Neves (surname)

Neves
Family name
Meaning	snows
Region of origin	Portugal
Related names	Nieves

Neves, is the Portuguese word for the plural form of "snow" (Portuguese: neve). It is a common surname in Portugal, Italy, Brazil, and the Spanish region of Galicia. A Spanish variant is Nieves.

The surname is supposedly connected to the veneration of Our Lady of the Snows (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora das Neves), the name being given to a village in the northwest of Portugal.

People with this name

Sportspeople

Footballers

• Bruno Ferraz das Neves (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
• Carlos César Neves (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
• Carlos das Neves (born 1968). South African footballer and coach
• Cristiano dos Santos Neves (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Daniel Soares Neves (born 1980), Brazilian-Spanish footballer
• Denílson Pereira Neves (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
• Diego Neves (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
• Domingos Neves (fl. 1925), Portuguese footballer
• Eugénio Neves (born 1987), Portuguese footballer
• Fernando Pascoal Neves, (1947–1973), Portuguese footballer
• Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930–2013), Brazilian footballer
• Hermes Neves Soares (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
• Hernâni Neves (born 1963), Portuguese footballer and beach soccer player
• Jedaias Capucho Neves (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
• Joaquim Neves (born 1970), Portuguese footballer
• Jorge Neves (born 1987), Portuguese footballer
• Kévin das Neves (born 1986), French footballer
• Luciano da Rocha Neves (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
• Manny Neves (born 1960), Portuguese-American soccer player
• Marcos Neves (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
• Michel Neves Dias (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
• Nando Maria Neves (born 1978), Cape Verdean footballer
• Pedro das Neves Correia (born 1974), Portuguese footballer
• Pedro Rocha Neves (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
• Ricardo Neves (born 1989), Portuguese footballer
• Rodolfo Xavier Neves (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
• Rúben das Neves (born 1991), Portuguese footballer
• Rúben Neves (born 1997), Portuguese footballer
• Rui Neves (born 1965), Portuguese footballer
• Serafim Neves (born 1920), Portuguese footballer
• Sérgio André Pereira Neves (born 1993), Portuguese footballer
• Sérgio Ricardo Messias Neves (born 1974), Brazilian Footballer
• Thiago Neves (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Vinícius Neves da Silva (born 1982), Brazilian footballer

Other sports

• Bruno Neves (1981–2008), Portuguese road racing cyclist
• Cláudia das Neves (born 1975), Brazilian women's basketball player
• Hélio Castroneves (born "Hélio Castro Neves", 1975), Brazilian auto racing driver
• Mario Neves (basketball) (born 1979) is a Cape Verdean-Portuguese basketball player
• Pedro Miguel Neves (born 1968), Portuguese basketball player
• Ralph Neves (1916–1995), US horse racing jockey

Others

• Aécio Neves (born 1960), Brazilian economist and politician
• Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010), São Toméan poet, politician, and national anthem lyricist
• Alice Leonor das Neves Costa (born ?), Macanese judge
• André Neves (born 1975). Portuguese mathematician
• António Castanheira Neves (born 1929), Portuguese legal philosopher and professor
• Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves (born 1944), Brazilian ambassador to the UK (2008–2010)
• David Neves (1938–1994), Brazilian film director and screenwriter
• Emily Neves (born 1982), US actress, singer, script writer, and voice director
• Graciano dos Santos Neves (1868–1922), Brazilian physician and politician
• Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852–1941), Portuguese duchess of San Jaime
• José Maria Neves (born 1960), Cape Verdean politician and present Prime Minister
• Lucas Moreira Neves (1925–2002), Brazilian Cardinal Bishop and Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
• Maria das Neves (born 1958), São Tomé and Príncipe politician and former Prime Minister
• Mario Das Neves (born 1951), Argentine politician
• Mário Neves (1912–1993), Portuguese journalist, ambassador, secretary of state for migration, and director of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology
• Oscar Castro-Neves (1940–2013), Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer
• Pedro Luís Neves (born 1955), Portuguese composer, musician, and music producer
• Sam Neves (born 1981), Brazilian-born UK Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor
• Tancredo Neves (1910–1985), Brazilian lawyer, entrepreneur, and president-elect of Brazil (died before taking office)
• Walter Neves (born ?), Brazilian anthropologist, archaeologist, and biologist
• Wilson das Neves (born 1936), Brazilian musician (percussionist)

See also

• Nieves, Spanish equivalent

References