Coelho Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Coelho surname comes from the Galician word "coello," meaning "rabbit," from the Latin "cuniculus." As such, it may have originally been a nickname for someone thought to resemble a rabbit in some way.

Coelho Early Origins

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The surname Coelho was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.

Coelho Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Coello, Coella, de Coello, Coellos and others.

Coelho Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coelho research. Another 149 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1139, 1390, 1406, 1460, 1502, 1531, 1588, 1611, 1652, 1642, 1693, 1661, 1700, 1614 and 1664 are included under the topic Early Coelho History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coelho Early Notables (pre 1700)

Notable bearers of the family name Coelho Nicolau Coelho (c.1460-1502), an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the age of discovery; Alonso Sánchez Coello (circa 1531-1588), Spanish Renaissance portrait painter; Antonio Coello (1611-1652), Spanish dramatist and poet, a member of the household of...

Another 42 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Coelho Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Pero Cuello, who sailed to America in 1513; Leonor Coella, who arrived in Cuba in 1540; Antonio Coello, who arrived in Peru in 1592; Francisco Coello, who came to Peru in 1592.

Contemporary Notables of the name Coelho (post 1700)

Anthony Lee Coelho (b. 1942), American Democrat politician, U.S. Representative from California 15th District, 1979-89; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Carlos Pinto Coelho (b. 1944), Portuguese journalist and media personality
Paulo Coelho (b. 1947), Brazilian lyricist and novelist
José Dias Coelho (1923-1961), Portuguese painter and sculptor
Eliane Coelho (b. 1951), Brazilian soprano singer
Eduardo Prado Coelho (1944-2007), Portuguese writer, journalist, columnist and university professor

Coelho Historic Events

RMS Titanic

Mr. Domingos Fernandes Coelho (d. 1912), aged 20, Portuguese Third Class passenger from Funchal, Madeira Islands who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html

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Citations

^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
^ Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html

Other References

Carr, Raymond. Spain, 1808-1975. 2nd Ed. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 978-0198221272).
de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Caballeros de La Orden de Santiago Siglo XVIII. Madrid: Hidalguía, 1996. Print.
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Heraldic Patronimica Española Y Sus Patronimicos Compuestos. Madrid: Hidalguía, 1976. Print.
Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
García Carraffa, Alberto and Arturo. Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles y Americanos 88 Volumes. Madrid: A. Marzo. Print.
Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
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The Coelho Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Coelho Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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