Gonçalo: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Gonçalo is best understood alongside Gonzalo: both are Spanish spellings of one family name. In origin, the name means “Battle elf”.

Family crest and blazon

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Gonçalo and Gonzalo

Gonçalo writes “ç” in place of the “z” found in Gonzalo, a typical scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

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