Brief Life History of Isabel
Isabel Gomes was christened in January 1773, in São João do Cariri, Paraíba, Brazil as the daughter of Francisco Gomes and Domingas.
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- Isabel Gomes, "Brasil, Batismos, 1688-1935"
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Carlos, Fernando, Luis, Francisco, Jorge, Mario, Domingos, Jaime, Julio, Luiz. Portuguese Joao, Joaquim, Paulo, Catarina, Henrique, Agostinho, Amadeu, Ademir, Aderito, Aloisio, Conceicao, Ilidio.
Portuguese and Galician: from the medieval personal name Gomes, probably Visigothic in origin, from guma ‘man’. This surname is also found on the west coast of India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
Spanish: variant of Gómez (see Gomez ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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