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: