Lopes Explained
Lopes |
Meaning: | "Son of Lopo" (Wolf) |
Region: | Portuguese, Galician |
Language: | Portuguese |
Pronunciation: | pronounced as /pt-PT/ |
Variant: | Spanish; Castilian: López (Spanish), Italian: Lupo (Italian), French: Loup (French), Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Lupu (Romanian) |
Lopes is Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic for son of Lopo, itself being derived from Latin Latin: lupus wolf. This surname occurs in other Romance variants, such as Spanish Spanish; Castilian: [[López]], Italian Italian: [[Lupo (surname)|Lupo]], French French: [[Loup (surname)|Loup]], and Romanian Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[Lupu (surname)|Lupu]] or Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[Lupescu]].
Notable people with the surname include:
- Álvaro Lopes Cançado (1912–1984), Brazilian
- Adelino Lopes (born 1976), Guinea-Bissaun
- Adriane Lopes (born 1976), Brazilian politician
- Alexandre Paes Lopes (born 1974), Brazilian footballer
- Almir Lopes de Luna (born 1982), Brazilian
- Américo Lopes (born 1933), Portuguese footballer
- Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924–1973), Capeverdian and Guinea-Bissau Statesman.
- Ana Paula Lopes (born 1979), Brazilian singer
- Aniceto Guterres Lopes (born 1967), East Timorese
- Anthony Lopes (born 1990), Portuguese footballer
- António Bastos Lopes (born 1953), Portuguese
- António Lopes Ribeiro (1908–1995), Portuguese
- Antônio Lopes (born 1941), Brazilian
- Astolpho Junio Lopes (born 1983), Brazilian
- Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907–1989), Capeverdian
- Brian Lopes (born 1971), United States
- Carlos Eduardo Lopes (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
- Carlos Lopes (born 1947), Portuguese long-distance athlete
- Carlos Michel Lopes Vargas (born 1982), Brazilian
- Cecilio Lopes (born 1979), Dutch
- Christian Lopes (born 1992), American
- Cristóvão Lopes (c.1516–1594), Portuguese painter
- Daniel Lopes (born 1976), German singer
- Danny Lopes (born 1982), United States
- Davey Lopes (born 1945), United States baseball player and manager
- Demetrius Klee Lopes (born 1970), Brazilian-American cerebrovascular neurosurgeon
- Dirceu Lopes (born 1946), Brazilian
- Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar (1709–1832), British
- Ernando Rodrigues Lopes (born 1988), Brazilian
- Everton Lopes (born 1988), Brazilian
- Felipe Aliste Lopes (born 1987), Brazilian
- Fernando Lopes (1935–2012), Portuguese filmmaker
- Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906–1994), Portuguese
- Fernão Lopes (c.1380–1459), Portuguese royal chronicler
- Fernão Lopes (died 1545), Portuguese sailor and first inhabitant of the island of Saint Helena
- Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894–1960), Portuguese politician and military
- Fábio Deivison Lopes Maciel (born 1980), Brazilian
- Fábio Lopes Alcântara (born 1977), Brazilian
- Fátima Lopes (born 1965), Portuguese
- Giulio Lopes (born 1959), Brazilian actor
- Gregório Lopes (c.1490–1550), Portuguese painter
- Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (1856–1931), Portuguese
- Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough (1859–1938), British Member of Parliament
- Isabel Mendes Lopes (born 1982), Portuguese politician
- Joao Abel Pecas Lopes, Portuguese engineer
- John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston (1873–1930), British
- João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916), Brazilian
- Júlio Lópes (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer
- Laura Lopes (born 1978), daughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Andrew Parker Bowles, OBE
- Leandro Lopes (born 1984), Brazilian
- Leila Lopes (born 1986), Angolan Miss Universe 2011 winner.
- Lisa Lopes (1971–2002), United States
- Lopes Gonçalves, Portuguese explorer
- Luciano Lopes de Souza (born 1974), Brazilian
- Luís Carlos Melo Lopes (1954–2016), Brazilian footballer
- Manuel Lopes (barber) (before 1850–after 1870), United States barber and first Black resident of Seattle
- Manuel Lopes (1907–2005), Capeverdian writer
- Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes (born 1966), Brazilian footballer
- Marcelo Lopes de Faria (born 1976), Brazilian
- Maria Lopes, American politician from Rhode Island
- Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes (1890–2005) Portuguese supercentenarian
- Martinho da Costa Lopes (1918–1991), East Timorese religious and political leader
- Massey Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough (1903–1992), British peer and officer of the British Army
- Mateus Lopes (born 1972), Capeverdian
- Matheus Henrique do Carmo Lopes (born 1985), Brazilian
- Mécia Lopes de Haro (died 1270), Portuguese
- Nei Lopes (born 1942), Brazilian musician
- Neylor Lopes Gonçalves (born 1987), Brazilian
- Olga Lopes-Seale (1918–2011), Barbadian
- Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga (1931–2020), Angolan
- Osvaldo Lopes (born 1980), French
- Patrick Fabíonn Lopes (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
- Paulo José Lopes de Figueiredo (born 1972), Angolan
- Pedro Santana Lopes (born 1956), Portuguese
- Rinaldo Lopes Costa (born 1968), Brazilian
- Roberto Lopes (born 1966), Brazilian
- Roberto Lopes Nascimento (born 1983), Brazilian
- Rosaly Lopes (born 1957), Brazilian earth-scientist
- Santinho Lopes Monteiro (born 1979), Dutch
- Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet (1755–1831), British Member of Parliament
- Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet (born "Massey Franco" 1818–1908), British Member of Parliament
- Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet (born "Ralph Franco" 1788–1854), British Member of Parliament
- Steven J. Lopes (born 1975), Portuguese American Roman Catholic Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
- Sufrim Lopes (born 1981), Guinea-Bissaun
- Tiago André Coelho Lopes (born 1989), Portuguese
- Tim Lopes (1950–2002), Brazilian
- Elvira Tânia Lopes Martins (born 1957), Brazilian
- Valmiro Lopes Rocha (born 1981), Spanish
- Wagner Lopes (born 1969); Japanese footballer
- Welington Nogueira Lopes (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
- Wesley Lopes Beltrame (born 1987), Brazilian
- Wesley Lopes da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian