Varela

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English

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Proper noun

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Varela (plural Varelas)

  1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Varela is the 1321st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26621 individuals. Varela is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.42%) individuals.

Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology

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Dimunutive of vara.[1] Attested since the 12th century.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Varela

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ “Varela Name Meaning & Varela Family History at Ancestry.com®”, in www.ancestry.com[1], 2022 December 3 (last accessed)
  • Varela” 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 (20062018) “Varela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=varela

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈɾela/ [baˈɾe.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: Va‧re‧la

Proper noun

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Varela m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician