Amaral (surname) explained

Amaral
Meaning:"a plantation of amara grapes"
Region:Beira, central-northern Portugal
Variant:do Amaral (of —or from— the plantation of amaras)

Amaral (pronounced as /pt/ or pronounced as /pt/) is a Portuguese-language surname of toponymic origin (from the central-northern Portuguese region of Beira), relatively common in Portugal and Brazil, amongst other countries. Its meaning probably comes from a plantation of a variety of grapes (azal tinto) known as amara (from the Latin language amarus/amara – "bitter", because of the taste of the fruit), used to produce wine, and the suffix -al denotes plantation. Amaral means a plantation of amaras.[1]

Another less reliable theory says that the surname Amaral would have Jewish origins and could derive from the Aramaic term Amar-Al. Amar would be the word, message, expression or concept and Al would be God, what is above, The Supreme. Amaral would mean, according to this theory, said by God.

This family name is considered to be of high lineage because it descends from the King Ramiro II of León.[2] The current people with this surname are probably of pre-Roman Lusitanian, Christian Visigothic and some Sephardic Jewish and Berber descent.[1]

The coat of arms of this family name is composed of six upside-down crescent moons, possibly for an anti-Islamic reason. The Iberian Peninsula was occupied by Arab-Berber Muslims from Maghreb during the Middle Ages.

A variation is do Amaral.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: (in Portuguese) Significado do nome Amaral (Origin of the surname Amaral) . Recanto das Letras . 10 May 2019.
  2. Web site: (in Portuguese) ORIGEM DO SOBRENOME AMARAL (Meaning of the name Amaral) . Dicionário de Nomes Próprios . 21 July 2019.

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