About the De Lima Surname

The last name De Lima is one of the recorded forms of Lima, a well-known Portuguese family name. It is a place-based name: “from the Lima river”. The De in front of the name is a particle that was often added to Lima in records.

The same family of names includes Lime.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named De Lima, so the heraldry linked to Lima is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete De Lima report, with a museum-style coat of arms.