Vieites

Galician

Alternative forms

• Viéitez

Etymology

From the medieval form Beeytes, from Bieito (“Benedict”) + the patronymical suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Benedict".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈejte̝s/

Proper noun

Vieites

1. a surname transferred from the given name

References

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