Neves (surname) explained
Neves, is the Portuguese word for the plural form of "snow" (Portuguese: neve). It is a common surname in Portugal, Italy, Brazil, and the Spanish region of Galicia. A Spanish variant is Nieves.
The surname is supposedly connected to the veneration of Nossa Senhora das Neves (meaning "Our Lady of the Snows"), the name being given to a village in the northwest of Portugal.
People with this name
Sportspeople
Footballers
- Bruno Ferraz das Neves (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
- Carlos César Neves (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
- Carlos das Neves (born 1968). South African footballer and coach
- Cristiano dos Santos Neves (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
- Daniel Soares Neves (born 1980), Brazilian-Spanish footballer
- Denílson Pereira Neves (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Diego Neves (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
- Domingos Neves (1925), Portuguese footballer
- Eugénio Neves (born 1987), Portuguese footballer
- Fernando Pascoal Neves, (1947–1973), Portuguese footballer
- Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930–2013), Brazilian footballer
- Hermes Neves Soares (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
- Hernâni Neves (born 1963), Portuguese footballer and beach soccer player
- Jedaias Capucho Neves (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
- Joaquim Neves (born 1970), Portuguese footballer
- Jorge Neves (footballer, born 1969), Portuguese football player and coach
- Jorge Neves (footballer, born 1987), Portuguese football player
- Kévin das Neves (born 1986), French footballer
- Luciano da Rocha Neves (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
- Manny Neves (born 1960), Portuguese-American soccer player
- Marcos Neves (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Michel Neves Dias (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
- Nando Maria Neves (born 1978), Cape Verdean footballer
- Pedro das Neves Correia (born 1974), Portuguese footballer
- Pedro Rocha Neves (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
- Ricardo Neves (born 1989), Portuguese footballer
- Rodolfo Xavier Neves (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
- Rúben das Neves (born 1991), Portuguese footballer
- Rúben Neves (born 1997), Portuguese footballer
- Rui Neves (footballer, born 1965), Portuguese footballer
- Rui Neves (footballer, born 1969), Portuguese footballer
- Serafim Neves (1920–1989), Portuguese footballer
- Sérgio André Pereira Neves (born 1993), Portuguese footballer
- Sérgio Ricardo Messias Neves (born 1974), Brazilian Footballer
- Thiago Neves (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Vinícius Neves da Silva (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Other sports
Others
- Aécio Neves (born 1960), Brazilian economist and politician
- Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010), São Toméan poet, politician, and national anthem lyricist
- Alice Leonor das Neves Costa (born ?), Macanese judge
- André Neves (born 1975). Portuguese mathematician
- António Castanheira Neves (born 1929), Portuguese legal philosopher and professor
- Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves (born 1944), Brazilian ambassador to the UK (2008–2010)
- David Neves (1938–1994), Brazilian film director and screenwriter
- Emily Neves (born 1982), US actress, singer, script writer, and voice director
- Graciano dos Santos Neves (1868–1922), Brazilian physician and politician
- Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852–1941), Portuguese duchess of San Jaime
- José Neves (born 1974), Portuguese billionaire businessman, founder of Farfetch
- José Maria Neves (born 1960), Cape Verdean politician and former Prime Minister
- Lucas Moreira Neves (1925–2002), Brazilian Cardinal Bishop and Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
- Maria das Neves (born 1958), São Tomé and Príncipe politician and former Prime Minister
- Mario Das Neves (1951–2017), Argentine politician
- Mário Neves (1912–1993), Portuguese journalist and diplomat
- Oscar Castro-Neves (1940–2013), Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer
- Pedro Luís Neves (born 1955), Portuguese composer, musician, and music producer
- Tancredo Neves (1910–1985), Brazilian lawyer, entrepreneur, and president-elect of Brazil (died before taking office)
- Vivien Neves (1947–2002), British glamour model
- Walter Neves (born 1957), Brazilian anthropologist, archaeologist, and biologist
- Wilson das Neves (1936–2017), Brazilian musician (percussionist)
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