Freire

See also: freire

English

Etymology

From Galician Freire.

Proper noun

Freire (plural Freires)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

Derived terms

• Freirean
• Freirian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Freire is the 12514^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2477 individuals. Freire is most common among Hispanic/Latino (66.49%) and White (30.36%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Ferrie, refire

Galician

Etymology

From freire (“friar”), from Old Occitan fraire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾejɾe/ [ˈfɾej.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾe
• Hyphenation: Frei‧re

Proper noun

Freire m

1. a surname

References

• “Freire” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Freire”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician Freire, from freire (“friar”), from Old Occitan fraire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾeiɾe/ [ˈfɾei̯.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eiɾe
• Syllabification: Frei‧re

Proper noun

Freire m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician