Miguez

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the medieval form Miguees, from local Medieval Latin Miguelez, from Miguel (“Michael”) + the patronymic suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Michael".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miˈɣe̝θ/, /ˈmiɣe̝θ/

Proper noun

Miguez

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic

References
  • “Miguez” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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