Teixeira

Teixeira (European Portuguese: [tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ], Brazilian Portuguese: [te(j)ˈʃejɾɐ], Galician: [tejˈʃejɾɐ]) is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the toponym Teixeira, derived from teixo "yew tree" (Latin taxus).[1] According to the 1912 edition of The Jewish Encyclopedia, the progenitors of the name were "Noble Portuguese Marano family, originally bearing the surname of Sampayo", and the Teixeira coat of arms was conferred "in accordance with a decree of King Philip IV of Spain" in 1643.[2] A less frequent variant spelling is Texeira. The variant Técher is common in the highlands of Reunion Island, notably in the Cilaos area.

For other uses, see Teixeira (disambiguation).

Teixeira

Teixeira original coat of arms.
Pronunciation	European Portuguese: [tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ] Brazilian Portuguese: [te(j)ˈʃejɾɐ] Galician: [tejˈʃejɾɐ]
Language(s)	Portuguese, Galician
Origin
Region of origin	Iberian Peninsula

List of people called Teixeira

Notable people with the surname include:

Historical

• Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395–1480), Portuguese navigator and explorer
• Luís Teixeira (16th century), Portuguese Jesuit cartographer, mathematician and humanists
• Bento Teixeira (1560–1618), Portuguese writer
• Pedro Teixeira Albernaz (1595–1662), Portuguese cartographer
• Pedro Teixeira (died 1640), Portuguese explorer
• António Teixeira (1707–1769), Portuguese composer
• Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza (1812–?), Brazilian author
• Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865–1921), journalist, literary critic and publisher, and translator

Politicians

• António Teixeira de Sousa (1857–1917), Portuguese medical doctor and politician
• Constantino Teixeira, Guinea-Bissau politician
• Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (born 1951), Portuguese politician
• José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira (1937–1996), Brazilian politician
• Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860–1941), Portuguese politician
• Miro Teixeira (born 1945), Brazilian politician and journalist
• Nuno Severiano Teixeira, Portuguese politician

Sports

• Alex Teixeira Santos (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
• Armando Gonçalves Teixeira (born 1976), known as Petit, Portuguese footballer
• Dimas Teixeira (born 1969), Portuguese footballer
• Dionatan Teixeira (1992-2017), Brazilian-born Slovak footballer
• Filipe Teixeira (born 1980), Portuguese footballer
• Glover Teixeira (born 1979), Brazilian mixed martial artist
• Humberlito Borges Teixeira (born 1980), Brazilian football player
• João Carlos Teixeira (born 1993), Portuguese football player
• João Miguel da Cunha Teixeira, Portuguese footballer
• José Batlle Perdomo Teixeira (born 1965), Uruguayan footballer
• Júlio César Teixeira, (born 1979) known as Julinho, Brazilian footballer
• Mark Teixeira (born 1980), American baseball player
• Pedro Teixeira (born 1998), Swiss footballer
• Renan Teixeira da Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Ricardo Terra Teixeira (born 1947), former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)
• Ricardo Teixeira (born 1982), Angolan racing driver
• Rodrigo Teixeira (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
• Virgilio Teixeira (born 1973), Dutch footballer
• Wilson Teixeira Beraldo (1917–1998), Brazilian physician and physiologist

Other

• Anya Teixeira (1913–1992), British photographer and photojournalist
• Armando Teixeira, Portuguese musician
• Carlos Teixeira (born 1976), Portuguese volleyball player
• Eduardo Teixeira Coelho (1919–2005), Portuguese comic book artist
• Fernando Teixeira, American engineer
• Gonçalo Teixeira (disambiguation), several people
• Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (1919–2006), Cape Verdean doctor and author
• Luis Filipe Teixeira (born 1959), Portuguese essayist and teacher
• Marlon Teixeira, Brazilian model
• Moises Teixeira da Silva, Brazilian criminal
• Ruy Teixeira, American political scientist
• Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947–2006), Brazilian military officer

References

1. Elsdon Coles Smith, American Surnames (1986), p. 250.
2. The Jewish Encyclopedia (1912), p. 75.