Jose Blas Machado was born in 1910, in Cuba as the son of Lorenzo Machado and Manuela Reyes. He died in 1978, at the age of 68.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Juan, Jorge, Julio, Francisco, Fernando, Mario, Pedro, Rafael. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Henrique, Joaquim, Manoel, Agostinho, Albano, Amadeu, Duarte, Ilidio, Ligia, Lourenco.
Spanish and Portuguese: from machado ‘hatchet’ (a derivative of Macho 2), probably a nickname, but possibly also a habitational name, as this word is also a common element of placenames.
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