Oliveiras: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Oliveiras is how some branches of the Oliveira family came to write their name. Oliveiras adds “s” to Oliveira, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Name scholars give the meaning as “Olive tree”. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Other spellings include Olivera.

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