Teixeira

See also: Texeira

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Teixeira.

Proper noun

Teixeira (plural Teixeiras)

1. A surname from Portuguese.
   • 1997, Patricia Anthony, God's Fires, page 344:

     Exiting in the order of their deaths: Senhora Teixeira, holding her unlit torch loose-handed, helping Maria Elena up the stair.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Teixeira is the 3994^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8895 individuals. Teixeira is most common among White (75.37%) and Black/African American (11.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Teixeira”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Etymology

From teixo (“yew”) +‎ -eira, from -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te(j)ˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [te(ɪ̯)ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te(j)ˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [te(ɪ̯)ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te(j)ˈʃe(j).ɾa/ [te(ɪ̯)ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tejˈʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tejˈʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /teˈʃe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: Tei‧xei‧ra

Proper noun

Teixeira m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Teixeira

Proper noun

Teixeira

1. A civil parish of Seia, Guarda district, Portugal
2. A town and municipality of Paraíba, Brazil