Alcaide Explained

Alcaide
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	"Castle Commander"
Region:	Iberian Peninsula
Language:	Spanish
Variant Forms:	Alcaid

Alcaide is a Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term, which literally means 'commander'.

Etymology

From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the Portuguese form alcaide.^[1]

Notable people

• Anselmo Pardo Alcaide (1913–1977), Spanish entomologist.
• Chris Alcaide (1922–2004) American actor
• Carmen Alcayde (born 1973), Spanish TV presenter and actress
• David Alcaide (born 1978), Spanish pool player
• Guillermo Alcaide (born 1986), Spanish tennis player
• Ana Alcaide (born 1976), Spanish musician
• Pepe Alcaide (born 1979), Spanish footballer
• Víctor Aguirre Alcaide (born 1972), Mexican politician

References

1. Encyclopedia: 1974 . Alcayde . The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary . Oxford UP.