Vieites

Galician

Alternative forms

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
  • “beeyte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • "Vieites" 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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