Brief Life History of Vanessa da Silva
Vanessa da Silva Oliveira was born as the daughter of Gilmar Ferreira Oliveira and Marilene Ferreira da Silva Oliveira. She died on 29 December 2003, in Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil.
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–2003 Male
–2003 Female
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–2003 Female
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Carlos, Luis, Fernando, Mario, Luiz, Francisco, Sergio, Ana, Geraldo, Pedro. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Joaquim, Duarte, Agostinho, Guilherme, Marcio, Sebastiao, Anabela, Henrique, Messias, Ademir.
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Oliveira, from Portuguese and Galician oliveira ‘olive grove’ (from Late Latin olivarius, a derivative of Latin oliva ‘olive’), or a topographic name from this word. Compare De Oliveira .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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