luisā	Luísa	Louisa
Mornel	Madalena	Magdalene
Martu	Marta	Martha	the lady
Rakel	Raquel	Rachel	one with purity
Rejin	Regina	Regina	Queen
Ritu	Rita	Rita
Rozzi	Rosa	Rose
Sobin	Sabina	Sabina
Serpin	Serafina	Serafina
Monku	Mónica	Monica	To advise
Nâtu	Natália	Natalia	Birthday
Zâbel	Isabel	Elizabeth	My God is my oath
Source: English-Konkani Dictionary (2001)^[3]

Surnames

After the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510, the Portuguese consolidated their power by imposing their own government and cultural institutions in Goa. They also started spreading Christianity in Goa & many converted to Christianity. The Christians adopted Portuguese surnames but retained their Konkani customs & values. These Christians migrated to South Canara, due to the religious intolerance of the Goa Inquisition (1560), the Mahratta Invasion of Goa and Bombay in the late 17th century,^[4] food shortages, epidemics, heavy taxation & other causes.^[5]^[6]

After these Konkani migrants settled in South Canara, they continued using Portuguese surnames bestowed on their ancestors.^[7] Some families, however, still use their original Bammon & Charoda surnames.^[8]^[9]^[10] Some still do have Hindu surnames such as Shett, Shenoy, Kamath, Padval etc.^[1] These ancestral pre-conversion surnames of the Mangalorean Catholics are called paik in Konkani.^[11] Mudartha-D'Souza is a unique Mangalorean Catholic surname to be found among some who hail from the Udupi district.^[12]

Presently, Portuguese surnames are also observed in Goan Catholics, Bombay East Indian Catholics, Damanese Catholics & some other Christians in India. Portuguese surnames are popular in some parts of the world, they significant in Portugal, Brazil, Macao, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and Mozambique.

Bold indicates common surnames
Italics indicates uncommon surnames

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
Portuguese Surnames
Adailton	Bandeira	Cabral	da Costa	Esteves	Faria	Gama	Henriques				Lopes	𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬
Abreu	Baptista	Caeiro	da Rosa	Estibeiro	Fernandes	Gomes					Lasrado	Martin
Ademir	Bacardo	Caiado	de Costa	Estrocio	Ferreira	Gonsalves					Lobo	Martins
Afonso	Barbosa	Calado	de Cunha		Figueira	Gonçalves					Luis	Medeiros
Agostinho	Barboz	Calisto	de Mello		Furtado	Gracias					Lewis	Mendonça
Aguiar	Barcelos	Camara	de Penha		Fonseca	Goveas						Mendonca
Alberto	Barco	Câmara	de Souza		Ferrao							Menezes
Albuquerque	Barnes	Campos	D'Costa									Moraes
Alcantara	Barreto	Cardinho	D'Cunha									Machado
Aldeia	Barros	Cardoso	D'Mello									Mendes
Alemao	Batista	Caridade	D'Penha									Miranda
Almeida	Benedicto	Carlos	D'Souza									Madtha
Alva	Benjamin	Carmo	Dias									Martis
Alvares	Bennis	Carneiro	Dorado									Mathias
Álvares	Bento	Carrasco	D'Silva									Misquith
Alves	Borges	Carreira	de Silva									Monis
Alves da Silva	Botelho	Carvalho	Dourado									Monteiro
Alvim	Braga	Castanha	D'sa									Mascarenhas
Amaral	Branco	Castelino	Domingo									Moras
Amarildo	Brandao	Castellino
Ambrose	Brandão	Catao
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
Alfonso		Corda
Abreo		Cordeiro
		Cordo
		Correia
		Corte-Real
		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		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
		Palmeira		Remedios	Sapeco	Torrado		Verdes
		Peixote		Reveredo	Sardinha	Torres		Viegas
		Pereira		Ribeiro	Schunker	Torquato		Vieira
		Peres		Rocha	Roche	Sena	Travasso
		Picardo			Sequeira	Trinidade
		Pimenta		Rodricks	Silva
		Pinheiro		Rodrigues	Silveira
		Pinho		Rosario	Simoes
		Pinto			Soares
		Pires			Suares
		Po			Sousa
		Prazeres			Souza
See also: List of Portuguese surnames

Portuguese variant	Mangalorean Catholic variant
Sousa	Soz
Coelho	Coel
Pinto	Pint
Sources: A Konkani Grammar (2003)^[13]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Pinto 1999, p. 168 "The Konkani Christians had names of saints like Peter, John, James, Jacob and Portuguese surnames like Saldanha, Britto, Coelho, Pinto, Vas and others. Some did have Hindu surnames: Shet, Shenoy, Kamalh, Padival, etc."
^ ^a ^b Maffei 2003, p. 38
^ ^a ^b Maffei 2001, p. 541
^ "Original settlements ('roots') of mangalore catholic families in kanara/Mangalore and the community's socio-economic evolution and transition in recent times. – Catholic Association of South Kanara". Archived from the original on 21 July 2024.
^ "Christianity in Mangalore". Diocese of Mangalore. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Pinto 1999, p. 124
^ Farias 1999, p. 12 "The Christians have European surnames which were bestowed on their ancestors by the Portuguese who stood sponsors to them at the time of their baptism."
^ South Kanara District Gazetteer 1973, p. 103
^ Maffei 2003, p. 217
^ Sarasvati's Children - Joe Lobo
^ Prabhu 1999, p. 137
^ D'Souza, Dr. Eugene (5 September 2009). "Prof Wilfred D'Souza - Third Generation Teacher Who Achieved Greater Heights". Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
^ Maffei 2003, p. 8

References

Farias, Kranti (1999), The Christian Impact on South Kanara, Church History Association of India.
Maffei, Angelus (2001), English-konkani Dictionary, Mangalore: Asian Educational Services, ISBN 9788120606265.
Maffei, Angelus (2003), A Konkani Grammar, Mangalore: Asian Educational Services, ISBN 9788120600874.
Pinto, Pius (1999), History of Christians in coastal Karnataka, 1500-1763 A.D., Mangalore: Samanvaya Prakashan.
Prabhu, Alan Machado (1999). Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians. I.J.A. Publications. ISBN 9788186778258..
"People". South Kanara District Gazetteer (PDF). Karnataka State Gazetteer. Vol. 12. Gazetteer Department (Government of Karnataka). 1973. pp. 86–125. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.57 MB) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2008.

[pin-1] Pinto 1999, p. 168 "The Konkani Christians had names of saints like Peter, John, James, Jacob and Portuguese surnames like Saldanha, Britto, Coelho, Pinto, Vas and others. Some did have Hindu surnames: Shet, Shenoy, Kamalh, Padival, etc."

[maff-2] Maffei 2003, p. 38

[maffei-3] Maffei 2001, p. 541

[4] "Original settlements ('roots') of mangalore catholic families in kanara/Mangalore and the community's socio-economic evolution and transition in recent times. – Catholic Association of South Kanara". Archived from the original on 21 July 2024.

[dm-5] "Christianity in Mangalore". Diocese of Mangalore. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[pin5-6] Pinto 1999, p. 124

[7] Farias 1999, p. 12 "The Christians have European surnames which were bestowed on their ancestors by the Portuguese who stood sponsors to them at the time of their baptism."

[sc103-8] South Kanara District Gazetteer 1973, p. 103

[9] Maffei 2003, p. 217

[10] Sarasvati's Children - Joe Lobo

[mc0687-11] Prabhu 1999, p. 137

[Mudartha-12] D'Souza, Dr. Eugene (5 September 2009). "Prof Wilfred D'Souza - Third Generation Teacher Who Achieved Greater Heights". Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2009.

[maff8-13] Maffei 2003, p. 8

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