Macieira: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Behind the Macieira surname stands Maciel, a Portuguese name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The family name meaning is “Personal name Marcellus”, the same as for Maciel.

Macieira coat of arms

Arms linked to Maciel and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Macieira is built on the same root as Maciel, with the ending -ira. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Marcel.

Research your Macieira family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.