Brief Life History of Isabel
Isabel Leite da Gama was born in Portugal as the daughter of Antonio Machado Alvares Cabral and Emília Leite da Gama.
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1911
New constitution separates church from state. Manuel Jose de Arriaga elected first president of republic.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Mario, Carlos, Luis, Eduardo, Pedro, Ana, Luiz, Miguel, Fernando, Marcos. Portuguese Paulo, Joaquim, Marcio, Adao, Albano, Altair, Ilidio, Joao.
Portuguese: nickname from leite ‘milk’ (from Late Latin lacte), probably denoting someone with a particularly pale complexion.
German: from the female personal name Aleit(e), a short form of an ancient Germanic name, Adelheid, formed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + heid ‘kind, sort, (human) being’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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